18:40
"It may be that my Lord will give me something better than thy garden, and that He will send on thy garden
thunderbolts (by way of reckoning) from heaven, making it (but) slippery sand!-
18:41
"Or the water of the garden will run off underground so that thou wilt never be able to find it."
18:42
So his fruits (and enjoyment) were encompassed (with ruin), and he remained twisting and turning his hands over what
he had spent on his property, which had (now) tumbled to pieces to its very foundations, and he could only say, "Woe
is me! Would I had never ascribed partners to my Lord and Cherisher!"
18:43
Nor had he numbers to help him against Allah, nor was he able to deliver himself.
18:44
There, the (only) protection comes from Allah, the True One. He is the Best to reward, and the Best to give success.
18:45
Set forth to them the similitude of the life of this world: It is like the rain which we send down from the skies: the earth's
vegetation absorbs it, but soon it becomes dry stubble, which the winds do scatter: it is (only) Allah who prevails over
all things.
18:46
Wealth and sons are allurements of the life of this world: But the things that endure, good deeds, are best in the sight of
thy Lord, as rewards, and best as (the foundation for) hopes.
18:47
One Day We shall remove the mountains, and thou wilt see the earth as a level stretch, and We shall gather them, all
together, nor shall We leave out any one of them.
