[18:35]

And he went into his garden, while he (thus) wronged himself. He said: I think not that all this will ever perish.

[18:36]

I think not that the Hour will ever come, and if indeed I am brought back unto my Lord I surely shall find better than this as a resort.

[18:37]

His comrade, when he (thus) spake with him, exclaimed: Disbelievest thou in Him Who created thee of dust, then of a drop (of seed), and then fashioned thee a man ?

[18:38]

But He is Allah, my Lord, and I ascribe unto my Lord no partner.

[18:39]

If only, when thou enteredst thy garden, thou hadst said: That which Allah willeth (will come to pass)! There is no strength save in Allah! Though thou seest me as less than thee in wealth and children,

[18:40]

Yet it may be that my Lord will give me better than thy garden, and will send on it a bolt from heaven, and some morning it will be a smooth hillside,

[18:41]

Or some morning the water thereof will be lost in the earth so that thou canst not make search for it.

[18:42]

And his fruit was beset (with destruction). Then began he to wring his hands for all that he had spent upon it, when (now) it was all ruined on its trellises, and to say: Would that I had ascribed no partner to my Lord!

[18:43]

And he had no troop of men to help him as against Allah, nor could he save himself.

[18:44]

In this case is protection only from Allah, the True, He is Best for reward, and best for consequence.

[18:45]

And coin for them the similitude of the life of the world as water which We send down from the sky, and the vegetation of the earth mingleth with it and then becometh dry twigs that the winds scatter. Allah is able to do all things.