أَيَوَدُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَن تَكُونَ لَهُ جَنَّةٌ مِّن نَّخِيلٍ وَأَعْنَابٍ
تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ لَهُ فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِ وَأَصَابَهُ
الْكِبَرُ وَلَهُ ذُرِّيَّةٌ ضُعَفَاءُ فَأَصَابَهَا إِعْصَارٌ فِيهِ نَارٌ فَاحْتَرَقَتْ
ۗ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ لَكُمُ الْآيَاتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَفَكَّرُونَ (266)
266. Would any of you wish to have a
garden with date-palms and vines, with rivers flowing underneath, and all kinds
of fruits for him therein, while he is striken with old age, and his children
are weak (not able to look after themselves), then it is struck with a fiery
whirlwind, so that it is burnt? Thus does Allâh make clear His Ayât
(proofs, evidences, verses) to you that you may give thought[1].
[1](V. 2:266)
‘Umar رضي الله عنه said, “This is an example for a rich man who does good deeds
out of obedience to Allâh, and then Allâh sends him Satan whereupon he
commits sins till all his good deeds are lost.”(Sahīh Al-Bukhârī, Vol.6, Hadīth
No. 62).
For Arabic please refer to https://quran.ksu.edu.sa/tafseer/katheer/sura2-aya266.html
For English translation of the Ayah (266) & Hadīth please refer to Translation of The Noble Qur’ān in the English Language by Dr. Muhammad Taqî-ud-Dîn al-Hilâlî and Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khân, Sûrah 2. Al-Baqarah, Part 3 page. 60. Published by King Fahd Complex For The Printing Of The Holy Qur'ân, Madinah K.S.A
