1. Owners of the Garden ”إنا بلوناهم كما بلونا أصحاب الجنّة“ القلم 17

2. Owners of the Garden القلم

3. Owners of the Garden Verily, We have tried them as We tried the people of the garden, when they swore to pluck the fruits of the (garden) in the morning, And make no exception for the poor. (no mention of Allah's will) Then there passed by on the garden a visitation (fire) from your Lord at night and burnt it while they were asleep. So the garden became black by the morning, like a pitch dark night in ruins. Then they called out one to another as soon as the morning broke. Saying: "Go to your harvest in the morning, if you would pluck the fruits." So they departed, conversing in secret low tones saying: "No poor man shall enter upon you into it today." And they went in the morning with strong intention, thinking that they have power to prevent the poor taking anything of the fruits. But when they saw the garden, they said: "Verily, we have gone astray." Then they said: "Nay! Indeed we are deprived of the fruits!" The best among them said: "Did I not tell you:." You should praise your Lord” They said: "Glory to Our Lord! Verily, we have been wrong-doers." Then they turned one against another, blaming. They said: "Woe to us! Verily, we were transgressors and disobedient. We hope that our Lord will give us in exchange a better garden than this. Truly, we turn to our Lord (wishing for good that He may forgive our sins and reward us in the Hereafter). Such is the punishment (in this life), but truly, the punishment of the Hereafter is greater if they but knew. Al-Qalam 17-33

4. Owners of the Garden Verily, We have tried them as We tried the people of the garden, when they swore to pluck the fruits of the (garden) in the morning, And make no exception for the poor. (no mention of Allah's will)

5. Owners of the Garden Verily, We have tried them as We tried the people of the garden, when they swore to pluck the fruits of the (garden) in the morning, And make no exception for the poor. (no mention of Allah's will) Trial and Test Trial by Wealth and Power

6. Owners of the Garden Verily, We have tried them as We tried the people of the garden, when they swore to pluck the fruits of the (garden) in the morning, And make no exception for the poor. (no mention of Allah's will) No acknowledgement of Allah’s will “Insha’ Allah”

7. Owners of the Garden And never say of anything, "I shall do such and such thing tomorrow." Except (with the saying), "If Allah will!" And remember your Lord when you forget and say: "It may be that my Lord guides me unto a nearer way of truth than this." الكهف

8. Owners of the Garden Verily, We have tried them as We tried the people of the garden, when they swore to pluck the fruits of the (garden) in the morning, And make no exception for the poor. (no mention of Allah's will) Depriving the poor their due rights Evil-commanding Self النفس الأمّارة

9. Owners of the Garden And it is He Who produces gardens trellised and untrellised, and date-palms, and crops of different shape and taste (their fruits and their seeds) and olives, and pomegranates, similar (in kind) and different (in taste). Eat of their fruit when they ripen, but pay the due thereof (its Zakat according to Allah's Orders) on the day of its harvest, and waste not by extravagance. Verily, He likes not those who waste by extravagance. الأنعام

10. Owners of the Garden Then there passed by on the garden a visitation (fire) from your Lord at night and burnt it while they were asleep. So the garden became black by the morning, like a pitch dark night in ruins.

11. Owners of the Garden Then they called out one to another as soon as the morning broke. Saying: "Go to your harvest in the morning, if you would pluck the fruits." So they departed, conversing in secret low tones saying: "No poor man shall enter upon you into it today." Sign of a believer Committing sin

12. Owners of the Garden Then they called out one to another as soon as the morning broke. Saying: "Go to your harvest in the morning, if you would pluck the fruits." So they departed, conversing in secret low tones saying: "No poor man shall enter upon you into it today." Sign of a determination In Committing sin

13. Owners of the Garden And they went in the morning with strong intention, thinking that they have the power to prevent the poor taking anything of the fruits. Allah mocks their plot

14. Owners of the Garden But when they saw the garden, they said: "Verily, we have gone astray." Then they said: "Nay! Indeed we are deprived of the fruits!" The Realization of wrong-doing

15. Owners of the Garden The best among them said: "Did I not tell you:." You should praise your Lord” They said: "Glory to Our Lord! Verily, we have been wrong-doers." Then they turned one against another, blaming. The Blaming-Self النفس اللوامة Admittance of Guilt

16. Owners of the Garden They said: "Glory to Our Lord! Verily, we have been wrong- doers." Then they turned one against another, blaming. They said: "Woe to us! Verily, we were transgressors and disobedient. Admitting wrong-doing against themselves and others Remembered the mention of Allah Admitting transgressing the limits of Allah

17. Owners of the Garden And those who, when they have committed illegal act or wronged themselves with evil, remember Allah and ask forgiveness for their sins; - and none can forgive sins but Allah - and do not persist in what (wrong) they have done, while they know. آل عمران

18. Owners of the Garden We hope that our Lord will give us in exchange a better garden than this. Truly, we turn to our Lord (wishing for good that He may forgive our sins and reward us in the Hereafter). Repentance

19. Owners of the Garden Such is the punishment (in this life), but truly, the punishment of the Hereafter is greater if they but knew.

20. Owners of the Garden Whatever misfortune happens to you, is because of the things your hands have wrought, and for many (of them) He grants forgiveness. الشورى Reflections

21. Owners of the Garden ورد في الحديث: ((إن لله أقوامًا اختصهم بالنعم لمنافع عباده، يقرّها فيهم ما بذلوها، فإذا منعوها نزعها منهم فحوّلها إلى غيرهم)) أخرجه الطبراني وابن أبي الدنيا. وعن ابن عباس مرفوعًا: ((ما من عبد أنعم الله عليه نعمة وأسبغها عليه ثم جعل حوائج الناس إليه فتبرّم فقد عرّض تلك النعم للزوال)) رواه الطبراني بسند جيد. Reflections