Tafheem ul Quran
Surah 18 Al-Kahf, Ayat 32-35
وَاضۡرِبۡ لَهُمۡ مَّثَلًا رَّجُلَيۡنِ جَعَلۡنَا لِاَحَدِهِمَا جَنَّتَيۡنِ مِنۡ اَعۡنَابٍ وَّحَفَفۡنٰهُمَا بِنَخۡلٍ وَّجَعَلۡنَا بَيۡنَهُمَا زَرۡعًا ؕ
﴿18:32﴾
كِلۡتَا الۡجَـنَّتَيۡنِ اٰتَتۡ اُكُلَهَا وَلَمۡ تَظۡلِمۡ مِّنۡهُ شَيۡـئًـا ۙ وَّفَجَّرۡنَا خِلٰـلَهُمَا نَهَرًا ۙ
﴿18:33﴾
وَكَانَ لَهٗ ثَمَرٌ ۚ فَقَالَ لِصَاحِبِهٖ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهٗۤ اَنَا اَكۡثَرُ مِنۡكَ مَالًا وَّاَعَزُّ نَفَرًا
﴿18:34﴾
وَدَخَلَ جَنَّتَهٗ وَهُوَ ظَالِمٌ لِّنَفۡسِهٖ ۚ قَالَ مَاۤ اَظُنُّ اَنۡ تَبِيۡدَ هٰذِهٖۤ اَبَدًا ۙ
﴿18:35﴾
(18:32) (O Muhammad), propound a parable to them.36 There were
two men of whom We bestowed upon one of the two vineyards, surrounding both
of them with date-palms and putting a tillage in between. (18:33) Both the vineyards yielded abundant produce without failure and We
caused a stream to flow in their midst (18:34) so the owner had fruit in abundance and he said to his neighbour,
while conversing with him: "I have greater wealth than you and I am stronger
than you in numbers." (18:35) Then he entered his vine-yard37 and said, wronging himself:
"Surely, I do not believe that all this will ever perish.
Notes
36. In order to understand the significance of this parable we should keep
in view( Ayat 28 )in which arrogant chiefs of Makkah were told that the poor companions
of the Prophet (peace be upon him) would not be discarded to please them.
37. He considered his gardens to be Paradise. Thus he behaved like those mean
persons who, when rise to power and wealth, are always involved in the misunderstanding
that they are enjoying Paradise in this world, therefore they do not stand in
need of any other Paradise.