Al-Kahf 18:42 واحيط بثمره فاصبح يقلب كفيه على ما انفق فيها وهي خاوية على عروشها ويقول يا ليتني لم اشرك بربي احدا ٤٢

18:42

وَأُحِيطَ

بِثَمَرِهِۦ

فَأَصۡبَحَ

يُقَلِّبُ

كَفَّيۡهِ

عَلَىٰ

مَآ

أَنفَقَ

فِيهَا

وَهِيَ

خَاوِيَةٌ

عَلَىٰ

عُرُوشِهَا

وَيَقُولُ

يَٰلَيۡتَنِي

لَمۡ

أُشۡرِكۡ

بِرَبِّيٓ

أَحَدٗا

٤٢

And so it was: his fruit was completely destroyed, and there he was, wringing his hands over what he had invested in it, as it drooped on its trellises, and saying, ‘I wish I had not set up any partner to my Lord.’

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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

The Evil Results of Kufr

Allah says:

وَأُحِيطَ بِثَمَرِهِ

(So his fruits were encircled), meaning his wealth, or according to the other opinion, his crops. What is meant is that what this disbeliever was afraid of and what the believer had terrified him actually had happened. A storm struck his garden,

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The Evil Results of Kufr

Allah says:

وَأُحِيطَ بِثَمَرِهِ

(So his fruits were encircled), meaning his wealth, or according to the other opinion, his crop

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Chapter 18, Page 298, Juz 15

32. Tell them the parable of two men: for one of them We made two gardens of grape vines, surrounded them with date palms, and put corn fields in between; 33. both gardens yielded fruit and did not fail in any way; We made a stream flow through them, 34. and so he had abundant fruit. One day, while talking to his friend, he said, ‘I have more wealth and a larger following than you.’ 35. He went into his garden and wronged himself by saying, ‘I do not think this will ever perish, 36. or that the Last Hour will ever come- even if I were to be taken back to my Lord, I would certainly find something even better there.’ 37. His companion retorted, ‘Have you no faith in Him who created you from dust, from a small drop of fluid, then shaped you into a man? 38. But, for me, He is God, my Lord, and I will never set up any partner with Him. 39. If only, when you entered your garden, you had said, “This is God’s will. There is no power not [given] by God.” Although you see I have less wealth and offspring than you, 40. my Lord may well give me something better than your garden, and send thunderbolts on your garden from the sky, so that it becomes a heap of barren dust; 41. or its water may sink so deep into the ground that you will never be able to reach it again.’ 42. And so it was: his fruit was completely destroyed, and there he was, wringing his hands over what he had invested in it, as it drooped on its trellises, and saying, ‘I wish I had not set up any partner to my Lord.’ 43. He had no forces to help him other than God- he could not even help himself. 44. In that situation, the only protection is that of God, the True God: He gives the best rewards and the best outcome.

- M.A.S. Abdel Haleem