People of Garden 14 stories of al quran

People of the Garden

Allah the Almighty says:
{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.
Without saying: Insha'Allah (If Allah wills). 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 complete ruins). Then they called out one to
another as soon as the morning broke. Saying: "Go to your tilth in the
morning, if you would pluck the fruits." So they departed, conversing in
secret low tones (saying): No Miskin (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 therefrom). 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:
why say you not: Insha' Allah (If Allah wills)." They said: "Glory to Our
Lord! Verily, we have been Zalimun (wrong-doers)." Then they turned
one against another, blaming. They said: "Woe to us! Verily, we were
Taghun (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)