then, I hope my Lord will give me (what is) better than your garden and send to yours a punishment from the heavens and it becomes a barren land."

Or, its water becomes deep-sunk so that you will never be able to search it out.

And its produce was struck by destruction from all sides and he stood wringing his hands (in anguish) over what he had in-vested therein while it was fallen down on its trellises and he was saying, "I wish I had not ascribed any partner to my Lord!"

And there were no supporters who could come to his help, other than Allah, nor was he able to help himself.

Here is that the power of protection rests with Allah - The True One. He is the best in re-warding and best in requiting.

And give them the example of the worldly life; it is like water We sent down from the sky, then mingled with it was the vegetation of the earth, and then it turned into chaff that the winds blow about. And Allah has power over everything.

Wealth and children are the embellishment of the worldly life and the everlasting virtues are better with your Lord in respect of reward and better to hope for.

And (visualize) the Day We shall make mountains move and you see the earth exposed and We shall gather them together so as not to leave a single one of them.

And they shall be presented lined-up, before your Lord. Lo! You have come to Us just as We had created you at first. Instead, you claimed that We will not have for you an appointed time.

And placed there would be the book (of record), then you will see the guilty scared of what is therein and saying, 'Woe to us! at a book is this! It has missed nothing, minor or major, but has taken into account. And they will find what they did all there. And your Lord will not wrong anyone.