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Surah Al-Baqarah
Verse 266

أَيَوَدُّ Would like أَحَدُكُمْ any of you أَن that تَكُونَ it be لَهُۥ for him جَنَّةٌۭ a garden مِّن of نَّخِيلٍۢ date-palms وَأَعْنَابٍۢ and grapevines تَجْرِى flowing مِن [from] تَحْتِهَا underneath it ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ the rivers لَهُۥ for him فِيهَا in it مِن of كُلِّ all (kinds) ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ (of) [the] fruits وَأَصَابَهُ and strikes him ٱلْكِبَرُ [the] old age وَلَهُۥ and [for] his ذُرِّيَّةٌۭ children ضُعَفَآءُ (are) weak فَأَصَابَهَآ then falls on it إِعْصَارٌۭ whirlwind فِيهِ in it نَارٌۭ (is) fire فَٱحْتَرَقَتْ ۗ then it is burnt كَذَٰلِكَ Thus يُبَيِّنُ makes clear ٱللَّهُ Allah لَكُمُ for you ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ (His) Signs لَعَلَّكُمْ so that you may تَتَفَكَّرُونَ ponder ٢٦٦

Would one of you like to have a garden of palm trees and grapevines underneath which rivers flow in which he has from every fruit? But he is afflicted with old age and has weak [i.e., immature] offspring, and it is hit by a whirlwind containing fire and is burned. Thus does Allāh make clear to you [His] verses that you might give thought.

— Come To Light

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