Al-Kahf 39: “When you entered your garden, why did you not say, “Masha’Allah (What Allah has willed). Might belongs to Allah only.” But if you consider me poor, in comparison to you, in possessions and children.”
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“When you entered your garden, why did you not say, “Masha’Allah (What Allah has willed). Might belongs to Allah only.” But if you consider me poor, in comparison to you, in possessions and children.”
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The friend of the man who boasted of his wealth and children said to him, "You should have said Mashaallah when you entered your vineyard, you should have said, 'All power and might belongs to Allah. Because Allah, the absolute owner and creator of the whole universe, is the owner of all this existence. Allah created the world as an ornament for people. People are tested with the blessings of this world.
If people who know this realize that the wealth that Allah has bestowed upon them is a test for them, and they hand it over to its owner wholeheartedly and love and embrace Allah's creatures for Allah's sake, regardless of their wealth, they will have won their test in this world.
His friend went on to say to the person who is greedy for his wealth and forgets Allah: "If you think that I am inferior to you in wealth and children, wealth and children are a trust that Allah has given to people. It may be that Allah will give me a better one than you.
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Verse 39 of Surah Al-Kahf: When you entered your garden, if only you had said: mashallah, power belongs only to Allah! If you see me as weaker than you in wealth and children, then know this, he says, know this. Yes, let us open this part first, then we will go back and open the verse. The friend of the man who boasts of his wealth and children, addressing him: when you entered your garden, if only you had said mashallah, if only you had said all strength and power belong to Allah, he said. Because Allah, the absolute Owner and Creator of the whole universe, is the Owner of all these existing things. Allah created the world as an adornment for people.
People are being tested with the blessings of this world. People who know this realize that the wealth Allah has bestowed on them is a test for them, and if they wholeheartedly surrender this wealth to its Owner and, without regard to wealth, love and embrace Allah's creatures for Allah's sake, if they embrace them, a person has won his test in this world. To the man who is greedy for his wealth and forgets Allah, his friend continues: If you see me as weaker than you in wealth and children, wealth and children are a trust that Allah gives to people. Perhaps Allah will give me something better than yours, He has said.