Quranic stories pt.12 by Sh Tariq Appleby

 Indeed, We have tried them as We tried the companions of the garden when they swore to cut its fruit in the [early] morning.

Without making exception

So there came upon it [i.e., the garden] an affliction from your Lord while they were asleep.

And it became as though reaped

And they called one another in the morning,

[Saying], "Go early to your crop if you would cut the fruit."

So they set out, while lowering their voices,

[Saying], "There will surely not enter it today upon you [any] poor person."

And they went early in determination, [assuming themselves] able.

But when they saw it, they said, "Indeed, we are lost;

They said, "O woe to us; indeed we were transgressors.

Such is the punishment [of this world]. And the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew.

Now once the father died, he would often feed the poor for free and they would come to his houses for food. and he passed he left behind three sons, and those sons did not follow in their father's footsteps of giving to the poor.

And the sons would take all the fruit from the plentiful garden, and not give it to the poor.

All things have consequences in this life or the next.

They made a conscious effort to not share the fruits with the poor.

Then Allah sent destruction on their garden, and when the sons saw their garden in ruins, they said