And coin for them the similitude of the life of the world as water which We send down from the sky, and the vegetation of the earth mingleth with it and then becometh dry twigs that the winds scatter. Allah is Able to do all things.
And his fruit was beset (with destruction). Then began he to wring his hands for all that he had spent upon it, when (now) it was all ruined on its trellises, and to say: Would that I had ascribed no partner to my Lord!
If only, when thou enteredst thy garden, thou hadst said: That which Allah wilteth (will come to pass) ! There is no strength save in Allah! Though thou seest me as less than thee in wealth and children.
And his comrade, while he disputed with him, ex claimed: Disbelievest thou in Him Who created thee of dust, then of a drop (of seed), and then fashioned thee a man?