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The owners of the garden

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Some people owned a garden full of fruit. On the night before the harvest they swore to pick it all at dawn — and they made no exception, saying nothing of Allah's will. Their aim was that no poor person should come to them for a share that day.

But while they slept, a visitation from their Lord passed over the garden, and by morning it was like a field already reaped.

At dawn they called to one another and set off, whispering: let no needy person enter it today. Reaching the garden they were stunned: we must have lost our way! No — we have been deprived!

The most balanced of them said: did I not tell you, why do you not glorify Allah? They said: glory be to our Lord; we were indeed wrongdoers.

عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَآ أَن يُبۡدِلَنَا خَيۡرٗا مِّنۡهَآ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَٰغِبُونَ
“Perhaps our Lord will substitute for us [one] better than it. Indeed, we are toward our Lord desirous."”
Surah Al-Qalam 68:32
Translation: Saheeh International (QuranEnc)
The lesson
Withholding charity does not save wealth; it ruins it. Recognising the mistake and turning back is the way out.
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Sources and review

• Surah Al-Qalam 68:17–33
The main events of this story are from the Quran; we have tried not to add details the Quran does not give.
Reviewed by: Md. Zubaer Ahammed · 2026-11-11
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