Page 88 - Signs of the End Times in Surat Al-Kahf

Say: "O Allah! Master of the Kingdom. You give sovereignty to
whoever You will, and You take sovereignty from whoever You
will. You exalt whoever You will, and You abase whoever You
will. All good is in Your hands. You have power over all things.
(Surah Al `Imran, 26)
The ungrateful garden owner claimed that the gardens and their
produce belonged to him, forgetting that they were only a gift and a test
from Allah. He succumbed to a fierce pride and a blatant arrogance, as
revealed in the following verses:
Do not strut arrogantly about the land. You will certainly never

split the land apart, nor will you ever rival the mountains in
height. All of that is evil action and hateful in the sight of your
Lord. (Surat al-Isra', 37-38)
In many verses, Allah describes what will happen to such people,
such as:
Fierce competition for this world distracted you until you went
down to the graves. No indeed, you will soon know! Again, no
indeed, you will soon know! No indeed, if you only knew with
the Knowledge of Certainty, you will certainly see the Blazing

Fire! Then you will certainly see it with the Eye of Certainty.
Then you will be asked that Day about the pleasures you en-
joyed. (Surat at-Takathur, 1-8)

86