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Examples of Thoughtlessness in the Qur'an

early for your garden if you want to pick the fruit". So
they set off, quietly saying to one another, "Do not let
any poor man into it today while you are there". They
left early, intent on carrying out their scheme. (Surat al-
Qalam: 21-25)
So, this was another mistake they made. When they voiced
their worldly greed, they forgot that Allah was a witness to it.
They thought that by going to their garden early, they could
avoid running into poor people. However, once Allah wills
something, they don’t have the power to prevent it from hap-
pening, whatever they do. As they had been extremely greedy
about the crops they were going to harvest, when they saw what
had happened to their garden they were baffled and thought
they had come to the wrong place. But, later on they realized
that the reason for this was because they had not been suffi-
ciently grateful to Allah, and they began to condemn them-
selves:
But when they saw it, they said, "We must have lost our
way. No, the truth is we are destitute!" The best of them
said, "Did I not say to you, ‘Why do you not glorify
Allah?’" They said, "Glory be to our Lord! Truly we
have been wrongdoers". They turned to face each other
in mutual accusation. They said, "Woe to us! We were
indeed transgressors. Maybe our Lord will give us
something better than this in exchange. We entreat our
Lord". (Surat al-Qalam: 26-32)

THE PROPHET NUH (AS)’S SON
Prophet Nuh (as) invited his people to believe in Allah, but
except for a small group of people, they didn’t accept his pleas.