Tafsir of Surah Al-Baqara 2:266

﴿أَيَوَدُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَن تَكُونَ لَهُ جَنَّةٌ مِّن نَّخِيلٍ وَأَعْنَابٍ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ لَهُ فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِ وَأَصَابَهُ الْكِبَرُ وَلَهُ ذُرِّيَّةٌ ضُعَفَاءُ فَأَصَابَهَا إِعْصَارٌ فِيهِ نَارٌ فَاحْتَرَقَتْ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ لَكُمُ الْآيَاتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَفَكَّرُونَ﴾

Translation of the meaning

Would one of you like to have a garden of palm trees and grapevines underneath which rivers flow in which he has from every fruit? But he is afflicted with old age and has weak [i.e., immature] offspring, and it is hit by a whirlwind containing fire and is burned. Thus does Allāh make clear to you [His] verses that you might give thought.

English Translation - Noor International Center — v1.1.2 · QuranEnc.com

The words of the two imams are given in their original Arabic, verbatim, with references.

Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah

فإن هذا يحتاج إلى تفكر؛ ولهذا سأل عمر عنها من حضره من الصحابة«مجموع الفتاوى» 14/57

Imam Ibn al-Qayyim

What he quoted from others

عمر بن الخطاب استشهد به «لرجل غني يعمل بطاعة الله، فبعث الله إليه الشيطان، فعمل بالمعاصي حتى أغرق جميع أعماله.»«مدارج السالكين بين منازل إياك نعبد وإياك نستعين» 1/514
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