And why when thou enteredst thy garden didst thou not say, ‘What God willeth[182] [cometh to pass]: there is no power but in God?’ If thou seest me to be inferior to thee in amount of wealth and in number of children, Perhaps my Lord may give me [what will be] better than thy garden; and may send upon [thine] thunderbolts from heaven, so that it shall become a smooth and slippery ground; Or its water may become deep-sunk [in the earth], so that thou shalt not be able to draw it.’— And his possessions were encompassed _with destruction_, and he began to turn down the palms of his hands for that which he had expended thereon; for it[s vines were] falling down upon its trellises; and he said, ‘O would that I had not associated any one with my Lord!’ And there was no party for him to assist him instead of God, nor was he able to defend himself. In that case[183] protection [belongeth] unto God, the True; He is the best rewarder and the best giver of success. (xviii. 31-42.) LXXXII. Thou shalt certainly find[184] the Jews and those who have attributed partners to God[185] the most violent of men in hatred of those who have believed; and thou shalt certainly find the nearest of them to friendship to those who have believed those who say, ‘We are Christians.’ This is because there are among them priests and monks, and because they are not proud.[186] And when they hear that which hath been sent down unto the Apostle, thou seest their eyes overflow with tears because of the truth that they know: they say, ‘O our Lord, we believe, therefore write us down among those who bear witness.’ (v. 85, 86.) LXXXIII. The likeness of those who were charged to bear in mind the Law [of Moses], then bore it not in mind,[187] is as the likeness of the ass that beareth books. Evil is the likeness of the people who have charged the signs of God with falsehood: and God directeth not the unjust people. (lxii. 5.) LXXXIV. [188] Among men are those who say, We believe in God and in the Last Day: but they are not believers. They try to deceive God and those who have believed; but they deceive not any except themselves, and they know [it] not. In their hearts is a disease, and God hath increased their disease, and for them [is ordained] a painful punishment, because they have charged with falsehood _the prophet of God_. And when it is said unto them, Corrupt not in the earth, they reply, ‘We are only rectifiers.’ Assuredly they are the corrupters; but they know [it] not. And when it is said unto them, Believe ye as _other_ men have believed, they say, ‘Shall we believe as the fools have believed?’ Assuredly they are the fools; but they know it not. And when they meet those who have believed, they say, ‘We believe:’ but when they retire privately to their devils,[189] they say, ‘We _hold_ with you: we only mock _at them_.’ God will mock at them, and keep them in their exceeding wickedness, wandering about in perplexity.