The Quran gives the example of two men. To one, Allah gave two vineyards, surrounded by date palms, with crops between them and a river flowing through. Both gardens gave their full yield.
He told his friend: I have more wealth than you and more men. Entering his garden in pride he said: I do not think this will ever perish, nor do I think the Hour will come — and even if I am returned to my Lord, I will find something better than this.
His friend said: do you disbelieve in Him who created you from dust, then from a drop, then shaped you into a man? And he said:
Then ruin came. All his fruit was destroyed. Looking at the garden fallen in on its trellises, he wrung his hands over what he had spent on it, saying: if only I had not associated anyone with my Lord!