Once ʿUmar (bin Al-Khattab) said to the companions of the Prophet ﷺ "What do you think about this Verse:--"Does any of you wish that he should have a garden?" They replied, "Allah knows best." ʿUmar became angry and said, "Either say that you know or say that you do not know!" On that Ibn ʿAbbas said, "O chief of the believers! I have something in my mind to say about it." ʿUmar said, "O son of my brother! Say, and do not under estimate yourself." Ibn ʿAbbas said, "This Verse has been set up as an example for deeds." ʿUmar said, "What kind of deeds?" Ibn ʿAbbas said, "For deeds." ʿUmar said, "This is an example for a rich man who does goods out of obedience of Allah and then Allah sends him Satan whereupon he commits sins till all his good deeds are lost."  

عُمَرُ ؓ يَوْمًا لأَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِيمَ تَرَوْنَ هَذِهِ الآيَةَ نَزَلَتْ {أَيَوَدُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ تَكُونَ لَهُ جَنَّةٌ} قَالُوا اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ فَغَضِبَ عُمَرُ فَقَالَ قُولُوا نَعْلَمُ أَوْ لاَ نَعْلَمُ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فِي نَفْسِي مِنْهَا شَىْءٌ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَالَ عُمَرُ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي قُلْ وَلاَ تَحْقِرْ نَفْسَكَ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ضُرِبَتْ مَثَلاً لِعَمَلٍ قَالَ عُمَرُ أَىُّ عَمَلٍ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ لِعَمَلٍ قَالَ عُمَرُ لِرَجُلٍ غَنِيٍّ يَعْمَلُ بِطَاعَةِ اللَّهِ ﷻ ثُمَّ بَعَثَ اللَّهُ لَهُ الشَّيْطَانَ فَعَمِلَ بِالْمَعَاصِي حَتَّى أَغْرَقَ أَعْمَالَهُ {فَصُرْهُنَّ} قَطِّعْهُنَّ  

[Machine] "To have a garden of palm trees and vines, with rivers flowing underneath, and to have every kind of fruit in it." [Al-Baqarah 266] "Then it was struck by a whirlwind, in which there was a fire, and it burned." [Al-Baqarah 266] So, the people asked about it and said, "Who among you would like to have such a garden?" They said, "Allah and His Messenger know better." So, Umar became angry and said, "Say, 'We know' or 'We don't know.'" Ibn Abbas said to himself, "I know something about it, O Commander of the Believers." He said, "O nephew, speak up and do not belittle yourself." Ibn Abbas said, "It is like the deeds of a rich man who does good deeds, but then Allah sends the devil to him, and he starts doing evil deeds until all his good deeds are destroyed. He had a garden that burned down just when he needed it the most, when he had many children and reached old age." He said, "Does anyone of you want to meet Allah on the Day of Resurrection, being the poorest of all his slaves in terms of his deeds, and not having anything to present?"  

أَنْ تَكُونَ لَهُ جَنَّةٌ مِنْ نَخِيلٍ وَأَعْنَابٍ تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ لَهُ فِيهَا مِنْ كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِ} [البقرة 266] إِلَى هَا هُنَا {فَأَصَابَهَا إِعْصَارٌ فِيهِ نَارٌ فَاحْتَرَقَتْ} [البقرة 266] فَسَأَلَ عَنْهَا الْقَوْمَ وَقَالَ فِيمَا تَرَوْنَ أَنَزَلَتْ {أَيَوَدُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ تَكُونَ لَهُ جَنَّةٌ} [البقرة 266] ؟ فَقَالُوا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ فَغَضِبَ عُمَرُ وَقَالَ قُولُوا نَعْلَمُ أَوْ لَا نَعْلَمُ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فِي نَفْسِي شَيْءٌ مِنْهَا يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَالَ «يَا ابْنَ أَخِي قُلْ وَلَا تَحْقِرْ نَفْسَكَ» قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ضُرِبَتْ مَثَلًا لِعَمَلٍ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ «لِرَجُلٍ غَنِيٍّ يَعْمَلُ بِالْحَسَنَاتِ ثُمَّ بَعَثَ اللَّهُ لَهُ الشَّيْطَانَ يَعْمَلُ بِالْمَعَاصِي حَتَّى أَغْرَقَ أَعْمَالَهُ كُلَّهَا وَكَانَتْ لَهُ جَنَّةٌ فَاحْتَرَقَتْ عِنْدَ أَحْوَجَ مَا كَانَ إِلَيْهَا حِينَ كَثُرَ الْوَلَدُ وَبَلَغَ هُوَ الْكِبَرَ» قَالَ «أَتَبْغِي أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ يُوَافِيَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عَبْدٌ أَفْقَرُ مَا كَانَ إِلَى عَمَلِهِ فَلَا يُوَافِيَ لَهُ شَيْءٌ»  

"عَنْ عُمَرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: فِيمَ تَرَوْنَ أُنْزِلَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ: {أَيَوَدُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ تَكُونَ لَهُ جَنَّةٌ مِنْ نَخِيلٍ وَأَعْنَابٍ}؟ فَقَالُوا: اللَّه أَعْلَمُ، فَغَضبَ عُمَرُ فَقَالَ: قُولُوا: نَعْلَمُ أَوْ لَا نَعْلَمُ، فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: فِى نَفسِى مِنْهَا شَىْءٌ ويَا أَميرَ الْمَؤْمنينَ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: قُلْ يَا بْنَ أَخِى، وَلَا تَحقِرْ نَفْسَكَ، فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: ضُرِبَ مَثلًا لِعَمَلٍ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: أَىُّ عَمَلٍ؟ فَقَالَ: لِعَمَلٍ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: لرَجُلٍ غَنِىٍّ يَعْمَلُ الْحَسَنَاتِ، ثُمَّ بَعَثَ اللَّه لَهُ شَيْطَانًا فَعَمِلَ بِالْمَعَاصِى حَتَّى أَغْرَقَ أَعْمَالَهُ كُلَّهَا".