"You'll own nothing and you'll be happy" (alternatively "you'll own nothing and be happy")
— excerpts from 2016 video by the World Economic Forum (WEF)
As for the ship/boat, it belonged to poor people working at sea. I damaged it because there was a [tyrant] king after them who seized every [good] ship by force.
— Quran, Al-Kahf (The Cave), 18:79
So they moved on until they came to the people of a town/city. They asked them for food, but the people refused to give them hospitality. There they found a wall ready to collapse, so the man (Khidr) rebuilt/restore it. Moses protested, “If you wanted, you could have demanded a payment for this.”
— Quran, Al-Kahf (The Cave), 18:77
As for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys [living] in the town/city, and there was a treasure/resources beneath it belonging to them. Their father was a righteous man. So your Lord intended that they reach maturity and then to unearth their treasure/resources as a mercy from your Lord. And I did not do [any of this] of my own accord. This is the interpretation of what you were not able to wait for patiently."
— Quran, Al-Kahf (The Cave), 18:82
They pleaded, “O Zul-Qarnain! Surely Gog and Magog are spreading corruption throughout the land. Should we pay you, provided that you build a wall between us and them?” He responded, “What my Lord has provided for me is far better [than any payment or compensation]. But assist me with strength/labour, and I will build a solid barrier between you and them. Bring me blocks of iron." When he had filled in [the gap] between the two mountain-sides, he said, "Blow!" When he had made [the iron] as red hot as fire, he said, "Bring me molten copper to pour over it." And so [Gog and Magog] could neither scale nor tunnel through it. He [Zul-Qarnain] declared, “This [wall/barrier] is a mercy from my Lord. But when the promise of my Lord comes to pass, He will level [crush] it to the ground. And my Lord’s promise is ever true.”
— Quran, Al-Kahf (The Cave), 18:94-98
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