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Surah 25. Al-Furqan, Ayah 8

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أَوْ يُلْقَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِ كَنزٌ أَوْ تَكُونُ لَهُۥ جَنَّةٌ يَأْكُلُ مِنْهَا ۚ وَقَالَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ إِن تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا رَجُلًا مَّسْحُورًا Qur’an Al-Furqan (25:8)
Aw yulq a ilayhi kanzun aw takoonu lahu jannatun yakulu minh a waq a la a l thth a limoona in tattabiAAoona ill a rajulan mas h oor a n
Or: "[Why has not] a treasure been granted to him [by God]?" Or: "He should [at least] have a [bountiful] garden, so that he could eat thereof [without effort]!"8 And so these evildoers say [unto one another], "If you were to follow [Muhammad, you would follow] but a man bewitched!"
  - Mohammad Asad
Mohammad Asad

A sarcastic allusion to the "gardens of paradise" of which the Qur'an so often speaks. (Cf. 13:38 and the corresponding notes [74] and [75]; also 5:75 and {21:7-8}.)

Why he has not been given a treasure or at least a garden from which he could eat?" And these wicked people further say: "You are only following a man who is bewitched."
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
or a treasure had been cast down to him, or he had had a garden from which he may eat!' And the wrongdoers say 'to the believers', 'You are only following a bewitched man.'
  - Mustafa Khattab
Mustafa Khattab
Or (why is not) a treasure thrown down unto him, or why hath he not a paradise from whence to eat? And the evil-doers say: Ye are but following a man bewitched.
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
Marmaduke Pickthall
"Or (why) has not a treasure been bestowed on him or why has he (not) a garden for enjoyment?" The wicked say: "Ye follow none other than a man bewitched." 3061 3062
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Literally, 'that he may eat out of it'. As shown in n. 776 to v. 69, akala (to eat) has a comrpehensive meaning, implying enjoyment of all kinds. Here the garden itself stands for a type of the amenities of life: its fruits would be available for eating, its coolness for rest and refreshment, its waters and its landscape for aesthetic delight.

Cf. xvii. 47. This speech, of the wicked or the ungodly, is meant to be even more bitter than that of the Misbelievers. It makes out the Prophet to be a demented fool!

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