5ما قَطَعتُم مِن لينَةٍ أَو تَرَكتُموها قائِمَةً عَلىٰ أُصولِها فَبِإِذنِ اللَّهِ وَلِيُخزِيَ الفاسِقينَN. J. DawoodIt was God who gave you leave to cut down or spare their palm-trees, so that He might humiliate the evil-doers.