According to this exegete, the parable in the verse describes the situation of a person who spends in a hypocritical manner: the person appears outwardly to do good deeds like a garden owner, gains the appreciation of people, but just as a scorching whirlwind destroys and burns a garden when the person is old and in need at the time they need it most—on the Day of Judgment—their deeds are similarly wasted and they find nothing in their hands. Furthermore, regarding the nature of the wind in the phrase 'إعصار فيه نار', different reports have been transmitted about whether it is a deadly poisonous hot wind, a flame of fire, or intense cold.

فكذلك المنفق ماله رياء الناس، أطفأ الله نوره، وأذهب بهاء عمله، وأحبط أجره حتى لقيه، وعاد إليه أحوج ما كان إلى عمله، حين لا مستعتب له ولا إقالة من ذنوبه ولا توبة، واضمحل عمله كما احترقت الجنة التي وصف جل ثناؤه صفتها عند كبر صاحبها

In this text, Zemahşerî notes that the command given to the bee is in two stages: first to make houses (hives/combs), and then the bee is commanded to eat from every type of fruit and flower that it is accustomed to, that it collects itself, and that it eats. According to this, the phrase 'ثم كلي من كل الثمرات' carries a broad meaning encompassing the flower and fruit essences from which the bee feeds to make honey.

إحاطة بالثمرات التي تجرسها النحل وتعتاد أكلها ، أي ابني البيوت ، ثم كلي من كل ثمرة تشتهينها ، فإذا أكلتها

This text explains three main elements for the parable in Surah al-Baqarah verse 266: the word 'ود' expresses complete love, the interrogative particle is used to express denial and intense hatred, and the description of paradise with dates and grapes stems from these fruits being the most honorable and most beautiful-looking fruits. Furthermore, it states that when a person is in old age, helplessness, and weak offspring, their need for this garden is at the extreme, and the purpose of this parable is to describe the regret and confusion that deeds done without regard for Allah's pleasure will bring to a person on the Day of Judgment.

الود ، هو المحبة الكاملة . المسألة الثانية : الهمزة في { أيود } استفهام لأجل الإنكار ، وإنما قال : { أيود } ولم يقل / أيريد لأنا ذكرنا أن المودة هي المحبة التامة

According to Kurtubî, the 'i'sâr' (whirlwind) mentioned in this verse is a violent wind containing fire that burns and destroys the garden; this parable describes the state of a person who sees that their deeds are wasted at a time of need. The exegete transmits reports from Ibn Abbas regarding whom this parable is for: according to one view it is for those who perform hypocritical deeds, according to another view for disbelievers and hypocrites, and according to the report established in al-Bukhârî, it is an example given for the person who acts wickedly at the end of their life and destroys their good deeds. Kurtubî finds the account in al-Bukhârî preferable and transmits that Ibn Atiyyah considered this report more sound.

خرج البخاري عن عبيد بن عمير قال قال عمر بن الخطاب يوما لأصحاب رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : فيم ترون هذه الآية نزلت أيود أحدكم أن تكون له جنة من نخيل وأعناب قالوا : الله ورسوله أعلم فغضب عمر

Ibn Kesîr explains this verse through the famous garden parable report transmitted from Ibn Abbas: This parable describes the situation of a wealthy person who initially performed good deeds but then followed Satan at the end of his life and wasted his deeds. Just as the garden becomes ash and burned, the person's past righteous deeds are wasted through the evil acts he commits at the end, and just as he cannot benefit from his weak children in old age, he cannot benefit from his deeds on the Day of Resurrection.

ضربت مثلا بعمل قال عمر أي عمل قال ابن عباس لرجل غني يعمل بطاعة الله ثم بعث الله له الشيطان فعمل بالمعاصي حتى أغرق أعماله

According to Beydâvî, this verse describes through a symbolic example the situation of someone who wastes good deeds done for Allah's pleasure through hypocrisy and harm. The garden owner's advanced age and weakness in having helpless children, at the moment when the garden burns and becomes ash in a whirlwind, represents the person's deeds being wasted on the Day of Judgment when they need them most. The text further states that the one who most resembles this situation is the person who rises with their heart to the realm of divine power and then returns to the realm of falsehood and wastes their effort.

والمعنى تمثيل حال من يفعل الأفعال الحسنة ويضم إليها ما يحبطها كرياء وإيذاء في الحسرة والأسف، فإذا كان يوم القيامة واشتدت حاجته إليها وجدها محبطة بحال من هذا شأنه، وأشبههم به من جال بسره في عالم الملكوت، وترقى بفكره إلى جناب الجبروت، ثم نكص على عقبيه إلى عالم الزور والتفت إلى ما سوى الحق وجعل سعيه هباء منثورا