Surah Al-Qasas (القصص) • The Stories

Quran 28:82

28:82

وَأَصْبَحَ ٱلَّذِينَ تَمَنَّوْا۟ مَكَانَهُۥ بِٱلْأَمْسِ يَقُولُونَ وَيْكَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَبْسُطُ ٱلرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ وَيَقْدِرُ ۖ لَوْلَآ أَن مَّنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا لَخَسَفَ بِنَا ۖ وَيْكَأَنَّهُۥ لَا يُفْلِحُ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ

wa-aṣbaḥa alladhīna tamannaw makānahu bil-amsi yaqūlūna wayka-anna l-laha yabsuṭu l-riz'qa liman yashāu min ʿibādihi wayaqdiru lawlā an manna l-lahu ʿalaynā lakhasafa binā wayka-annahu lā yuf'liḥu l-kāfirūna

And those who had wished for his position the previous day began to say, "Oh, how Allāh extends provision to whom He wills of His servants and restricts it! If not that Allāh had conferred favor on us, He would have caused it to swallow us. Oh, how the disbelievers do not succeed!"

— Saheeh International

The next day, those who had, the day before, wished to be in his place exclaimed, ‘Alas [for you, Qarun]! It is God alone who gives what He will, abundantly or sparingly, to whichever He will of His creatures: if God had not been gracious to us, He would have caused the earth to swallow us too.’ Alas indeed! Those who deny the truth will never prosper.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And those who had desired (for a position like) his position the day before, began to say: "Know you not that it is Allâh Who enlarges the provision or restricts it to whomsoever He pleases of His slaves. Had it not been that Allâh was Gracious to us, He could have caused the earth to swallow us up (also)! Know you not that the disbelievers will never be successful.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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وَأَصْبَحَwa-aṣbaḥaAnd began
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
تَمَنَّوْا۟tamannaw(had) wished
مَكَانَهُۥmakānahuhis position
بِٱلْأَمْسِbil-amsithe day before
يَقُولُونَyaqūlūna(to) say
وَيْكَأَنَّwayka-annaAh! That
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
يَبْسُطُyabsuṭuextends
ٱلرِّزْقَl-riz'qathe provision
لِمَنlimanfor whom
يَشَآءُyashāuHe wills
مِنْminof
عِبَادِهِۦʿibādihiHis slaves
وَيَقْدِرُۖwayaqdiruand restricts it
لَوْلَآlawlāIf not
أَنanthat
مَّنَّmannaAllah had favored
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah had favored
عَلَيْنَاʿalaynā[to] us
لَخَسَفَlakhasafaHe would have caused it to swallow us
بِنَاۖbināHe would have caused it to swallow us
وَيْكَأَنَّهُۥwayka-annahuAh! That
لَاlānot
يُفْلِحُyuf'liḥuwill succeed
ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَl-kāfirūnathe disbelievers