The Holy Quran 28:82 — Surah Al-Qasas

Arabic text

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

Translation

The next morning those who yearned to be like him the previous day said, “O dear! Indeed Allaah increases (extends) sustenance for those bondsmen He wills and decreases (for whoever He wills. We should therefore be content with what Allaah has given us). (We were wrong to think that Allaah had not favoured us by giving us what Qaaroon had because) If it were not for Allaah's favour (mercy) on us, we would also have been plunged (sunk into the earth like him). Alas! The Kaafiroon will certainly not succeed (despite their vast fortunes)."

Tafsir (excerpt) — التفسير الميسر

وصار الذين تمنوا حاله بالأمس يقولون متوجعين ومعتبرين وخائفين من وقوع العذاب بهم: إن الله يوسِّع الرزق لمن يشاء من عباده، ويضيِّق على مَن يشاء منهم، لولا أن الله منَّ علينا فلم يعاقبنا على ما قلنا لَخسف بنا كما فعل بقارون، ألم تعلم أنه لا يفلح الكافرون، لا في الدنيا ولا في الآخرة؟

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