Quran 28:76 — Al-Qasas, verse 76
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Qarun was one of Moses’ people, but he oppressed them. We had given him such treasures that even their keys would have weighed down a whole company of strong men. His people said to him, ‘Do not gloat, for God does not like people who gloat.
إِنَّ قَارُونَ كَانَ مِنْ قَوْمِ مُوسَىٰ فَبَغَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ۖ وَآتَيْنَاهُ مِنَ الْكُنُوزِ مَا إِنَّ مَفَاتِحَهُ لَتَنُوءُ بِالْعُصْبَةِ أُولِي الْقُوَّةِ إِذْ قَالَ لَهُ قَوْمُهُ لَا تَفْرَحْ ۖ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ الْفَرِحِينَ
inna qārūna kāna min qawmi mūsā fabaghā ʿalayhim waātaynāhu mina l-kunūzi mā inna mafātiḥahu latanūu bil-ʿuṣ'bati ulī l-quwati idh qāla lahu qawmuhu lā tafraḥ inna l-laha lā yuḥibbu l-fariḥīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Now Korah was of the people of Moses; he became insolent to them, for We had given him treasures such that the very keys of them were too heavy a burden for a company of men endowed with strength. When his people said to him, 'Do not exult; God loves not those that exult;
- Muhammad Asad
- [NOW,] BEHOLD, Qarun was one of the people of Moses; but he arrogantly exalted himself above them - simply because We had granted him such riches that his treasure-chests alone would surely have been too heavy a burden for a troop of ten men or even more. When [they perceived his arrogance,] his people said unto him: “Exult not [in thy wealth], for, verily, God does not love those who exult [in things vain]!
- Sahih International
- Indeed, Qārūn was from the people of Moses, but he tyrannized them. And We gave him of treasures whose keys would burden a band of strong men; thereupon his people said to him, "Do not exult. Indeed, Allāh does not like the exultant.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 2 | قَـٰرُونَqārūna | Qarun | — |
| 3 | كَانَkāna | was | كون |
| 4 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 5 | قَوْمِqawmi | (the) people | قوم |
| 6 | مُوسَىٰmūsā | (of) Musa | — |
| 7 | فَبَغَىٰfabaghā | but he oppressed | بغي |
| 8 | عَلَيْهِمْ ۖʿalayhim | [on] them | — |
| 9 | وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُwaātaynāhu | And We gave him | أتي |
| 10 | مِنَmina | of | — |
| 11 | ٱلْكُنُوزِl-kunūzi | the treasures | كنز |
| 12 | مَآmā | which | — |
| 13 | إِنَّinna | indeed | — |
| 14 | مَفَاتِحَهُۥmafātiḥahu | (the) keys of it | فتح |
| 15 | لَتَنُوٓأُlatanūu | would burden | نوأ |
| 16 | بِٱلْعُصْبَةِbil-ʿuṣ'bati | a company (of men) | عصب |
| 17 | أُو۟لِىulī | possessors of great strength | أول |
| 18 | ٱلْقُوَّةِl-quwati | possessors of great strength | قوي |
| 19 | إِذْidh | When | — |
| 20 | قَالَqāla | said | قول |
| 21 | لَهُۥlahu | to him | — |
| 22 | قَوْمُهُۥqawmuhu | his people | قوم |
| 23 | لَاlā | (Do) not | — |
| 24 | تَفْرَحْ ۖtafraḥ | exult | فرح |
| 25 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 26 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 27 | لَاlā | (does) not | — |
| 28 | يُحِبُّyuḥibbu | love | حبب |
| 29 | ٱلْفَرِحِينَl-fariḥīna | the exultant | فرح |