Quran 28:82 — Al-Qasas, verse 82
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
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.
وَأَصْبَحَ الَّذِينَ تَمَنَّوْا مَكَانَهُ بِالْأَمْسِ يَقُولُونَ وَيْكَأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَنْ يَشَاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ وَيَقْدِرُ ۖ لَوْلَا أَنْ مَنَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا لَخَسَفَ بِنَا ۖ وَيْكَأَنَّهُ لَا يُفْلِحُ الْكَافِرُونَ
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
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and in the morning those who had longed to be in his place the day before were saying, 'Ah, God outspreads and straitens His provision to whomsoever He will of His servants. Had God not been gracious to us, He would have made us to be swallowed too. Ah, the unbelievers do not prosper,
- Muhammad Asad
- And on the morrow, those who but yesterday had longed to be in his place exclaimed: “Alas [for our not having been aware] that it is indeed God [alone] who grants abundant sustenance, or gives it in scant measure, unto whichever He wills of His creatures! Had not God been gracious to us, He might have caused [the earth] to swallow us, too! Alas [for our having forgotten] that those who deny the truth can never attain to a happy state!”
- Sahih International
- 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!"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَأَصْبَحَwa-aṣbaḥa | And began | صبح |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 3 | تَمَنَّوْا۟tamannaw | (had) wished | مني |
| 4 | مَكَانَهُۥmakānahu | his position | كون |
| 5 | بِٱلْأَمْسِbil-amsi | the day before | — |
| 6 | يَقُولُونَyaqūlūna | (to) say | قول |
| 7 | وَيْكَأَنَّwayka-anna | Ah! That | — |
| 8 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 9 | يَبْسُطُyabsuṭu | extends | بسط |
| 10 | ٱلرِّزْقَl-riz'qa | the provision | رزق |
| 11 | لِمَنliman | for whom | — |
| 12 | يَشَآءُyashāu | He wills | شيأ |
| 13 | مِنْmin | of | — |
| 14 | عِبَادِهِۦʿibādihi | His slaves | عبد |
| 15 | وَيَقْدِرُ ۖwayaqdiru | and restricts it | قدر |
| 16 | لَوْلَآlawlā | If not | — |
| 17 | أَنan | that | — |
| 18 | مَّنَّmanna | Allah had favored | منن |
| 19 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah had favored | أله |
| 20 | عَلَيْنَاʿalaynā | [to] us | — |
| 21 | لَخَسَفَlakhasafa | He would have caused it to swallow us | خسف |
| 22 | بِنَا ۖbinā | He would have caused it to swallow us | — |
| 23 | وَيْكَأَنَّهُۥwayka-annahu | Ah! That | — |
| 24 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 25 | يُفْلِحُyuf'liḥu | will succeed | فلح |
| 26 | ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَl-kāfirūna | the disbelievers | كفر |