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Verse 82of 88

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 ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ﴿٨٢

Translation (Sahih International)

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

Word-by-word meaning

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
وَيَقْدِرُ ۖwayaqdiruand restricts it
لَوْلَآlawlāIf not
أَنanthat
مَّنَّmannaAllah had favored
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah had favored
عَلَيْنَاʿalaynā[to] us
لَخَسَفَlakhasafaHe would have caused it to swallow us
بِنَا ۖbināHe would have caused it to swallow us
وَيْكَأَنَّهُۥwayka-annahuAh! That
لَاnot
يُفْلِحُyuf'liḥuwill succeed
ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَl-kāfirūnathe disbelievers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

How Qarun and His Dwelling Place were swallowed up by the EarthAfter telling us about Qarun's conceit and pride in his adornments, and how he was arrogant towards his people and transgressed against them, Allah then tells us how he and his dwelling place were swallowed up by the earth.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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