Surah 28. Al-Qasas, Ayah 82
| 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 |
| Transliteration | : | wa- as.bah.a 'alladhena tamannaw makaan -hu bi- al- 'ams yaqolon wayka'anna 'allaah yabsut. ar- rizq li- man yashaa' min cibaad -hi wa- yaqdir law-laa 'an manna 'allaah calay -naa la- khasafa bi- -naa wayka'anna -hu laa yuflih. al- kaafiron |
| Pickthall | : | And morning found those who had coveted his place but yesterday crying: Ah, welladay! Allah enlargeth the provision for whom He will of His slaves and straiteneth it (for whom He will). If Allah had not been gracious unto us He would have caused it to swallow us (also). Ah, welladay! the disbelievers never prosper. |
| 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 crea-tures! 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!" |
| Malik | : | Now the same people who envied him for his lot the day before, began to say: "Alas! We had forgotten that it is indeed Allah Who enlarges the provision for whom He wills and restricts it from whom He pleases. If Allah had not been gracious to us, He could have caused the earth to swallow us too. Alas! We did not remember that the disbelievers never attain felicity." |
| Yusuf Ali | : | And those who had envied his position the day before began to say on the morrow: "Ah! it is indeed Allah Who enlarges the provision or restricts it to any of His servants He pleases! Had it not been that Allah was gracious to us He could have caused the earth to swallow us up! Ah! those who reject Allah will assuredly never prosper." 3412 |
Note - 3412Provision or Sustenance, both literally and figuratively:
wealth and material things in life as well as the things
that sustain our higher and spiritual faculties. The
rabble, that admired Qarun's wealth when he was in
worldly prosperity, now sees the other side of the
question and understands that there are other gifts more
precious and desirable, and that these may actually be
withheld from men who enjoy wealth and worldly
prosperity. In fact it is false prosperity, or no
prosperity in the real sense of the word, which is
without spiritual well-being.
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Provision or Sustenance, both literally and figuratively: wealth and material things in life as well as the things that sustain our higher and spiritual faculties. The rabble, that admired Qarun's wealth when he was in worldly prosperity, now sees the other side of the question and understands that there are other gifts more precious and desirable, and that these may actually be withheld from men who enjoy wealth and worldly prosperity. In fact it is false prosperity, or no prosperity in the real sense of the word, which is without spiritual well-being. |
