The Stories
28. Al-Qaṣaṣ
القصص
al-Qaṣaṣ (The Story)
ٱلْقَصَص
28:78
قَالَ
إِنَّمَا
أُوتِيتُهُ
عَلَى
عِلْمٍ
عِندِي
أَوَلَمْ
يَعْلَمْ
أَنَّ
اللَّهَ
قَدْ
أَهْلَكَ
مِن
قَبْلِهِ
مِنَ
الْقُرُونِ
مَنْ
هُوَ
أَشَدُّ
مِنْهُ
قُوَّةً
وَأَكْثَرُ
جَمْعًا
وَلَا
يُسْأَلُ
عَن
ذُنُوبِهِمُ
الْمُجْرِمُونَ
qāla ʾinnamā ʾūtītuhū ʿalā ʿilmin ʿindī ʾa-wa-lam yaʿlam ʾanna llāha qad ʾahlaka min qablihī mina l-qurūni man huwa ʾashaddu minhu quwwatan wa-ʾaktharu jamʿan wa-lā yusʾalu ʿan dhunūbihimu l-mujrimūna
He said, "I have received this wealth because of my knowledge." Did he not know that God had destroyed many generations that lived before him who were stronger than him in power and people? (There will be no need) to ask the criminals what sins they have committed, (for the angels already know them)
