The Stories
28. Al-Qaṣaṣ
القصص
al-Qaṣaṣ (The Story)
ٱلْقَصَص
28:82
وَأَصْبَحَ
الَّذِينَ
تَمَنَّوْا
مَكَانَهُ
بِالْأَمْسِ
يَقُولُونَ
وَيْكَأَنَّ
اللَّهَ
يَبْسُطُ
الرِّزْقَ
لِمَن
يَشَاءُ
مِنْ
عِبَادِهِ
وَيَقْدِرُ
لَوْلَا
أَن
مَّنَّ
اللَّهُ
عَلَيْنَا
لَخَسَفَ
بِنَا
وَيْكَأَنَّهُ
لَا
يُفْلِحُ
الْكَافِرُونَ
wa-ʾaṣbaḥa lladhīna tamannaw makānahū bi-l-ʾamsi yaqūlūna way-ka-ʾanna llāha yabsuṭu r-rizqa li-man yashāʾu min ʿibādihī wa-yaqdiru law-lā ʾan manna llāhu ʿalaynā la-khasafa binā way-ka-ʾannahū lā yufliḥu l-kāfirūna
The people who the other day had wished to be like him, began saying, "Woe to us! God gives abundant wealth only to those of His servants whom He wants and He determines everyone's share. Had it not been for God's favor to us, He would have caused the earth to swallow us up. Woe to the unbelievers who will have no happiness."
