فَخَرَجَ عَلَى قَوْمِهِ فِى زِینَتِهِ قَالَ الَّذِینَ یُرِیدُونَ الْحَیَاةَ الدُّنیَا یَا لَیْتَ لَنَا مِثْلَ مَا أُوتِىَ قَارُونُ إِنَّهُ لَذُو حَظّ عَظِیم(( 79 ))

79- THEN HE WENT AMONG HIS PEOPLE IN HIS SPLENDOUR. THOSE WHO DESIRED THE LIFE OF THIS WORLD SAID:- ``WOULD THAT WE HAD THE LIKE OF WHAT KORAH HAS GOT, THAT HE IS INDEED VERY FORTUNATE.

وَقَالَ الَّذِینَ أُوتُوا الْعِلْمَ وَیْلَکُمْ ثَوَابُ اللهِ خَیْرٌ لِّمَنْ آمَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحاً وَلاَ یُلَقَّاهَا إِلاَّ الصَّابِرُونَ(( 80 ))

80- AND THOSE TO WHOM KNOWLEDGE HAD BEEN GIVEN, SAID:- ``WOE UPON YOU! THE REWARD OF ALLAH IS BETTER FOR HIM WHO BELIEVED AND DID RIGHTEOUS DEEDS, AND NO ONE WILL ATTAIN IT EXCEPT THE PATIENTS.

فَخَسَفْنا بِهِ وَ بِدارِهِ الأَرْضَ فَما کانَ لَهُ مِنْ فِئَة یَنْصُرُونَهُ مِنْ دُونِ اللّه وَ ما کانَ مِنَ المُنْتَصِرِینَ (( 81 ))

81- THEN WE MADE THE EARTH TO SWALLOW HIM AND HIS HOUSE; AND THERE WAS NOT ANY HOST FOR HIM TO HELP HIM APART FROM ALLAH, NOR WAS HE OF THOSE WHO COULD HELP THEMSELVES.

وَأَصْبَحَ الَّذِینَ تَمَنَّوْا مَکَانَهُ بِالاَْمْسِ یَقُولُونَ وَیْکَأَنَّ اللهَ یَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَنْ یَشَاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ وَیَقْدِرُ لَوْلاَ أَنْ مَّنَّ اللهُ عَلَیْنَا لَخَسَفَ بِنَا وَیْکَأَنَّهُ لاَ یُفْلِحُ الْکَافِرُونَ(( 82 ))

82- AND NEXT MORNING, THOSE WHO WERE DESIROUS TO HAVE HIS POSITION YESTERDAY, WERE SAYING:- ``WOE UPON US! IT IS ALLAH WHO EXPANDS THE SUSTENANCE FOR WHOEVER OF HIS SERVANTS HE WILLS, AND RESTRICTS.'' (IT FOR WHOM HE LIKES)

      HAD ALLAH NOT OBLIGED US, HE WOULD HAVE US SWALLOWED (BY THE EARTH) TOO. WOE UPON US! IT IS AS IF THE NON-BELIEVERS DO NOT PROSPER.