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Surah Al-Qasas, Ayah 79 (28:79)

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فَخَرَجَ عَلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ فِى زِينَتِهِۦ ۖ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُرِيدُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا يَٰلَيْتَ …

Quran 28:79 is ayah 79 of Surah Al-Qasas (“The Stories”), a Meccan surah of 88 ayahs. It is in Juz 20, on page 395 of the Madani Mushaf.

28:79
فَخَرَجَعَلَىٰقَوْمِهِۦفِىزِينَتِهِۦ ۖقَالَٱلَّذِينَيُرِيدُونَٱلْحَيَوٰةَٱلدُّنْيَايَٰلَيْتَلَنَامِثْلَمَآأُوتِىَقَٰرُونُإِنَّهُۥلَذُوحَظٍّعَظِيمٍ٧٩
fakharaja ʿalā qawmihi fī zīnatihi qāla alladhīna yurīdūna l-ḥayata l-dun'yā yālayta lanā mith'la mā ūtiya qārūnu innahu ladhū ḥaẓẓin ʿaẓīmin

So he came out before his people in his adornment. Those who desired the worldly life said, "Oh, would that we had like what was given to Qārūn. Indeed, he is one of great fortune."(79)

Word by word

  1. فَخَرَجَfakharajaSo he went forth
  2. عَلَىٰʿalāto
  3. قَوْمِهِۦqawmihihis people
  4. فِىfīin
  5. زِينَتِهِۦ ۖzīnatihihis adornment
  6. قَالَqālaSaid
  7. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  8. يُرِيدُونَyurīdūnadesire
  9. ٱلْحَيَوٰةَl-ḥayatathe life
  10. ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
  11. يَٰلَيْتَyālaytaO! Would that
  12. لَنَاlanāfor us
  13. مِثْلَmith'la(the) like
  14. مَآmā(of) what
  15. أُوتِىَūtiyahas been given
  16. قَٰرُونُqārūnu(to) Qarun
  17. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
  18. لَذُوladhū(is the) owner
  19. حَظٍّḥaẓẓin(of) fortune
  20. عَظِيمٍʿaẓīmingreat

Tafsir (commentary) of 28:79

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This commentary explains ayahs 28:79–80 together.

How Qarun went forth in His Finery, and His People's Comments

Allah tells us how Qarun went forth one day before his people with his magnificent regalia; wearing his fine clothes, accompanied by his fine horses, his servants and retinue. When those whose desires and inclinations were for the world saw his adornments and splendor, they wished that they could have the same as he had been given, and said:

يلَيْتَ لَنَا مِثْلَ مَآ أُوتِىَ قَـرُونُ إِنَّهُ لَذُو حَظٍّ عَظِيمٍ

(Ah, would that we had the like of what Qarun has been given! Verily, he is the owner of a great fortune.) meaning, `he is very lucky and has a great share in this world.' When the people of beneficial knowledge heard this, they said to them:

وَيْلَكُمْ ثَوَابُ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ لِّمَنْ ءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَـلِحاً

(Woe to you! The reward of Allah is better for those who believe and do righteous deeds,) `Allah's reward to His believing, righteous servants in the Hereafter is better than what you see,' as is reported in the authentic Hadith:

«يَقُولُ اللهُ تَعَالَى: أَعْدَدْتُ لِعِبَادِي الصَّالِحِينَ مَا لَا عَيْنٌ رَأَتْ وَلَا أُذُنٌ سَمِعَتْ وَلَا خَطَرَ عَلَى قَلْبِ بَشَرٍ وَاقْرَءُوا إِنْ شِئْتُمْ:
فَلاَ تَعْلَمُ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أُخْفِىَ لَهُم مِّن قُرَّةِ أَعْيُنٍ جَزَآءً بِمَا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَ

(Allah has prepared for His righteous servants what no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and the heart of a human cannot comprehend. Recite, if you wish: (No person knows what is kept hidden for them of joy as a reward for what they used to do.)) (32:17).

وَلاَ يُلَقَّاهَآ إِلاَّ الصَّـبِرُونَ

(and this none shall attain except the patient.) As-Suddi said: "None shall reach Paradise except for the patient" -- as if this were the completion of the statement made by the people of knowledge. Ibn Jarir said, "This applies only to those who patiently forsake the love of this world, seeking the Hereafter. It is as if this is part of what the people of knowledge said, but it is made part of the Words of Allah, stating this fact."

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