وَنَزَعنا مِن كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ شَهيدًا فَقُلنا هاتوا بُرهانَكُم فَعَلِموا أَنَّ الحَقَّ لِلَّهِ وَضَلَّ عَنهُم ما كانوا يَفتَرونَ

We will extract from every nation a witness and say, “Present your evidence.” Then they will realize that the truth is God’s alone, and the lies they fabricated will abandon them.

إِنَّ قارونَ كانَ مِن قَومِ موسىٰ فَبَغىٰ عَلَيهِم ۖ وَآتَيناهُ مِنَ الكُنوزِ ما إِنَّ مَفاتِحَهُ لَتَنوءُ بِالعُصبَةِ أُولِي القُوَّةِ إِذ قالَ لَهُ قَومُهُ لا تَفرَح ۖ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لا يُحِبُّ الفَرِحينَ

Korah was of Moses’ people, but he oppressed them. We had given him such treasures, that their keys would burden a group of strong men. When his people said to him, “Don’t exult; God does not love the exultant.

وَابتَغِ فيما آتاكَ اللَّهُ الدّارَ الآخِرَةَ ۖ وَلا تَنسَ نَصيبَكَ مِنَ الدُّنيا ۖ وَأَحسِن كَما أَحسَنَ اللَّهُ إِلَيكَ ۖ وَلا تَبغِ الفَسادَ فِي الأَرضِ ۖ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لا يُحِبُّ المُفسِدينَ

Seek the Hereafter with what God has given you, and don’t neglect your share of this world. Do good, as God has done good to you, and refrain from causing corruption in the land. God doesn’t favor the corrupt.”

قالَ إِنَّما أوتيتُهُ عَلىٰ عِلمٍ عِندي ۚ أَوَلَم يَعلَم أَنَّ اللَّهَ قَد أَهلَكَ مِن قَبلِهِ مِنَ القُرونِ مَن هُوَ أَشَدُّ مِنهُ قُوَّةً وَأَكثَرُ جَمعًا ۚ وَلا يُسأَلُ عَن ذُنوبِهِمُ المُجرِمونَ

He replied, “I acquired all this through my knowledge.” Didn’t he know that God had destroyed before him generations that were mightier and wealthier than he was? But the sinful won’t be asked about their sins.

فَخَرَجَ عَلىٰ قَومِهِ في زينَتِهِ ۖ قالَ الَّذينَ يُريدونَ الحَياةَ الدُّنيا يا لَيتَ لَنا مِثلَ ما أوتِيَ قارونُ إِنَّهُ لَذو حَظٍّ عَظيمٍ

And he paraded before his people in his splendor. Those who seek this worldly life said, “If only we had the like of what Korah was given. Indeed, he is one of great fortune.”

فَخَسَفنا بِهِ وَبِدارِهِ الأَرضَ فَما كانَ لَهُ مِن فِئَةٍ يَنصُرونَهُ مِن دونِ اللَّهِ وَما كانَ مِنَ المُنتَصِرينَ

So, We made the earth swallow him and his mansion. There was no group to help him against God, nor could he defend himself.

وَأَصبَحَ الَّذينَ تَمَنَّوا مَكانَهُ بِالأَمسِ يَقولونَ وَيكَأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَبسُطُ الرِّزقَ لِمَن يَشاءُ مِن عِبادِهِ وَيَقدِرُ ۖ لَولا أَن مَنَّ اللَّهُ عَلَينا لَخَسَفَ بِنا ۖ وَيكَأَنَّهُ لا يُفلِحُ الكافِرونَ

Those who wished they were in his place the day before began to say, “Oh, how God extends provision to whom He wills of His servants and restricts it. Had God not been gracious to us, He would’ve caused the earth to swallow us. Oh, how the unbelievers don’t succeed.”

تِلكَ الدّارُ الآخِرَةُ نَجعَلُها لِلَّذينَ لا يُريدونَ عُلُوًّا فِي الأَرضِ وَلا فَسادًا ۚ وَالعاقِبَةُ لِلمُتَّقينَ

That Home of the Hereafter, We assign it to those who don’t seek superiority on earth, nor corruption. And the outcome is for the righteous.

مَن جاءَ بِالحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُ خَيرٌ مِنها ۖ وَمَن جاءَ بِالسَّيِّئَةِ فَلا يُجزَى الَّذينَ عَمِلُوا السَّيِّئَاتِ إِلّا ما كانوا يَعمَلونَ

Whoever comes with good will have what’s better. But whoever comes with evil—the evildoers will be recompensed only for what they’ve done.

إِنَّ الَّذي فَرَضَ عَلَيكَ القُرآنَ لَرادُّكَ إِلىٰ مَعادٍ ۚ قُل رَبّي أَعلَمُ مَن جاءَ بِالهُدىٰ وَمَن هُوَ في ضَلالٍ مُبينٍ

He who ordained the Quran upon you, will bring you back to the place of return. Say, “My Lord knows best who comes with guidance and who is in manifest error.”