And those who had wished for his position the previous day began to say, "Oh, how Allāh extends provision to whom He wills of His servants and restricts it! If not that Allāh had conferred favor on us, He would have caused it to swallow us. Oh, how the disbelievers do not succeed!"
لَخَسَفَHe would have caused it to swallow uslakhasafa
بِنَاۖHe would have caused it to swallow usbinā
وَيۡكَأَنَّهُۥAh! Thatwayka-annahu
لَاnotlā
يُفۡلِحُwill succeedyuf'liḥu
ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَthe disbelieversl-kāfirūna
Tafsir
Those who wished for the wealth and adornment he had before being swallowed up began saying heedfully: “Did we not know that Allah extends sustenance for whom He wishes amongst His servants and restricts it for whomever He wishes amongst them? Had Allah not favoured us by not punishing us for what we said, He would have made the earth swallow us as He did with Qarun. The disbelievers are not successful, neither in this life or the afterlife, but rather their return and outcome is loss in both”.