Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen by Ibn Uthaymeen — Volume 2 (شرح رياض الصالحين) — Page 770

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

وَقَارُونُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ قَوْمِ مُوسَى، أَعْطَاهُ اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى مَالًا كَثِيرًا، حَتَّى إِنَّ مَفَاتِحَهُ لَتَنُوءُ بِالْعُصْبَةِ أُولِي الْقُوَّةِ، أَيْ: مَفَاتِيحُ الْخَزَائِنِ تَنْقُلُ وَتَشُقُّ عَلَى الْعُصْبَةِ، أَيْ: الْجَمَاعَةُ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ أُولِي الْقُوَّةِ لِكَثْرَتِهَا.

Qarun was a man from the Children of Israel, from the people of Moses, to whom Allah, Glorified and Exalted be He, gave much wealth, to the point that his keys would burden a group of strong men; meaning: the keys to the treasuries were heavy to carry and difficult for the 'usbah'—that is, the group of strong men—due to their sheer number.

وَإِذْ قَالَ لَهُ قَوْمُهُ لَا تَفْرَحْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ الْفَرِحِينَ فَإِنَّ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ بَطِرَ - وَالْعِيَاذُ بِاللَّهِ - وَتَكَبَّرَ، وَلَمَّا ذُكِّرَ بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ رَدَّهَا وَاسْتَكْبَرَ قَالَ إِنَّمَا أُوتِيتُهُ عَلَى عِلْمٍ عِنْدِي، فَأَنْكَرَ فَضْلَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ، وَقَالَ: أَنَا أَخَذْتُهُ بِيَدِي وَعِنْدِي عِلْمٌ أَدْرَكْتُ بِهِ هَذَا الْمَالَ.

And when his people said to him, 'Do not exult, for Allah does not love the exultant,' this man became insolent—may Allah protect us—and arrogant; and when he was reminded of the signs of Allah, he rejected them and grew proud, saying, 'I was only given it because of knowledge I possess,' thus denying the favor of Allah upon him, and saying: 'I acquired it with my own hand, and I possess knowledge through which I attained this wealth.'

وَكَانَتِ النَّتِيجَةُ أَنَّ اللَّهَ خَسَفَ بِهِ وَبِدَارِهِ الْأَرْضَ، وَزَالَ هُوَ وَأَمْلَاكُهُ فَمَا كَانَ لَهُ مِنْ فِئَةٍ يَنْصُرُونَهُ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمُنْتَصِرِينَ، وَأَصْبَحَ الَّذِينَ تَمَنَّوْا مَكَانَهُ بِالْأَمْسِ يَقُولُونَ وَيْكَأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَنْ يَشَاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ، وَيَقْدِرُ لَوْلَا أَنْ مَنَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا لَخَسَفَ بِنَا، فَتَأَمَّلْ نَتِيجَةَ الْكِبْرِ - وَالْعِيَاذُ بِاللَّهِ - وَالْعُجْبِ وَالِاعْتِدَادِ بِالنَّفْسِ، وَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ ذَلِكَ مِنَ الْهَلَاكِ وَالدَّمَارِ.

The result was that Allah caused the earth to swallow him and his home, and he and his possessions vanished, so he had no group to help him other than Allah, nor was he among those who could defend themselves; and those who had wished to be in his place the day before began to say, 'Oh, it is as if Allah extends provision to whom He wills of His servants and restricts it; had Allah not been gracious to us, He would have caused the earth to swallow us.' So contemplate the result of arrogance—may Allah protect us—vanity, and self-conceit, and how the consequence of that was destruction and ruin.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (30 verbs · 43 nouns)

• أَعْطَى — to give
• نَاءَ — to be heavy
• نَقَلَ — to carry
• رَجُلٌ — man
• قَوْمٌ — people
• مَالٌ — wealth