Surah 28 Al-Qasas — Ayah 80
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْعِلْمَ وَيْلَكُمْ ثَوَابُ ٱللَّهِ خَيْرٌۭ لِّمَنْ ءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَٰلِحًۭا وَلَا يُلَقَّىٰهَآ إِلَّا ٱلصَّٰبِرُونَ
だが（真の）知識を授けられていた者たちは言った。「情けないことを言うな。信仰して善い行いに励む者にとっては，アッラーの報奨こそ最も優れています。だがよく耐え忍ぶ者だけが，それを戴くだろう。」
waqāla alladhīna ūtū l-ʿil'ma waylakum thawābu l-lahi khayrun liman āmana waʿamila ṣāliḥan walā yulaqqāhā illā l-ṣābirūna
Word by word
- وَقَالَ waqāla But said
- ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who
- أُوتُوا۟ ūtū were given
- ٱلْعِلْمَ l-ʿil'ma the knowledge
- وَيْلَكُمْ waylakum Woe to you
- ثَوَابُ thawābu (The) reward
- ٱللَّهِ l-lahi (of) Allah
- خَيْرٌۭ khayrun (is) better
- لِّمَنْ liman for (he) who
- ءَامَنَ āmana believes
- وَعَمِلَ waʿamila and does
- صَـٰلِحًۭا ṣāliḥan righteous (deeds)
- وَلَا walā And not
- يُلَقَّىٰهَآ yulaqqāhā it is granted
- إِلَّا illā except
- ٱلصَّـٰبِرُونَ l-ṣābirūna (to) the patient ones
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
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:
(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:
(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:
(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).
(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."