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Sura 28
Aya 78
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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

N. J. Dawood

But he replied: ‘These riches were given me on account of the knowledge I possess.’ Did he not know that, from the generations gone before him, God destroyed some who were mightier and more avaricious than he? The wrongdoers shall not be questioned about their sins.