He said, ‘I have indeed been given [all] this because of the knowledge that I have.’ Did he not know that Allah had already destroyed before him some of the generations who were more powerful than him and greater in amassing [wealth]? The guilty will not be questioned about their sins.
[قارون‌] گفت: «من اينها را در نتيجه دانش خود يافته‌ام.» آيا وى ندانست كه خدا نسلهايى را پيش از او نابود كرد كه از او نيرومندتر و مال‌اندوزتر بودند؟ و[لى اين گونه‌] مجرمان را [نيازى‌] به پرسيده شدن از گناهانشان نيست.