قَالَ
إِنَّمَآ
أُوتِيتُهُۥ
عَلَىٰ
عِلْمٍ
عِندِىٓ ۚ
أَوَلَمْ
يَعْلَمْ
أَنَّ
ٱللَّهَ
قَدْ
أَهْلَكَ
مِن
قَبْلِهِۦ
مِنَ
ٱلْقُرُونِ
مَنْ
هُوَ
أَشَدُّ
مِنْهُ
قُوَّةًۭ
وَأَكْثَرُ
جَمْعًۭا ۚ
وَلَا
يُسْـَٔلُ
عَن
ذُنُوبِهِمُ
ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ
٧٨
but he answered, ‘This wealth was given to me on account of the knowledge I possess.’ Did he not know that God had destroyed many generations before him, who had greater power than him and built up greater wealth? The guilty will not be questioned about their sins.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem