Qarun

Sheikh Omar Abdelkafy mentions Qarun in several places in his lessons: as a man who credited his wealth to his own knowledge and forgot God's favour, and as a man who oppressed his people and was not fit to lead them. ^{2 1}

The Sheikh says that Qarun claimed his wealth came from his own knowledge when Moses asked him for zakat, and he says that this forgetting of God's favour was the cause of Qarun's ruin. ¹ In another lesson he says that Qarun's people told him not to rejoice in arrogance, and that God does not love such rejoicing. ⁴ He then recalls Qarun's claim that his wealth came from his knowledge, and says a person should not rejoice as he did. ⁵

The Sheikh speaks of responsibility and says it is not frowning, raising the voice or belittling people. He cites Qarun as an example of a man who oppressed his people and so was not fit to take charge of them. ²

The Sheikh refers to what the Qur'an records of the claims of Iblis to superiority, of Pharaoh to the kingdom and of Qarun to wealth, and warns against echoing such words. ⁶ He says such statements are repeated without awareness of what they mean, and recalls Qarun's claim that his wealth came from his knowledge. ³