saying, "Allah expands the provision of any of His slaves He
wills or restricts it. If Allah had not shown great kindness to us,
we would have been swallowed up as well. Ah! Truly the
disbelievers are not successful." (Surat al-Qasas: 79-82)
The Qur'an informs us that "gossiping" and "backbiting" are some
of the other behavioural traits disliked by Allah. Spying on someone's
mistakes, backbiting and making a person a target for mockery are
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As a result of his insolence towards Allah, the earth swallowed Qarun
together with all his treasures.
