The Story
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF GRACE[28:81]
And thereupon We caused the earth to swallow him and his dwelling; and he had none and nothing to succour him against God, nor was he of those who could succor themselves.

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* v.81 : Lit., “he had no host whatever to succour him...,” etc. Qārūn’s being “swallowed by the earth” may possibly be a metaphor of a catastrophic, unforeseen loss – from whatever cause – of all his worldly goods and, thus, of erstwhile grandeur.