He said, "I was only given it because of knowledge I have." (28:78)

Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim

But -Qarun- said: I have acquired what came into my possession by reason of the knowledge inherent in me and for my intellectual acquaintance with fact. Did he not know that Allah had reduced to a useless form before him people who were stronger and greater in affluence! However, there is no need to question those who had been steeped in crime

Tafseer Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi

(28:78) But he replied, "All that I have been given is by virtue of the knowledge that I possess. " *97 -Did he not know that AIIah had destroyed before him many such people who were mightier than him in power and strength ? *98 But the criminals are not asked as to their sins. *99

He said, "I was only given it because of knowledge I have." meaning

*97) The words of the Text can have two meanings: (1) "Whatever I have obtained is by virtue of my own ability. It is not a bounty which somebody else might have given me as a favour without my deserving it as a right, and now I may have to render thanks for it by giving a portion of it to those who have not been given anything, as a favour, or give some of it in charity so that the bounty is not withdrawn from me." (2) "I think God has given me this wealth in view of my qualities and excellences Had I not been a likeable person, He would not have given me all this. That He has bestowed on me alI kinds of blessings is a proof that I am His favourite and he approves of the way of life that I am following."
*98) That is, "Did this person who was proud of being so knowledgeable and wise and well-informed and capable never know that people with greater wealth and grandeur and power and might than him had lived before him in the world, and Allah at last, had annihilated them completely? if capability and skill and competence are the only factors conducive to worldly progress, then why didn't these virtues avail them when they were destroyed? And if the worldly progress of a person is a sure proof that Allah is pleased with him and approves of his deeds and qualities, then why were those people doomed to destruction at all?"
*99) That is, "The criminals have always been claiming to be the best people, who are free from every evil, but their punishment is not dependent on their own confessions. Whenever they are seized; they are not seized on the basis of their own confessions of sins, etc."
 

He said, "I was only given it because of knowledge I have." meaning in Urdu

تو اُس نے کہا "یہ سب کچھ تو مجھے اُس علم کی بنا پر دیا گیا ہے جو مجھ کو حاصل ہے" کیا اس کو علم نہ تھا کہ اللہ اس سے پہلے بہت سے ایسے لوگوں کو ہلاک کر چکا ہے جو اس سے زیادہ قوت اور جمعیت رکھتے تھے؟ مجرموں سے تو ان کے گناہ نہیں پوچھے جاتے