Question: who was qarun in islam?
Answer: Qarun or Karun is the same villainous figure known variously as Korah, Korach, or Korak in the Hebrew Bible. He was a wealthy 5 man and an antagonist of Moses (Numbers 16:1–40). Similar to the account in the Qur'an, according to Numbers 26:9–10, he and many of his associates were swallowed by the earth.