Quran 39:50 — Az-Zumar, verse 50
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Those who lived before them said the same. What they did was of no use to them;
قَدْ قَالَهَا الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ فَمَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ
qad qālahā alladhīna min qablihim famā aghnā ʿanhum mā kānū yaksibūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- So said those that were before them; but that they earned did not avail them,
- Muhammad Asad
- The same did say [to themselves many of] those who lived before their time; but of no avail to them was all that they had ever achieved:
- Sahih International
- Those before them had already said it, but they were not availed by what they used to earn.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَدْqad | Indeed | — |
| 2 | قَالَهَاqālahā | said it | قول |
| 3 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those | — |
| 4 | مِنmin | before them | — |
| 5 | قَبْلِهِمْqablihim | before them | قبل |
| 6 | فَمَآfamā | but (did) not | — |
| 7 | أَغْنَىٰaghnā | avail | غني |
| 8 | عَنْهُمʿanhum | them | — |
| 9 | مَّاmā | what | — |
| 10 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they used to | كون |
| 11 | يَكْسِبُونَyaksibūna | earn | كسب |