Quran 40:85 — Al-Ghaafir, verse 85
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
but believing after seeing Our punishment did not benefit them at all- this has always been God’s way of dealing with His creatures- there and then the disbelievers were lost.
فَلَمْ يَكُ يَنْفَعُهُمْ إِيمَانُهُمْ لَمَّا رَأَوْا بَأْسَنَا ۖ سُنَّتَ اللَّهِ الَّتِي قَدْ خَلَتْ فِي عِبَادِهِ ۖ وَخَسِرَ هُنَالِكَ الْكَافِرُونَ
falam yaku yanfaʿuhum īmānuhum lammā ra-aw basanā sunnata l-lahi allatī qad khalat fī ʿibādihi wakhasira hunālika l-kāfirūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- But their belief when they saw Our might did not profit them -- the wont of God, as in the past, touching His servants; then the unbelievers shall be lost.
- Muhammad Asad
- But their attaining to faith after they had beheld Our punishment could not possibly benefit them such being the way of God that has always obtained for His creatures -: and so, then and there, lost were they who had denied the truth.
- Sahih International
- But never did their faith benefit them once they saw Our punishment. [It is] the established way of Allāh which has preceded among His servants. And the disbelievers thereupon lost [all].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَلَمْfalam | But did not | — |
| 2 | يَكُyaku | But did not | كون |
| 3 | يَنفَعُهُمْyanfaʿuhum | benefit them | نفع |
| 4 | إِيمَـٰنُهُمْīmānuhum | their faith | أمن |
| 5 | لَمَّاlammā | when | — |
| 6 | رَأَوْا۟ra-aw | they saw | رأي |
| 7 | بَأْسَنَا ۖbasanā | Our punishment | بأس |
| 8 | سُنَّتَsunnata | (Such is the) Way | سنن |
| 9 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 10 | ٱلَّتِىallatī | which | — |
| 11 | قَدْqad | (has) indeed | — |
| 12 | خَلَتْkhalat | preceded | خلو |
| 13 | فِىfī | among | — |
| 14 | عِبَادِهِۦ ۖʿibādihi | His slaves | عبد |
| 15 | وَخَسِرَwakhasira | And are lost | خسر |
| 16 | هُنَالِكَhunālika | there | — |
| 17 | ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَl-kāfirūna | the disbelievers | كفر |