← Surah 39

39:50

قَدْ قَالَهَا ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَمَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ

Word by word

قَدْ
Indeed
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
قَدْPrepositionparticle of certainty
قَالَهَا
said it
Verb
Root: قول
Grammar (i'rab)
قَالَVerbperfect، 3rd masc. sing.
هَاNounpronoun، suffix، 3rd fem. sing.
ٱلَّذِينَ
those
Noun
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلَّذِينَNounrelative، masc. plur.
مِن
before them
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
مِنPrepositionpreposition
قَبْلِهِمْ
before them
Noun
Root: قبل
Grammar (i'rab)
قَبْلِNoungenitive
هِمْNounpronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
فَمَآ
but (did) not
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
فَPrepositionresumption، prefix
مَآPrepositionnegative
أَغْنَىٰ
avail
Verb
Root: غني
Grammar (i'rab)
أَغْنَىٰVerbperfect، 3rd masc. sing.
عَنْهُم
them
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
عَنْPrepositionpreposition
هُمNounpronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
مَّا
what
Noun
Grammar (i'rab)
مَّاNounrelative
كَانُوا۟
they used to
Verb
Root: كون
Grammar (i'rab)
كَانُVerbperfect، 3rd masc. plur.
وا۟Nounpronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
يَكْسِبُونَ
earn
Verb
Root: كسب
Grammar (i'rab)
يَكْسِبُVerbimperfect، 3rd masc. plur.
ونَNounpronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.

Translation

EN

Thus did the (generations) before them say! But all that they did was of no profit to them.

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

Those who lived before them said the same. What they did was of no use to them;

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

Those before them said it, yet (all) that they had earned availed them not;

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

Those before them had already said it, but they were not availed by what they used to earn.

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

Bunu onlardan öncekiler de söylemişti, ama kazandıkları şeyler onlara fayda vermedi.

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Onu, bunlardan öncekiler de söyledi. Fakat o kazandıkları, kendilerini kurtarmadı.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

Bunu onlardan öncekiler de elbette söylemişti ama kazandıkları şeyler onlara yarar sağlamamıştı.

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

قد قال مقالتهم هذه مَن قبلهم من الأمم الخالية المكذبة، فما أغنى عنهم حين جاءهم العذاب ما كانوا يكسبونه من الأموال والأولاد.

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution