قَدۡ قَالَهَا ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡ فَمَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنۡهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ ٥٠
Those before them had already said it, but they were not availed by what they used to earn.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- قَدۡIndeedqad
- قَالَهَاsaid itqālahā
- ٱلَّذِينَthosealladhīna
- مِنbefore themmin
- قَبۡلِهِمۡbefore themqablihim
- فَمَآbut (did) notfamā
- أَغۡنَىٰavailaghnā
- عَنۡهُمthemʿanhum
- مَّاwhatmā
- كَانُواْthey used tokānū
- يَكۡسِبُونَearnyaksibūna
Tafsir
This statement was made by the disbelievers before them, but the wealth and status they earned was of no use to them at all.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran