Surah Al-Mujadila, Ayah 17 (58:17)

ٱلْمُجَادِلَة

لَّن تُغْنِىَ عَنْهُمْ أَمْوَٰلُهُمْ وَلَآ أَوْلَٰدُهُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ شَئًْا ۚ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ …

Quran 58:17 is ayah 17 of Surah Al-Mujadila (“The Pleading Woman”), a Medinan surah of 22 ayahs. It is in Juz 28, on page 544 of the Madani Mushaf.

58:17
لَّنتُغْنِىَعَنْهُمْأَمْوَٰلُهُمْوَلَآأَوْلَٰدُهُممِّنَٱللَّهِشَئًْا ۚأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَأَصْحَٰبُٱلنَّارِ ۖهُمْفِيهَاخَٰلِدُونَ١٧
lan tugh'niya ʿanhum amwāluhum walā awlāduhum mina l-lahi shayan ulāika aṣḥābu l-nāri hum fīhā khālidūna

Never will their wealth or their children avail them against Allāh at all. Those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally(17)

Word by word

  1. لَّنlanNever
  2. تُغْنِىَtugh'niyawill avail
  3. عَنْهُمْʿanhumthem
  4. أَمْوَٰلُهُمْamwāluhumtheir wealth
  5. وَلَآwalāand not
  6. أَوْلَٰدُهُمawlāduhumtheir children
  7. مِّنَminaagainst
  8. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  9. شَئًْا ۚshayan(in) anything
  10. أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
  11. أَصْحَٰبُaṣḥābu(will be) companions
  12. ٱلنَّارِ ۖl-nāri(of) the Fire
  13. هُمْhumthey
  14. فِيهَاfīhāin it
  15. خَٰلِدُونَkhālidūnawill abide forever

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