Surah Ali 'Imran, Ayah 116 (3:116)

آلِ عِمْرَان

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَن تُغْنِىَ عَنْهُمْ أَمْوَٰلُهُمْ وَلَآ أَوْلَٰدُهُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ شَئًْا ۖ …

Quran 3:116 is ayah 116 of Surah Ali 'Imran (“Family of Imran”), a Medinan surah of 200 ayahs. It is in Juz 4, on page 65 of the Madani Mushaf.

3:116
إِنَّٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟لَنتُغْنِىَعَنْهُمْأَمْوَٰلُهُمْوَلَآأَوْلَٰدُهُممِّنَٱللَّهِشَئًْا ۖوَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَأَصْحَٰبُٱلنَّارِ ۚهُمْفِيهَاخَٰلِدُونَ١١٦
inna alladhīna kafarū lan tugh'niya ʿanhum amwāluhum walā awlāduhum mina l-lahi shayan wa-ulāika aṣḥābu l-nāri hum fīhā khālidūna

Indeed, those who disbelieve - never will their wealth or their children avail them against Allāh at all, and those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally.(116)

Word by word

  1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  3. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
  4. لَنlannever
  5. تُغْنِىَtugh'niyawill avail
  6. عَنْهُمْʿanhum[for] them
  7. أَمْوَٰلُهُمْamwāluhumtheir wealth
  8. وَلَآwalāand not
  9. أَوْلَٰدُهُمawlāduhumtheir children
  10. مِّنَminaagainst
  11. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  12. شَئًْا ۖshayananything
  13. وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَwa-ulāikaand those
  14. أَصْحَٰبُaṣḥābu(are the) companions
  15. ٱلنَّارِ ۚl-nāri(of) the Fire
  16. هُمْhumthey
  17. فِيهَاfīhāin it
  18. خَٰلِدُونَkhālidūna(will) abide forever

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