Surah Az-Zumar, Ayah 50 (39:50)

ٱلزُّمَر

قَدْ قَالَهَا ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَمَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ

Quran 39:50 is ayah 50 of Surah Az-Zumar (“The Troops”), a Meccan surah of 75 ayahs. It is in Juz 24, on page 464 of the Madani Mushaf.

39:50
قَدْقَالَهَاٱلَّذِينَمِنقَبْلِهِمْفَمَآأَغْنَىٰعَنْهُممَّاكَانُوا۟يَكْسِبُونَ٥٠
qad qālahā alladhīna min qablihim famā aghnā ʿanhum mā kānū yaksibūna

Those before them had already said it, but they were not availed by what they used to earn.(50)

Word by word

  1. قَدْqadIndeed
  2. قَالَهَاqālahāsaid it
  3. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose
  4. مِنminbefore them
  5. قَبْلِهِمْqablihimbefore them
  6. فَمَآfamābut (did) not
  7. أَغْنَىٰaghnāavail
  8. عَنْهُمʿanhumthem
  9. مَّاmāwhat
  10. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
  11. يَكْسِبُونَyaksibūnaearn

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