Surah Az-Zumar
Quran 39:50
Read Quran 39:50 from Surah Az-Zumar (The Groups) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.
Quran verse
Qur'an 39:50
قَدْ قَالَهَا الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ فَمَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ٥٠
Those before them said it, yet (all) that they had earned availed them not;
English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.
- Surah
- 39. Az-Zumar (The Groups)
- Ayah
- 50 of 75
- Revelation
- Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
- Reference
- 39:50
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 39:50
Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic.
قال تعالى: { قَدْ قَالَهَا الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ } أي: قولهم { إِنَّمَا أُوتِيتُهُ عَلَى عِلْمٍ } فما زالت متوارثة عند المكذبين، لا يقرون بنعمة ربهم، ولا يرون له حقا،.فلم يزل دأبهم حتى أهلكوا، ولم يغن { عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ } حين جاءهم العذاب.