Quran Ayah al-Hijr (The Rock, Stoneland, Rock City) 15:84 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad

and of no avail to them was all [the power] that they had acquired

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then in no way did whatever they used to earn avail them

Safi Kaskas

and all [the power] that they had acquired was of no use to them

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Arabic

فَمَاۤ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنۡهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ یَكۡسِبُونَ ۝٨٤

Transliteration (2021)

famā aghnā ʿanhum mā kānū yaksibūn

Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more

And not availed them what they used (to) earn.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

and of no avail to them was all [the power] that they had acquired

M. M. Pickthall

And that which they were wont to count as gain availed them not

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And of no avail to them was all that they did (with such art and care)

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

and all they achieved was of no help to them.

Safi Kaskas

and all [the power] that they had acquired was of no use to them

Wahiduddin Khan

All that they had acquired was of no avail to them

Shakir

And what they earned did not avail them

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

What benefit did what they earn make for them?

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

And availed them not what they had been earning.

T.B.Irving

and what they had been earning did not help them out.

Abdul Hye

and all their earnings (building homes by craving the rock) did not avail.

Saeed Malik

Then of no avail to them was what they were earning.

The Study Quran

and that which they used to earn availed them not

Talal Itani & AI (2025)

Nothing they had earned could help them.

Talal Itani (2012)

All they had acquired was of no avail to them.

Dr. Kamal Omar

And did not provide benefit to them what they used to earn

M. Farook Malik

We have not created the Heavens and the Earth, and all that lies between them but to manifest the Truth

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then in no way did whatever they used to earn avail them

Muhammad Sarwar

Out of what they had gained, nothing proved to be of any benefit to them

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

So, whatever they earned did not come to their help

Shabbir Ahmed

And of no avail to them was all the power that they had acquired

Dr. Munir Munshey

None of what they used to gain and gather could offer them any security or protection

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And what they had (built with so much care and) done was of no use to them

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

So nothing availed them [from] what they used to earn

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

What benefit did what they earn make for them?

Abdel Haleem

What they had gained was of no use to them

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Then availed them not that which they had been earning

Ahmed Ali

And all that they had done (for security) availed them nothing

Aisha Bewley

so all that they earned was of no use to them.

Ali Ünal

All (the wealth and power) that they acquired was of no avail to them

Ali Quli Qara'i

and what they used to earn did not avail them

Hamid S. Aziz

And that which they counted as gain availed them naught

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

Then what they were doing was of no use to them.

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

And of no avail to them was all that they did

Musharraf Hussain

and their wealth didn’t benefit them in any way.

Maududi

and whatever they had been earning proved of no avail

Mohammad Shafi

And what they earned availed them not

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

Therefore their earning did not avail them.

Rashad Khalifa

What they hoarded did not help them.

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

and that which they had earned did not help them

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And what they earned availed them not

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

So what they were gaining/acquiring did not enrich/suffice them from them (was of no benefit to them)

Bijan Moeinian

Whatever they had gained was of no help to them

Faridul Haque

Therefore their earnings did not in the least benefit them

Sher Ali

And all they had earned availed them not

Edip Yuksel

What they earned did not benefit them.

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

So (the riches) they used to earn could not repel (Allah’s punishment) from them

Amatul Rahman Omar

So that all that they had accomplished was of no avail to them

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

And all that which they used to earn availed them not

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

Arthur John Arberry

that they earned did not avail them

George Sale

Neither was what they had wrought of any advantage unto them

Edward Henry Palmer

and that which they had earned availed them naught

John Medows Rodwell

And their labours availed them nothing

N J Dawood (2014)

Nothing did their gains avail them

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Shuaib Abdullahi

And (Fa) what (Maa) they used to (Kaanu') earn (Yak'sibuun) did not (Maa) avail them (Ag'naa Än'hum).

Fode Drame

And all that they used to earn was of no avail to them.

Munir Mezyed

So nothing availed them from what they used to gain.

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

And what they had gathered did not benefit them.

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

so all what they used to earn was of no avail to them.

Linda “iLHam” Barto

Everything they had done was of no use to them.

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

and what they had been earning did not help them out.

Samy Mahdy

So, it was not availing them, what they were earning.

Sayyid Qutb

Of no avail to them was all that they had acquired.

Ali Quli Qarai

and what they used to earn did not avail them.

Ahmed Hulusi

Their earnings did not save them.

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

And all that they used to earn availed them not.

A. S. Mohamed

What they used to earn never did avail them.

Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli

And what they used to earn did not avail them.

Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim

And so be it, what they gained of skill and enjoyed of safety did not profit them nor help them accomplish a useful purpose

Mir Aneesuddin

So that which they used to earn was of no use to them.

The Wise Quran Project

Then what they used to earn availed them not.

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And of no avail to them was all that they did (with such art and care)

OLD Literal Word for Word

And not availed them what they used (to) earn

OLD Transliteration

Fama aghna AAanhum ma kanoo yaksiboona

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