39. Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 50

Those before them have said the same thing, yet what they earned did not help them in the least.

The same was said by those who passed before them, but their earnings failed to make them truly rich! (28:78).

There had said it those before them; but there availed them not what they earned,

Those before them have said the same thing, yet what they earned did not help them in the least.

Those before them have said the same thing, yet what they earned did not help them in the least.

Those who came before them also said that, but what they earned did not avail them.

Those before them have uttered the same thing, and their earnings did not help them in the least.

Those before them had also said so, and yet nothing of what they did availed them in the least.

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

The same did say [to themselves many of] those who lived before their time; but of no avail to them was all that they had ever achieved:

Those before them said it, yet (all) that they had earned availed them not;

In a similar manner did those who preceded them reveal their true character but nothing they had done or left undone and nothing they had accomplished in their own irreverent way was of any advantage to them nor did it accomplish their purpose nor did it protect them from Allah's retributive punishment.

The ones before them had similar conviction but their "earnings" was not of any help [for the simple token that it was God’s blessing and not their earning] them in the least. [when will man learn from history?]

Verily, those before them said it, yet (all) that they had earned availed them not.

Thus did the (generations) before them say! But all that they did was of no profit to them.

The same had already been said by those ˹destroyed˺ before them,[1] but their ˹worldly˺ gains were of no benefit to them.

The same was said by those before them, but what they used to earn was of no avail to them,

Those who lived before them said the same. What they did was of no use to them;

So said those that were before them; but that they earned did not avail them,

Those before them said it too, but that availed them not which they had earned,

Those before them did indeed say this, but what they earned availed them not.

The ones before them already said it, yet in no way did whatever they used to earn avail them.

Those who were before them, said the same: But that which they had gained, profited them not;

Verily, the (people) before them talked like this! But everything they did was of no use to them.

Their predecessors had said the same thing, yet all their acquisitions were of no avail to them,

Those who were before them [also] said that, but what they used to earn did not avail them.