Al-Hijr 15:84
The Rocky Tract · Meccan · Juz 14 · Page 266
Their Earnings Did Not Help
فَمَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنۡهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ ٨٤
And that which they were wont to count as gain availed them not.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
And of no avail to them was what they used to earn.
Insight
According to Elmalılı, the skills, strength, wealth, houses and fortresses they trusted were of no use.
Reflect
Make your earnings a means to salvation.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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