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
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.
The Study Quran
and that which they used to earn availed them not
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
All that they had acquired availed them not.
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
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
So nothing availed them [from] what they used to earn
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
What benefit did what they earn make for the
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
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
What benefit did what they earn make for them?
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.
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
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
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
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.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
Everything they had done was of no use to them.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
so all what they used to earn was of no avail 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.
Ahmed Hulusi
Their earnings did not save them.
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
And what they used to earn did not avail them.
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
And what they had earned did not avail them.