39.50
surah 39 - verse 50
| translator's name | verse |
| Arberry | So said those that were before them; but that they earned did not avail them, |
| Maududi | Their predecessors also said the same, but their earnings proved of no avail to them, |
| Pickthall | Those before them said it, yet (all) that they had earned availed them not; |
| Sahih | Those before them had already said it, but they were not availed by what they used to earn. |
| Yusuf Ali | Thus did the (generations) before them say! But all that they did was of no profit to them. |