The Holy Quran 15:84 — Surah Al-Hijr

Arabic text

فَمَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ

Translation

Whatever they earned was of no benefit to them (because it neither saved them from Allaah's punishment in this world nor will it save them in the Aakhirah).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

That is, nothing — neither wealth and riches, nor solid buildings, nor bodily strength, nor any other means and resources — could avert the punishment of Allah. Their story has also passed earlier. In a hadith it is related that the Prophet ﷺ, on his way to Tabuk, passed through “the Valley of al-Hijr”.

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