. Et tout ce qu’ils avaient acquis ne leur avait servi à rien.
German
Und alles, was sie sich erworben hatten, nützte ihnen nichts.
Chinese
凡他们经常所做的, (在那时候) 对他们没有任何用处了。
Italian
E tutto quello che si erano guadagnati non giovò loro.
Spanish
Y no les sirvió de nada todo lo que habían ganado.
اردو تفسیرِ صغیر
اور جو (مال) وہ جمع کیا کرتے تھے اس نے انہیں (اس وقت) کچھ بھی فائدہ نہ دیا۔
English - Short Commentary Translation
And all that they had earned availed them not.
English - Five Volume Translation
And all that they had earned availed them not.[1788]
Commentary:
The verse means to say that though the people of Salih built big houses and huge buildings and felt themselves secure, yet actually these very buildings proved the means of their destruction, for the Divine punishment came upon them in the form of an earthquake, and so the hugeness of their buildings added to the severity of their calamity. The verse thus implies a strong warning for the enemies of the Holy Prophet to the effect that they should not rely on their wealth and possessions as a means of protection against the wrath of God, because when Divine punishment comes, material means and resources, instead of being a protection, actually prove the ruin of those who possess them.
اردو ترجمہ مودودی
اور اُن کی کمائی اُن کے کچھ کام نہ آئی
English - Sahih
So nothing availed them [from] what they used to earn.
اردو ترجمہ احمد علی
پھر ان کے دنیاوی ہنر ان کے کچھ بھی کام نہ آئے
English - Talal Itani
And not availed them what they used (to) earn.
Chinese Commentary *
اردہ تفصیرِ صغیر نوٹس*
English - Arberry
that they earned did not avail them.
English - Maududi
and whatever they had been earning proved of no avail.
English - Ahmed Ali
And all that they had done (for security) availed them nothing.
English - Yusuf Ali
And of no avail to them was all that they did (with such art and care)!
English - Five Volume Commentary *
1788
Commentary:
The verse means to say that though the people of Salih built big houses and huge buildings and felt themselves secure, yet actually these very buildings proved the means of their destruction, for the Divine punishment came upon them in the form of an earthquake, and so the hugeness of their buildings added to the severity of their calamity. The verse thus implies a strong warning for the enemies of the Holy Prophet to the effect that they should not rely on their wealth and possessions as a means of protection against the wrath of God, because when Divine punishment comes, material means and resources, instead of being a protection, actually prove the ruin of those who possess them.
English - Short Commentary Notes *
English - Pickthall
And that which they were wont to count as gain availed them not.
English - Muhammad Ali ra
And what they earned availed them not.
English - Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan ra
And all that they had worked at availed them nothing.