# 111. Surah Al-Masad, Verse 2

- **Surah:** 111. Surah Al-Masad (The Palm Fibre) — سورة المسد
- **Verse:** 2 / 5 · **Juz:** 30 · **Mushaf page:** 603
- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-al-masad/verse-2

## Arabic

مَٓا اَغْنٰى عَنْهُ مَالُهُ وَمَا كَسَبَۜ

## Transcription

Ma aghna AAanhu maluhuwama kasab

## Translations

### Aisha Bewley

His wealth has not helped him nor anything he has earned.

### Progressive Muslims

His money will not avail him, nor what he has earned.

### Shabbir Ahmed

His wealth and gains will avail him not! (69:27-28), (92:11), (96:7).

### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

His wealth will not avail him, nor will what he earned.

### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

His money will not avail him, nor what he has earned.

### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament

His money and whatever he has accomplished will never help him.

### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

Of no avail shall be his wealth, nor what he has acquired.

### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

His wealth will not avail him or that which he gained.

### Muhammad Asad

What will his wealth avail him, and all that he has gained?

### Marmaduke Pickthall

His wealth and gains will not exempt him.

### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary

His wealth did not avail him, nor his acquisitions.[1]

_Footnotes_
- [1] Abu Lahab was a stingy, materialistic man. Ibn Jarir has stated that once in the pre-Islamic days he was accused of having stolen two golden deer from the treasury of the Kabah. Though later the deer were recovered from another person, the fact that he was accused of stealing indicates the opinion the people of Makkah held of him. About his riches Qadi Rashid bin Zubair writes in his Adh-Dhakhair wat- Tuhaf: He was one of the four richest men of the Quraish, who owned one qintar (about 260 oz) of gold each. His love of wealth can be judged from the fact that when on the occasion of the battle of Badr the fate of his religion was going to be decided forever, and all the Quraish chiefs had personally gone to fight, he sent Aas bin Hisham to fight on his own behalf, telling him: This is in lieu of the debt of four thousand dirhams that you owe to me. Thus, he contrived a plan to realize his debt, for Aas had become bankrupt and there was no hope of the recovery of the debt from him.

### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab

Neither his wealth nor all his gains will save him from what awaits him of retributive punishment:

### Bijan Moeinian

Neither his wealth nor his worldly accomplishments will be of any help to him.

### Al-Hilali & Khan

His wealth and his children will not benefit him!

### Abdullah Yusuf Ali

No profit to him from all his wealth, and all his gains!

### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran

Neither his wealth nor ˹worldly˺ gains will benefit him.

### Taqi Usmani

Neither his wealth benefited him, nor what he earned.

### Abdul Haleem

Neither his wealth nor his gains will help him:

### Arthur John Arberry

His wealth avails him not, neither what he has earned;

### E. Henry Palmer

His wealth shall not avail him, nor what he has earned!

### Hamid S. Aziz

His wealth shall not avail him, nor what he has gained!

### Mahmoud Ghali

In no way did his wealth avail him, neither whatever he earned;

### George Sale

His riches shall not profit him, neither that which he hath gained.

### Syed Vickar Ahamed

(There is) no benefit to him (in the Hereafter) from all his wealth, and from all his gains!

### Amatul Rahman Omar

His wealth and what he has accomplished shall avail him naught.

### Ali Quli Qarai

Neither his wealth availed him, nor what he had earned.

### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü

Ne zenginliği ve ne de kazandığı ona fayda vermedi!

### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı

Malı ve kazandıkları kendisine bir yarar sağlamadı.

### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali

Malı ve kazandıkları ona fayda vermedi.

### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali

Ona ne malı fayda verdi, ne de kazandığı.

### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

Ne malı faide verdi ona ne kazandığı

### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş)

Ona ne malı fayda verdi, ne de kazandığı.

### Gültekin Onan

Malı ve kazandıkları kendisine bir yarar sağlamadı.

### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim

Ona ne malı, ne kazandığı faide vermedi.

### İbni Kesir

Malı ve kazandığı ona fayda vermedi.

### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı

Ne faydası olacak servetinin ve kazancının?

### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı

Ona, malı ve kazandıkları fayda vermedi.

### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

Ne malı, ne de kazandığı onu (Allah'ın kahrından) kurtaramadı.

### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali

Ne malı kurtardı onu ne de kazandığı.

### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an

Malı da kazancı da ona hiçbir yarar sağlamayacak!

### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

Ne malı ve ne de kazandıkları ona bir yarar sağlamadı.

### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek

Malı ve kazandıkları ona yarar sağlamadı.

### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

Ne malı işine yaradı ne de kazancı!

### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir

Malı da kazancı da ona yarar sağlamadı.

### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

Malı da kazandıkları da ona bir yarar sağlamadı.

### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an

Malı da kazandıkları da ona bir yarar sağlamadı.

### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

Malı da işine yaramadı kazandıkları da![1]

_Footnotes_
- [1] Kafirlerin malları ve evlatları ahirette hiçbir işlerine yaramayacaktır ([Al-i İmran 3/10,](https://quran.so/3/10) [116;](https://quran.so/3/116) [Şuara 26/88](https://quran.so/26/88)-[89,](https://quran.so/26/89) [Sebe 34/37,](https://quran.so/34/37) [Mücadele 58/17,](https://quran.so/58/17) [Hakka 69/28](https://quran.so/69/28)-[29,](https://quran.so/69/29) [Leyl 92/11](https://quran.so/92/11)).

## Words

| # | word | meaning | root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | مَآ — mā | Not | — |
| 2 | أَغْنَىٰ — aghnā | (will) avail | غني — Gayn-Nun-Ye |
| 3 | عَنْهُ — ʿanhu | him | — |
| 4 | مَالُهُۥ — māluhu | his wealth | مول — Mim-Vav-Lam |
| 5 | وَمَا — wamā | and what | — |
| 6 | كَسَبَ — kasaba | he earned | كسب — Kef-Sin-Be |

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