Surah Ghafir (غافر) • The Forgiver

Quran 40:85

40:85

فَلَمْ يَكُ يَنفَعُهُمْ إِيمَـٰنُهُمْ لَمَّا رَأَوْا۟ بَأْسَنَا ۖ سُنَّتَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّتِى قَدْ خَلَتْ فِى عِبَادِهِۦ ۖ وَخَسِرَ هُنَالِكَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ

falam yaku yanfaʿuhum īmānuhum lammā ra-aw basanā sunnata l-lahi allatī qad khalat fī ʿibādihi wakhasira hunālika l-kāfirūna

But never did their faith benefit them once they saw Our punishment. [It is] the established way of Allāh which has preceded among His servants. And the disbelievers thereupon lost [all].

— Saheeh International

but believing after seeing Our punishment did not benefit them at all- this has always been God’s way of dealing with His creatures- there and then the disbelievers were lost.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Then their Faith (in Islâmic Monotheism) could not avail them when they saw Our punishment. (Like) this has been the way of Allâh in dealing with His slaves. And there the disbelievers lost utterly (when Our Torment covered them).

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

فَلَمْfalamBut did not
يَكُyakuBut did not
يَنفَعُهُمْyanfaʿuhumbenefit them
إِيمَـٰنُهُمْīmānuhumtheir faith
لَمَّاlammāwhen
رَأَوْا۟ra-awthey saw
بَأْسَنَاۖbasanāOur punishment
سُنَّتَsunnata(Such is the) Way
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
ٱلَّتِىallatīwhich
قَدْqad(has) indeed
خَلَتْkhalatpreceded
فِىfīamong
عِبَادِهِۦۖʿibādihiHis slaves
وَخَسِرَwakhasiraAnd are lost
هُنَالِكَhunālikathere
ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَl-kāfirūnathe disbelievers