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quran:39:50 –

Those before them had already said it, but they were not availed by what they used to earn.  

Already the same was said by those who were before them, of communities, such as Korah and those of his people who were content with such ˹a saying˺. But what they used to earn did not avail them.
القرآن:٣٩:٥٠ –

قَدْ قَالَهَا الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ فَمَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ  

{قد قالها الذين من قبلهم} من الأمم كقارون وقومه الراضين بها {فما أغنى عنهم ما كانوا يكسبون}.

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quran:15:84 –

So nothing availed them ˹from˺ what they used to earn.  

And so that which they used to count as gain, in the way of building fortresses and amassing riches, did not avail, ˹did not˺ protect, them, from the chastisement.
القرآن:١٥:٨٤ –

فَمَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ  

{فما أغنى} دفع {عنهم} العذاب {ما كانوا يكسبون} من بناء الحصون وجمع الأموال.