The same had already been said by those ˹destroyed˺ before them,1 but their ˹worldly˺ gains were of no benefit to them.
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( قد قالها الذين من قبلهم ) أي : قد قال هذه المقالة وزعم هذا الزعم وادعى هذه الدعوى ، كثير ممن سلف من الأمم ( فما أغنى عنهم ما كانوا يكسبون ) أي : فما صح قولهم ولا منعهم جمعهم وما كانوا يكسبون .
He has revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺ the Book in truth, confirming what came before it, as He revealed the Torah and the Gospel