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Saba 35

Ayah 35 of 54 · Meccan

وَقَالُواْ نَحۡنُ أَكۡثَرُ أَمۡوَٰلٗا وَأَوۡلَٰدٗا وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ ٣٥

And they1 said, "We are more [than the believers] in wealth and children, and we are not to be punished."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 The affluent ones in general or the people of Makkah specifically.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَقَالُواْAnd they saywaqālū
  2. نَحۡنُWenaḥnu
  3. أَكۡثَرُ(have) moreaktharu
  4. أَمۡوَٰلٗاwealthamwālan
  5. وَأَوۡلَٰدٗاand childrenwa-awlādan
  6. وَمَاand notwamā
  7. نَحۡنُwenaḥnu
  8. بِمُعَذَّبِينَwill be punishedbimuʿadhabīna

Tafsir

And these people of fame said braggingly and boastfully: “We are more in wealth and more in children. And your claim that we will be punished is a lie, as we will not be punished in this world nor in the Hereafter”.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran