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Saba 37

Ayah 37 of 54 · Meccan

وَمَآ أَمۡوَٰلُكُمۡ وَلَآ أَوۡلَٰدُكُم بِٱلَّتِي تُقَرِّبُكُمۡ عِندَنَا زُلۡفَىٰٓ إِلَّا مَنۡ ءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَٰلِحٗا فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمۡ جَزَآءُ ٱلضِّعۡفِ بِمَا عَمِلُواْ وَهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡغُرُفَٰتِ ءَامِنُونَ ٣٧

And it is not your wealth or your children that bring you nearer to Us in position, but it is [by being] one who has believed and done righteousness. For them there will be the double reward for what they did, and they will be in the upper chambers [of Paradise], safe [and secure].

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَمَآAnd notwamā
  2. أَمۡوَٰلُكُمۡyour wealthamwālukum
  3. وَلَآand notwalā
  4. أَوۡلَٰدُكُمyour childrenawlādukum
  5. بِٱلَّتِي[that]bi-allatī
  6. تُقَرِّبُكُمۡwill bring you closetuqarribukum
  7. عِندَنَاto Usʿindanā
  8. زُلۡفَىٰٓ(in) positionzul'fā
  9. إِلَّاbutillā
  10. مَنۡwhoeverman
  11. ءَامَنَbelievesāmana
  12. وَعَمِلَand doeswaʿamila
  13. صَٰلِحٗاrighteousnessṣāliḥan
  14. فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَthen thosefa-ulāika
  15. لَهُمۡfor themlahum
  16. جَزَآءُ(will be) rewardjazāu
  17. ٱلضِّعۡفِtwo-foldl-ḍiʿ'fi
  18. بِمَاfor whatbimā
  19. عَمِلُواْthey didʿamilū
  20. وَهُمۡand theywahum
  21. فِي(will be) infī
  22. ٱلۡغُرُفَٰتِthe high dwellingsl-ghurufāti
  23. ءَامِنُونَsecureāminūna

Tafsir

And your wealth and your children which you boast over are not what leads you to Allah’s pleasure, but the one who believes in Allah and does good actions has acquired has acquired a multiplied reward. His wealth draws him closer to Allah by him spending it in Allah's way, and his children also are a means for raising his rank, by their prayers for him. So those believers who do good deeds - for them is a multiple reward for the good they did and they will be in the higher ranks of Paradise, safe from whatever they fear; punishment, death and ending of joy.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran