سُوْرَةُ سَبَاٍ
Surah Saba (34) — Ayah 35
وَقَالُوا۟ نَحْنُ أَكْثَرُ أَمْوَٰلًا وَأَوْلَـٰدًا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ ﴿35﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And they say: "We are more in wealth and in children, and we are not going to be punished."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَقَالُوا۟
waqālū
And they say
نَحْنُ
naḥnu
We
أَكْثَرُ
aktharu
(have) more
أَمْوَٰلًۭا
amwālan
wealth
وَأَوْلَـٰدًۭا
wa-awlādan
and children
وَمَا
wamā
and not
نَحْنُ
naḥnu
we
بِمُعَذَّبِينَ
bimuʿadhabīna
will be punished
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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35. And they also said, "We are greater than you in wealth and children [53], and we will not be punished."
[53]
The Belief of Prosperous People Regarding the Hereafter:
This prosperous class does not state the real reasons for their denial; instead, they present something else in an appealing manner as the reason for their denial, which even seems reasonable to ordinary worldly people. Their argument, which they present before the Prophet and his followers, is that Allah is kind to us, not to you. Allah has given us mansions, cars, heaps of wealth and riches, and children. He was pleased with us, that is why He blessed us with these favors. And as for the Hereafter with which you are frightening us—even if it does occur—what reason is there that the Allah who is kind to us today would not be kind to us tomorrow, and would punish us without any reason?
[53]
The Belief of Prosperous People Regarding the Hereafter:
This prosperous class does not state the real reasons for their denial; instead, they present something else in an appealing manner as the reason for their denial, which even seems reasonable to ordinary worldly people. Their argument, which they present before the Prophet and his followers, is that Allah is kind to us, not to you. Allah has given us mansions, cars, heaps of wealth and riches, and children. He was pleased with us, that is why He blessed us with these favors. And as for the Hereafter with which you are frightening us—even if it does occur—what reason is there that the Allah who is kind to us today would not be kind to us tomorrow, and would punish us without any reason?
