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Surah Saba — Ayah 35 (34:35)

Sheba · Makkah · Juz 22 · Mushaf page 432 of 604

وَقَالُواْ نَحۡنُ أَكۡثَرُ أَمۡوَٰلٗا وَأَوۡلَٰدٗا وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ ٣٥

English translation (Saheeh International)

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

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

Brief commentary

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”.

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