Saba 34:37 وما اموالكم ولا اولادكم بالتي تقربكم عندنا زلفى الا من امن وعمل صالحا فاولايك لهم جزاء الضعف بما عملوا وهم في الغرفات امنون ٣٧

34:37

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].

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Chapter 34, Page 432, Juz 22

37. 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]. 38. And the ones who strive against Our verses to cause [them] failure - those will be brought into the punishment [to remain]. 39. Say, "Indeed, my Lord extends provision for whom He wills of His servants and restricts [it] for him. But whatever thing you spend [in His cause] - He will compensate it; and He is the best of providers." 40. And [mention] the Day when He will gather them all and then say to the angels, "Did these [people] used to worship you?" 41. They will say, "Exalted are You! You, [O Allāh], are our benefactor excluding [i.e., not] them. Rather, they used to worship the jinn; most of them were believers in them." 42. But today [i.e., the Day of Judgement] you do not hold for one another [the power of] benefit or harm, and We will say to those who wronged, "Taste the punishment of the Fire, which you used to deny." 43. And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, they say, "This is not but a man who wishes to avert you from that which your fathers were worshipping." And they say, "This is not except a lie invented." And those who disbelieve say of the truth when it has come to them, "This is not but obvious magic." 44. And We had not given them any scriptures which they could study, and We had not sent to them before you, [O Muḥammad], any warner. 45. And those before them denied, and they [i.e., the people of Makkah] have not attained a tenth of what We had given them. But they [i.e., the former peoples] denied My messengers, so how [terrible] was My reproach.

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