The Holy Quran 34:35 — Surah Saba

Arabic text

وَقَالُوا۟ نَحْنُ أَكْثَرُ أَمْوَٰلًا وَأَوْلَـٰدًا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ

Translation

They (the affluent) said, "We possess more wealth and more children than you (so how can you expect us to follow you?). We can never (ever) be punished (because Allaah loves us, as seen by the many favours with which He has blessed us)."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

A false measure of Allah's pleasure: that is, [they say:] “So it is clear that Allah is pleased and satisfied with us; otherwise why would He give us so much wealth and so many children? And since He is pleased, we have no fear of any calamity. You make idle threats of punishment.”

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