The Holy Quran 34:37 — Surah Saba

Arabic text

وَمَآ أَمْوَٰلُكُمْ وَلَآ أَوْلَـٰدُكُم بِٱلَّتِى تُقَرِّبُكُمْ عِندَنَا زُلْفَىٰٓ إِلَّا مَنْ ءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَـٰلِحًا فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ جَزَآءُ ٱلضِّعْفِ بِمَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَهُمْ فِى ٱلْغُرُفَـٰتِ ءَامِنُونَ

Translation

Your wealth and children are not such that they can draw you closer to Us (merely because you have them in abundance), except for him who has Imaan and does good deeds. (Such a person's wealth and children can certainly take him closer to Allaah because he will use them to please Allaah.) For these people, there shall be a multiplied reward on account of what (good) they do, and they shall rest peacefully on balconies (of lofty chambers in Jannah).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

that is, an abundance of wealth and children is neither a sign of nearness to Allah, as passed in the verse above, nor a means of attaining nearness. On the contrary, in the case of a disbeliever it becomes a cause of still greater distance.

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