Surah Saba (سبإ) • Sheba

Quran 34:37

34:37

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

wamā amwālukum walā awlādukum bi-allatī tuqarribukum ʿindanā zul'fā illā man āmana waʿamila ṣāliḥan fa-ulāika lahum jazāu l-ḍiʿ'fi bimā ʿamilū wahum fī l-ghurufāti āminūna

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].

— Saheeh International

Neither wealth nor children will bring you nearer to Us, but those who believe and do good deeds will have multiple rewards for what they have done, and will live safely in the lofty dwellings of Paradise,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And it is not your wealth, nor your children that bring you nearer to Us (i.e. please Allâh), but only he who believes (in the Islâmic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds (will please Us); as for such, there will be twofold reward for what they did, and they will reside in the high dwellings (Paradise) in peace and security.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 22Page 432meccan

Word by Word

وَمَآwamāAnd not
أَمْوَٰلُكُمْamwālukumyour wealth
وَلَآwalāand not
أَوْلَـٰدُكُمawlādukumyour children
بِٱلَّتِىbi-allatī[that]
تُقَرِّبُكُمْtuqarribukumwill bring you close
عِندَنَاʿindanāto Us
زُلْفَىٰٓzul'fā(in) position
إِلَّاillābut
مَنْmanwhoever
ءَامَنَāmanabelieves
وَعَمِلَwaʿamilaand does
صَـٰلِحًۭاṣāliḥanrighteousness
فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen those
لَهُمْlahumfor them
جَزَآءُjazāu(will be) reward
ٱلضِّعْفِl-ḍiʿ'fitwo-fold
بِمَاbimāfor what
عَمِلُوا۟ʿamilūthey did
وَهُمْwahumand they
فِىfī(will be) in
ٱلْغُرُفَـٰتِl-ghurufātithe high dwellings
ءَامِنُونَāminūnasecure