وَقَالُوا۟ نَحْنُ أَكْثَرُ أَمْوَٰلًۭا وَأَوْلَٰدًۭا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ
Wa qaaloo nahnu aksaru amwaalanw wa awlaadanw wa maa nahnu bimu 'azzabeen
And they said, "We are more [than the believers] in wealth and children, and we are not to be punished."
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34:35Ayah 154
2 ayahs in Saba are strongly about worldly life and wealth. This is one of them.
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And they say ‘We possess more wealth and children than those who are believers and we shall not be chastised’.
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I came to Khabbab while he was building a wall, and he (Khabbab) said, "Our companions who have
left this world, did not enjoy anything of their reward therein, while we have collected after them,
much wealth that we cannot spend but on earth (i.e., on building).
It was narrated from Ibn Buraidah that his father said: "The Messenger of Allah said: 'The nobility of the people of this world, that which they (always) go to, is wealth.'"
The Messenger of Allah said: "The niche is for us and the ditch is for others." (Daif)
"I met Abu Dharr and said: 'Tell me a Hadith.' He said: the Messenger of Allah said: There are no two Muslims, three of whose children die before reaching puberty, but Allah will forgive them by virtue of His mercy towards them."'
During the Pre-lslamic period of ignorance if any tribe became great in number, we used to say,
"Amira the children of so-and-so." Narrated Al-Humaidi: Sufyan narrated to us something and used the word 'Amira'.
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