وَمَآ أَمْوَٰلُكُمْ وَلَآ أَوْلَٰدُكُم بِٱلَّتِى تُقَرِّبُكُمْ عِندَنَا زُلْفَىٰٓ إِلَّا مَنْ ءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَٰلِحًۭا فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ جَزَآءُ ٱلضِّعْفِ بِمَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَهُمْ فِى ٱلْغُرُفَٰتِ ءَامِنُونَ
Wa maaa amwaalukum wa laaa awlaadukum billatee tuqarribukum 'indanaa zulfaaa illaa man aamana wa 'amila saalihan fa ulaaa'ika lahum jazaaa'ud di'fi bimaa 'amiloo wa hum fil ghurufaati aaminoon
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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34:37Ayah 154
7 ayahs in Saba are strongly about Paradise and Hell. This is one of them.
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Nor is it your wealth or your children that will bring you near to Us in closeness except for but it is those who believe and act righteously those they shall have a twofold reward for what they did in other words they shall have it as the reward of their action — as a good deed for example is rewarded tenfold or more — and they shall be in the lofty abodes of Paradise secure from death and otherwise a variant reading for al-ghurufāt is al-ghurfa the generic noun implying a plural.
Related Hadiths
"The best of your provision is what you earn, and your children are part of what you earn. "
"Indeed the most wholesome of what you consume is from your earnings, and indeed your children are from your earnings."
“The
wealthiest will be the lowest on the Day of Resurrection,
except
those who do such and such with their money, and earn it from
good
sources.”
Allah's Messenger said: "Qintar is twelve thousand 'Uqiyah, each 'Uqiyah of which is better than what is between heaven and earth." And the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) said: "A man will be raised in status in Paradise and will say: 'Where did this come from?' And it will be said:'From your son's praying for forgiveness for you.'"
“Being honorable is wealth and noble character is piety.’
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