Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Saba, Ayah 35

Saba · Ayah 35 · View Ayah
وَقَالُوا۟ نَحْنُ أَكْثَرُ أَمْوَٰلًۭا وَأَوْلَٰدًۭا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ
And they said, "We are more [than the believers] in wealth and children, and we are not to be punished."

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Al-Jalalayn Commentary

And they say ‘We possess more wealth and children than those who are believers and we shall not be chastised’.

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(And they say) to the messengers: (We are more (than you) in wealth and children. We are not the punished) because of our religion in spite of all the wealth and children that we have! And this is exactly what the disbelievers of Mecca said to Muhammad (pbuh).

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