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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Saba 34:37

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

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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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وليست أموالكم ولا أولادكم بالتي تقربكم عندنا قربى، وترفع درجاتكم، لكن مَن آمن بالله وعمل صالحًا فهؤلاء لهم ثواب الضعف من الحسنات، فالحسنة بعشر أمثالها إلى ما يشاء الله من الزيادة، وهم في أعالي الجنة آمنون من العذاب والموت والأحزان.

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