Quran 34:35 — Saba, verse 35
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They would say, ‘We have greater wealth and more children than you, and we shall not be punished.’
وَقَالُوا نَحْنُ أَكْثَرُ أَمْوَالًا وَأَوْلَادًا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ
waqālū naḥnu aktharu amwālan wa-awlādan wamā naḥnu bimuʿadhabīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They also said, 'We are more abundant in wealth and children, and we shall not be chastised.'
- Muhammad Asad
- and they would add, “Richer [than you] are we in wealth and in children, and [so] we are not going to be made to suffer!”
- Sahih International
- And they said, "We are more [than the believers] in wealth and children, and we are not to be punished."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقَالُوا۟waqālū | And they say | قول |
| 2 | نَحْنُnaḥnu | We | — |
| 3 | أَكْثَرُaktharu | (have) more | كثر |
| 4 | أَمْوَٰلًۭاamwālan | wealth | مول |
| 5 | وَأَوْلَـٰدًۭاwa-awlādan | and children | ولد |
| 6 | وَمَاwamā | and not | — |
| 7 | نَحْنُnaḥnu | we | — |
| 8 | بِمُعَذَّبِينَbimuʿadhabīna | will be punished | عذب |