Quran 34:37 — Saba, verse 37
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Neither wealth nor children will bring you nearer to Us, but those who believe and do good deeds will have multiple rewards for what they have done, and will live safely in the lofty dwellings of Paradise,
وَمَا أَمْوَالُكُمْ وَلَا أَوْلَادُكُمْ بِالَّتِي تُقَرِّبُكُمْ عِنْدَنَا زُلْفَىٰ إِلَّا مَنْ آمَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا فَأُولَـٰئِكَ لَهُمْ جَزَاءُ الضِّعْفِ بِمَا عَمِلُوا وَهُمْ فِي الْغُرُفَاتِ آمِنُونَ
wamā amwālukum walā awlādukum bi-allatī tuqarribukum ʿindanā zul'fā illā man āmana waʿamila ṣāliḥan fa-ulāika lahum jazāu l-ḍiʿ'fi bimā ʿamilū wahum fī l-ghurufāti āminūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- It is not your wealth nor your children that shall bring you nigh in nearness to Us, except for him who believes, and does righteousness; those -- there awaits them the double recompense for that they did, and they shall be in the lofty chambers in security.
- Muhammad Asad
- For, it is neither your riches nor your children that can bring you nearer to Us: only he who attains to faith and does what is right and just [comes near unto Us]; and it is [such as] these whom multiple recompense awaits for all that they have done; and it is they who shall dwell secure in the mansions [of paradise] –
- Sahih International
- 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].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَآwamā | And not | — |
| 2 | أَمْوَٰلُكُمْamwālukum | your wealth | مول |
| 3 | وَلَآwalā | and not | — |
| 4 | أَوْلَـٰدُكُمawlādukum | your children | ولد |
| 5 | بِٱلَّتِىbi-allatī | [that] | — |
| 6 | تُقَرِّبُكُمْtuqarribukum | will bring you close | قرب |
| 7 | عِندَنَاʿindanā | to Us | عند |
| 8 | زُلْفَىٰٓzul'fā | (in) position | زلف |
| 9 | إِلَّاillā | but | — |
| 10 | مَنْman | whoever | — |
| 11 | ءَامَنَāmana | believes | أمن |
| 12 | وَعَمِلَwaʿamila | and does | عمل |
| 13 | صَـٰلِحًۭاṣāliḥan | righteousness | صلح |
| 14 | فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāika | then those | — |
| 15 | لَهُمْlahum | for them | — |
| 16 | جَزَآءُjazāu | (will be) reward | جزي |
| 17 | ٱلضِّعْفِl-ḍiʿ'fi | two-fold | ضعف |
| 18 | بِمَاbimā | for what | — |
| 19 | عَمِلُوا۟ʿamilū | they did | عمل |
| 20 | وَهُمْwahum | and they | — |
| 21 | فِىfī | (will be) in | — |
| 22 | ٱلْغُرُفَـٰتِl-ghurufāti | the high dwellings | غرف |
| 23 | ءَامِنُونَāminūna | secure | أمن |