Surah Saba, Ayah 35 (34:35)

سَبَأ

وَقَالُوا۟ نَحْنُ أَكْثَرُ أَمْوَٰلًا وَأَوْلَٰدًا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ

Quran 34:35 is ayah 35 of Surah Saba (“Sheba”), a Meccan surah of 54 ayahs. It is in Juz 22, on page 432 of the Madani Mushaf.

34:35
وَقَالُوا۟نَحْنُأَكْثَرُأَمْوَٰلًاوَأَوْلَٰدًاوَمَانَحْنُبِمُعَذَّبِينَ٣٥
waqālū naḥnu aktharu amwālan wa-awlādan wamā naḥnu bimuʿadhabīna

And they said, "We are more [than the believers] in wealth and children, and we are not to be punished."(35)

Word by word

  1. وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they say
  2. نَحْنُnaḥnuWe
  3. أَكْثَرُaktharu(have) more
  4. أَمْوَٰلًاamwālanwealth
  5. وَأَوْلَٰدًاwa-awlādanand children
  6. وَمَاwamāand not
  7. نَحْنُnaḥnuwe
  8. بِمُعَذَّبِينَbimuʿadhabīnawill be punished

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