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Verse 35of 54

وَقَالُوا۟ نَحْنُ أَكْثَرُ أَمْوَٰلًۭا وَأَوْلَٰدًۭا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ﴿٣٥

Translation (Sahih International)

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

Word-by-word meaning

وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they say
نَحْنُnaḥnuWe
أَكْثَرُaktharu(have) more
أَمْوَٰلًۭاamwālanwealth
وَأَوْلَـٰدًۭاwa-awlādanand children
وَمَاwamāand not
نَحْنُnaḥnuwe
بِمُعَذَّبِينَbimuʿadhabīnawill be punished

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

How Those Who lived a Life of Luxury disbelieved in the Messengers and were misled by Their pursuit of Wealth and ChildrenAllah is consoling His Prophet and commanding him to follow the example of the Messengers that came before him. He tells him that no Prophet was ever sent to a township but those among its people who lived a life of luxury disbelieved in him, and the weaker people of the town followed him.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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