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Verse 37of 54

وَمَآ أَمْوَٰلُكُمْ وَلَآ أَوْلَٰدُكُم بِٱلَّتِى تُقَرِّبُكُمْ عِندَنَا زُلْفَىٰٓ إِلَّا مَنْ ءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَٰلِحًۭا فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ جَزَآءُ ٱلضِّعْفِ بِمَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَهُمْ فِى ٱلْغُرُفَٰتِ ءَامِنُونَ﴿٣٧

Translation (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].

Word-by-word meaning

وَمَآwamāAnd not
أَمْوَٰلُكُمْamwālukumyour wealth
وَلَآwalāand not
أَوْلَـٰدُكُمawlādukumyour children
بِٱلَّتِىbi-allatī[that]
تُقَرِّبُكُمْtuqarribukumwill bring you close
عِندَنَاʿindanāto Us
زُلْفَىٰٓzul'fā(in) position
إِلَّاillābut
مَنْmanwhoever
ءَامَنَāmanabelieves
وَعَمِلَwaʿamilaand does
صَـٰلِحًۭاṣāliḥanrighteousness
فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen those
لَهُمْlahumfor them
جَزَآءُjazāu(will be) reward
ٱلضِّعْفِl-ḍiʿ'fitwo-fold
بِمَاbimāfor what
عَمِلُوا۟ʿamilūthey did
وَهُمْwahumand they
فِى(will be) in
ٱلْغُرُفَـٰتِl-ghurufātithe high dwellings
ءَامِنُونَāminūnasecure

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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