Saba Verse 37 | 34:37

وَمَآ اَمْوَالُكُمْ وَلَآ اَوْلَادُكُمْ بِالَّتِيْ تُقَرِّبُكُمْ عِنْدَنَا زُلْفٰىٓ اِلَّا مَنْ اٰمَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًاۙ فَاُولٰۤىِٕكَ لَهُمْ جَزَاۤءُ الضِّعْفِ بِمَا عَمِلُوْا وَهُمْ فِى الْغُرُفٰتِ اٰمِنُوْنَ ( سبإ: ٣٧ )

wamā

وَمَآ

And not

amwālukum

أَمْوَٰلُكُمْ

your wealth

walā

وَلَآ

and not

awlādukum

أَوْلَٰدُكُم

your children

bi-allatī

بِٱلَّتِى

[that]

tuqarribukum

تُقَرِّبُكُمْ

will bring you close

ʿindanā

عِندَنَا

to Us

zul'fā

زُلْفَىٰٓ

(in) position

illā

إِلَّا

but

man

مَنْ

whoever

āmana

ءَامَنَ

believes

waʿamila

وَعَمِلَ

and does

ṣāliḥan

صَٰلِحًا

righteousness

fa-ulāika

فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ

then those

lahum

لَهُمْ

for them

jazāu

جَزَآءُ

(will be) reward

l-ḍiʿ'fi

ٱلضِّعْفِ

two-fold

bimā

بِمَا

for what

ʿamilū

عَمِلُوا۟

they did

wahum

وَهُمْ

and they

fī

فِى

(will be) in

l-ghurufāti

ٱلْغُرُفَٰتِ

the high dwellings

āminūna

ءَامِنُونَ

secure

Wa maaa amwaalukum wa laaa awlaadukum billatee tuqarribukum 'indanaa zulfaaa illaa man aamana wa 'amila saalihan fa ulaaa'ika lahum jazaaa'ud di'fi bimaa 'amiloo wa hum fil ghurufaati aaminoon (Sabaʾ 34:37)

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]. (Saba [34] : 37)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

Your riches or your children are not the things that bring you near Us closely; however, the one who believes and acts righteously (is close to Us). Therefore, such people will have the double reward for what they did, and they will be at peace in the upper chambers (of Paradise).

2 Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

3 Ruwwad Translation Center

4 A. J. Arberry

5 Abdul Haleem

6 Abdul Majid Daryabadi

7 Abdullah Yusuf Ali

8 Abul Ala Maududi

9 Ahmed Ali

10 Ahmed Raza Khan

11 Ali Quli Qarai

12 Ali Ünal

13 Amatul Rahman Omar

14 English Literal

15 Faridul Haque

16 Hamid S. Aziz

17 Hilali & Khan

18 Maulana Mohammad Ali

19 Mohammad Habib Shakir

20 Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

21 Muhammad Sarwar

22 Qaribullah & Darwish

23 Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

24 Wahiduddin Khan

25 Talal Itani

26 Tafsir jalalayn

Nor is it your wealth or your children that will bring you near to Us in closeness, except for, but [it is], those who believe and act righteously; those, they shall have a twofold reward for what they did, in other words, [they shall have it] as the reward of their action -- as a good deed, for example, is rewarded tenfold or more -- and they shall be in the lofty abodes, of Paradise, secure, from death and otherwise (a variant reading [for al-ghuruft] is al-ghurfa [the generic noun] implying a plural).

27 Tafseer Ibn Kathir

وَمَا أَمْوَالُكُمْ وَلَا أَوْلَادُكُم بِالَّتِي تُقَرِّبُكُمْ عِندَنَا زُلْفَى

And it is not your wealth, nor your children that bring you nearer to Us,

meaning, `these things are not a sign that We love you or care for you.'

Imam Ahmad, may Allah have mercy on him, recorded that Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, said that the Messenger of Allah said;

إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى لَا يَنْظُرُ إِلَى صُوَرِكُمْ وَأَمْوَالِكُمْ وَلَكِنْ إِنَّمَا يَنْظُرُ إِلَى قُلُوبِكُمْ وَأَعْمَالِكُم

Allah does not look at your outward appearance or your wealth, rather He looks at your hearts and your deeds.

Muslim and Ibn Majah also recorded this.

Allah says;

إِلاَّ مَنْ امَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا

but only he who believes, and does righteous deeds;

meaning, `only faith and righteous deeds will bring you closer to Us.'

فَأُوْلَيِكَ لَهُمْ جَزَاء الضِّعْفِ بِمَا عَمِلُوا

as for such, there will be multiple rewards for what they did,

means, the reward will be multiplied for them between ten and seven hundred times.

وَهُمْ فِي الْغُرُفَاتِ امِنُونَ

and they will reside in the high dwellings in peace and security.

means, in the lofty dwellings of Paradise, safe from all misery, fear and harm, and from any evil they could fear.

Ibn Abi Hatim recorded that Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, said that the Messenger of Allah said;

إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ لَغُرَفًا تُرَى ظُهُورُهَا مِنْ بُطُونِهَا وَبُطُونُهَا مِنْ ظُهُورِهَا

In Paradise there are lofty rooms whose outside can be seen from the inside and whose inside can be seen from the outside.

A Bedouin asked, "Who are they for?"

He said;

لِمَنْ طَيَّبَ الْكَلَمَ وَأَطْعَمَ الطَّعَامَ وَأَدَامَ الصِّيَامَ وَصَلَّى بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّاسُ نِيَام

For those who speak well, feed the hungry, persist in fasting and pray at night while people are asleep