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Sura 34
Aya 35
35
وَقالوا نَحنُ أَكثَرُ أَموالًا وَأَولادًا وَما نَحنُ بِمُعَذَّبينَ

Muhammad Asad

and they would add, "Richer [than you] are we in wealth and in children, and [so] we are not going to be made to suffer!"1
  • Implying, firstly, that the only thing that really counts in life is the enjoyment of material benefits; and, secondly, that a materially successful life is, by itself, an evidence of one's being "on the right way".