They had been affluent before,

They had been affluent before,

Verily they have been heretofore affluent.

Verily they have been heretofore affluent.

Indeed they had been affluent before this,

Indeed they had been affluent before this,

Some anthropologists call that the original affluent society.

They're also fairly wealthy and affluent and all these other sorts of things.

When We seize their affluent ones with punishment, behold, they make entreaties to Us .

When We seize their affluent ones with punishment, behold, they make entreaties to Us .

New Caledonia, with its considerable economic assets, ranks among the more affluent Pacific nations.

But then when We seize the affluent among them, they will cry out for help.

But then when We seize the affluent among them, they will cry out for help.

Most of these gymnastics clubs are located in affluent suburban neighborhoods that can support the business.

Economically affluent and politically stable countries of the OECD are well placed to meet the challenges.

I pastor a church in one of the most affluent areas of America a bunch of gated communities.

So that when We seize the affluent among them with affliction, they will begin to implore for help.

So that when We seize the affluent among them with affliction, they will begin to implore for help.

We sent no warner to any town, without its affluent saying, We reject what you are sent with.

We sent no warner to any town, without its affluent saying, We reject what you are sent with.

Until when We seize their affluent ones with punishment, at once they are crying to Allah for help.

Until when We seize their affluent ones with punishment, at once they are crying to Allah for help.

Alibaba Chairman Jack Ma once said that eradicating poverty should be divided into three phases poverty relief, poverty eradication and becoming affluent.

If contributions to the fund were made in times of prosperity, Governments would not need to cut spending during less affluent periods.

Saying a word that is kind, and forgiving is better than charity that hurts. (Do not forget that) God is affluent and kind.

Saying a word that is kind, and forgiving is better than charity that hurts. (Do not forget that) God is affluent and kind.

The first tier comprises the affluent countries, notably the United States, European nations, Australia, and Japan with a combined population of around one billion and per capita incomes ranging from 79,000 (Luxembourg) to 16,000 (Republic of Korea). For the past 50 years, these affluent countries have dominated the global economy, producing four fifths of its economic output.

Even more remarkable, however, are the social (and antisocial) grassroots demonstrations that are mushrooming in affluent Western societies. These protests have two major causes.

Leave it to Me to deal with the affluent ones who give the lie (to the Truth), and bear with them for a while.

Leave it to Me to deal with the affluent ones who give the lie (to the Truth), and bear with them for a while.

We did not send a warner to any town without its affluent ones saying, We indeed disbelieve in what you have been sent with.

We did not send a warner to any town without its affluent ones saying, We indeed disbelieve in what you have been sent with.

Most disease is correlated with poverty, but in the case of childhood cancers, the children who were dying seemed mostly to come from affluent families.

And We sent not a warner Unto a town but the affluent thereof said ' verily in that wherewith ye have been sent we are disbelievers.

And We sent not a warner Unto a town but the affluent thereof said ' verily in that wherewith ye have been sent we are disbelievers.

For it has been thus whenever We sent a warner to any community. Its affluent ones said, We reject what you have been sent with.

For it has been thus whenever We sent a warner to any community. Its affluent ones said, We reject what you have been sent with.

And We did not send into a city any warner except that its affluent said, Indeed we, in that with which you were sent, are disbelievers.

And We did not send into a city any warner except that its affluent said, Indeed we, in that with which you were sent, are disbelievers.

Affluent countries have a responsibility to take refugees, and many of them can and should accept more than they do. But as the number of people seeking asylum has grown, it has become difficult for tribunals and courts to determine who is a refugee, as defined by the Convention, and who is a well coached migrant seeking a better life in a more affluent country.

If those who claim asylum in a nearby country were sent to a refugee camp, safe from persecution, and supported financially by aid from affluent countries, people smuggling and deaths in transit would be eliminated. Moreover, the incentive for economic migrants to seek asylum would be reduced, and affluent countries could fulfill their responsibility to accept more refugees from the camps, while maintaining control of their borders.

The dividing lines may be less sharp than they were with apartheid, but our continued high level of greenhouse gas emissions protects the interests of one group of humans mainly affluent people who are alive today at the cost of others. (Compared to most of the world s population, even the American and Australian coal miners who would lose their jobs if the industry shut down are affluent.)

When We decide to destroy a town, We command its affluent ones, they transgress in it, so the word becomes justified against it, and We destroy it completely.

When We decide to destroy a town, We command its affluent ones, they transgress in it, so the word becomes justified against it, and We destroy it completely.

and then We changed their hardship into ease until they grew affluent and said, Our fathers had also experienced adversity and prosperity, then We seized them suddenly, unawares.