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At-Tawbah 55

Ayah 55 of 129 · Medinan

فَلَا تُعۡجِبۡكَ أَمۡوَٰلُهُمۡ وَلَآ أَوۡلَٰدُهُمۡۚ إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ لِيُعَذِّبَهُم بِهَا فِي ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَتَزۡهَقَ أَنفُسُهُمۡ وَهُمۡ كَٰفِرُونَ ٥٥

So let not their wealth or their children impress you. Allāh only intends to punish them through them in worldly life and that their souls should depart [at death] while they are disbelievers.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَلَاSo (let) notfalā
  2. تُعۡجِبۡكَimpress youtuʿ'jib'ka
  3. أَمۡوَٰلُهُمۡtheir wealthamwāluhum
  4. وَلَآand notwalā
  5. أَوۡلَٰدُهُمۡۚtheir childrenawlāduhum
  6. إِنَّمَاOnlyinnamā
  7. يُرِيدُAllah intendsyurīdu
  8. ٱللَّهُAllah intendsl-lahu
  9. لِيُعَذِّبَهُمto punish themliyuʿadhibahum
  10. بِهَاwith itbihā
  11. فِيinfī
  12. ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِthe lifel-ḥayati
  13. ٱلدُّنۡيَا(of) the worldl-dun'yā
  14. وَتَزۡهَقَand should departwatazhaqa
  15. أَنفُسُهُمۡtheir soulsanfusuhum
  16. وَهُمۡwhile theywahum
  17. كَٰفِرُونَ(are) disbelieverskāfirūna

Tafsir

So do not be impressed by the wealth and children of these hypocrites, or think it to be something good. The end result of their wealth and children will be grievous: Allah will make them a form of punishment for the hypocrites, causing them difficulty and hardship, and send misfortune through them until Allah takes their souls while they still disbelieve; and are given an eternal punishment in the lowest depths of the fire of Hell.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran