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At-Tawbah 85

Ayah 85 of 129 · Medinan

وَلَا تُعۡجِبۡكَ أَمۡوَٰلُهُمۡ وَأَوۡلَٰدُهُمۡۚ إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ أَن يُعَذِّبَهُم بِهَا فِي ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَتَزۡهَقَ أَنفُسُهُمۡ وَهُمۡ كَٰفِرُونَ ٨٥

And let not their wealth and their children impress you. Allāh only intends to punish them through them in this world 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. وَلَاAnd (let) notwalā
  2. تُعۡجِبۡكَimpress youtuʿ'jib'ka
  3. أَمۡوَٰلُهُمۡtheir wealthamwāluhum
  4. وَأَوۡلَٰدُهُمۡۚand their childrenwa-awlāduhum
  5. إِنَّمَاOnlyinnamā
  6. يُرِيدُAllah intendsyurīdu
  7. ٱللَّهُAllah intendsl-lahu
  8. أَنtoan
  9. يُعَذِّبَهُمpunish themyuʿadhibahum
  10. بِهَاwith itbihā
  11. فِيinfī
  12. ٱلدُّنۡيَاthe worldl-dun'yā
  13. وَتَزۡهَقَand will departwatazhaqa
  14. أَنفُسُهُمۡtheir soulsanfusuhum
  15. وَهُمۡwhile theywahum
  16. كَٰفِرُونَ(are) disbelieverskāfirūna

Tafsir

Do not, O Messenger, let the wealth and children of these hypocrites impress you. Allah only intends to punish them with that in the life of the world, through the difficulties they face and the disasters they are afflicted with respect to them, and that their souls leave their bodies while they are in disbelief.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran