At-Tawbah 9:55 فلا تعجبك اموالهم ولا اولادهم انما يريد الله ليعذبهم بها في الحياة الدنيا وتزهق انفسهم وهم كافرون ٥٥

9:55

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.

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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

فَلاَ تُعْجِبْكَ أَمْوَلُهُمْ وَلاَ أَوْلَـدُهُمْ

(So let not their wealth nor their children amaze you...) In similar Ayat, Allah said,

وَلاَ تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ إِلَى مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِهِ أَزْوَجاً مِّنْهُمْ زَهْرَةَ الْحَيَوةِ الدُّنْيَا لِنَفْتِنَهُمْ فِيهِ وَرِزْقُ رَبِّكَ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَى

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فَلاَ تُعْجِبْكَ أَمْوَلُهُمْ وَلاَ أَوْلَـدُهُمْ

(So let not their wealth nor their children amaze you...) In similar Ayat, Allah said,

وَلاَ تَمُدَّن

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Chapter 9, Page 196, Juz 10

49. And among them is he who says, "Permit me [to remain at home] and do not put me to trial." Unquestionably, into trial they have fallen. And indeed, Hell will encompass the disbelievers. 50. If good befalls you, it distresses them; but if disaster strikes you, they say, "We took our matter [in hand] before," and turn away while they are rejoicing. 51. Say, "Never will we be struck except by what Allāh has decreed for us; He is our protector." And upon Allāh let the believers rely. 52. Say, "Do you await for us except one of the two best things [i.e., martyrdom or victory] while we await for you that Allāh will afflict you with punishment from Himself or at our hands? So wait; indeed we, along with you, are waiting." 53. Say, "Spend willingly or unwillingly; never will it be accepted from you. Indeed, you have been a defiantly disobedient people." 54. And what prevents their expenditures from being accepted from them but that they have disbelieved in Allāh and in His Messenger and that they come not to prayer except while they are lazy and that they do not spend except while they are unwilling. 55. 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. 56. And they swear by Allāh that they are from among you while they are not from among you; but they are a people who are afraid. 57. If they could find a refuge or some caves or any place to enter [and hide], they would turn to it while they run heedlessly. 58. And among them are some who criticize you concerning the [distribution of] charities. If they are given from them, they approve; but if they are not given from them, at once they become angry. 59. If only they had been satisfied with what Allāh and His Messenger gave them and said, "Sufficient for us is Allāh; Allāh will give us of His bounty, and [so will] His Messenger; indeed, we are desirous toward Allāh," [it would have been better for them].

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