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.
— Saheeh International
So let neither their wealth nor children impress you ˹O Prophet˺. Allah only intends to torment them through these things in this worldly life, then their souls will depart while they are disbelievers.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
فَلاَ تُعْجِبْكَ أَمْوَلُهُمْ وَلاَ أَوْلَدُهُمْ
(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
(And
…فَلاَ تُعْجِبْكَ أَمْوَلُهُمْ وَلاَ أَوْلَدُهُمْ
(So let not their wealth nor their children amaze you...) In similar Ayat, Allah said,
وَلاَ تَمُدَّنّ
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