سُوْرَةُ التَّوْبَةِ
Surah At-Tawba (9) — Ayah 55
فَلَا تُعْجِبْكَ أَمْوَٰلُهُمْ وَلَآ أَوْلَـٰدُهُمْ ۚ إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ لِيُعَذِّبَهُم بِهَا فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَتَزْهَقَ أَنفُسُهُمْ وَهُمْ كَـٰفِرُونَ ﴿55﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
So let not their wealth nor their children amaze you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم); in reality Allâh’s Plan is to punish them with these things in the life of this world, and that their souls shall depart (die) while they are disbelievers.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
فَلَا
falā
So (let) not
تُعْجِبْكَ
tuʿ'jib'ka
impress you
أَمْوَٰلُهُمْ
amwāluhum
their wealth
وَلَآ
walā
and not
أَوْلَـٰدُهُمْ ۚ
awlāduhum
their children
إِنَّمَا
innamā
Only
يُرِيدُ
yurīdu
Allah intends
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah intends
لِيُعَذِّبَهُم
liyuʿadhibahum
to punish them
بِهَا
bihā
with it
فِى
fī
in
ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ
l-ḥayati
the life
ٱلدُّنْيَا
l-dun'yā
(of) the world
وَتَزْهَقَ
watazhaqa
and should depart
أَنفُسُهُمْ
anfusuhum
their souls
وَهُمْ
wahum
while they
كَـٰفِرُونَ
kāfirūna
(are) disbelievers
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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55. Do not let their wealth and children amaze you. Allah only intends to punish them through these things in the life of this world [59], and that their souls depart while they are disbelievers.
[59]
How Were the Hypocrites Punished Through Wealth and Children?
All the hypocrites in Madinah were elderly and wealthy people, and the sole objective of the hypocrites was the attainment of worldly benefits. Therefore, like ordinary materialists and world-worshippers, for them too, the standard of honor and prestige was abundance of children and wealth. Now, the difficulty they faced was that their children became Muslims, for whom the standard of honor and prestige was completely opposite to theirs. In their eyes, the value of wealth and property was insignificant compared to obedience to Allah and His Messenger, and for them, the standard of honor and prestige was that the more devoted and obedient someone was to Allah’s Messenger, the more respected and honored he would be considered in the Islamic society. This ideological difference humiliated them even in the eyes of their own children. In this way, Allah punished them in this world through their very own children. And since they could not change their self-worshipping nature, they remained entangled in this cycle of delusion until death came to them, and they departed from this world with the same hypocrisy and humiliation.
[59]
How Were the Hypocrites Punished Through Wealth and Children?
All the hypocrites in Madinah were elderly and wealthy people, and the sole objective of the hypocrites was the attainment of worldly benefits. Therefore, like ordinary materialists and world-worshippers, for them too, the standard of honor and prestige was abundance of children and wealth. Now, the difficulty they faced was that their children became Muslims, for whom the standard of honor and prestige was completely opposite to theirs. In their eyes, the value of wealth and property was insignificant compared to obedience to Allah and His Messenger, and for them, the standard of honor and prestige was that the more devoted and obedient someone was to Allah’s Messenger, the more respected and honored he would be considered in the Islamic society. This ideological difference humiliated them even in the eyes of their own children. In this way, Allah punished them in this world through their very own children. And since they could not change their self-worshipping nature, they remained entangled in this cycle of delusion until death came to them, and they departed from this world with the same hypocrisy and humiliation.
