فَلَا تُعْجِبْكَ أَمْوَٰلُهُمْ وَلَآ أَوْلَٰدُهُمْ ۚ إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ لِيُعَذِّبَهُم بِهَا فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَتَزْهَقَ أَنفُسُهُمْ وَهُمْ كَٰفِرُونَ
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سُورَةُ التَّوۡبَةِ
English — Sahih International
So let not their wealth or their children impress you. Allah only intends to punish them through them in worldly life and that their souls should depart [at death] while they are disbelievers.
اردو — مودودی
اِن کے مال و دولت اور ان کی کثرت اولاد کو دیکھ کر دھوکہ نہ کھاؤ، اللہ تو یہ چاہتا ہے کہ اِنہی چیزوں کے ذریعہ سے ان کو دنیا کی زندگی میں بھی مبتلائے عذاب کرے اور یہ جان بھی دیں تو انکار حق ہی کی حالت میں دیں
Bahasa Indonesia — Kemenag
Maka janganlah harta benda dan anak-anak mereka menarik hatimu. Sesungguhnya Allah menghendaki dengan (memberi) harta benda dan anak-anak itu untuk menyiksa mereka dalam kehidupan di dunia dan kelak akan melayang nyawa mereka, sedang mereka dalam keadaan kafir.
Ibn Kathir
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
(And strain not your eyes in longing for the things We have given for enjoyment to various groups of them, the splendor of the life of this world, that We may test them thereby. But the provision (good reward in the Hereafter) of your Lord is better and more lasting) 20:131, and,
أَيَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّمَا نُمِدُّهُمْ بِهِ مِن مَّالٍ وَبَنِينَ - نُسَارِعُ لَهُمْ فِى الْخَيْرَتِ بَل لاَّ يَشْعُرُونَ
(Do they think that in wealth and children with which We enlarge them. We hasten unto them with good things. Nay, but they perceive not.) 23:55-56. Allah said next,
إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيُعَذِّبَهُمْ بِهَا فِي الْحَيَوةِ الدُّنْيَا
(in reality Allah's plan is to punish them with these things in the life of this world,) by taking the Zakah due on their money from them and spending it in Allah's cause, according to the meaning given by Al-Hasan Al-Basri. Allah's statement,
وَتَزْهَقَ أَنفُسُهُمْ وَهُمْ كَـفِرُونَ
(and that their souls shall depart while they are disbelievers) means, so that when Allah brings death to them, they will still be disbelievers, to make matters worse for them and the torment more severe. We seek refuge from such an end, which includes being led astray gradually by these things which they have.
المُيَسَّر
فلا تعجبك -أيها النبي- أموال هؤلاء المنافقين ولا أولادهم، إنما يريد الله أن يعذبهم بها في الحياة الدنيا بالتعب في تحصيلها وبالمصائب التي تقع فيها، حيث لا يحتسبون ذلك عند الله، وتخرج أنفسهم، فيموتوا على كفرهم بالله ورسوله.