Surah At-Tawbah (التوبة) • The Repentance

Quran 9:55

9:55

فَلَا تُعْجِبْكَ أَمْوَٰلُهُمْ وَلَآ أَوْلَـٰدُهُمْ ۚ إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ لِيُعَذِّبَهُم بِهَا فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَتَزْهَقَ أَنفُسُهُمْ وَهُمْ كَـٰفِرُونَ

falā tuʿ'jib'ka amwāluhum walā awlāduhum innamā yurīdu l-lahu liyuʿadhibahum bihā fī l-ḥayati l-dun'yā watazhaqa anfusuhum wahum kāfirūna

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 [Prophet] do not let their possessions or their children impress you: through these God intends to punish them in this world and for their souls to depart while they disbelieve.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

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.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 10Page 196medinan

Word by Word

فَلَاfalāSo (let) not
تُعْجِبْكَtuʿ'jib'kaimpress you
أَمْوَٰلُهُمْamwāluhumtheir wealth
وَلَآwalāand not
أَوْلَـٰدُهُمْۚawlāduhumtheir children
إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
يُرِيدُyurīduAllah intends
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah intends
لِيُعَذِّبَهُمliyuʿadhibahumto punish them
بِهَاbihāwith it
فِىfīin
ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayatithe life
ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
وَتَزْهَقَwatazhaqaand should depart
أَنفُسُهُمْanfusuhumtheir souls
وَهُمْwahumwhile they
كَـٰفِرُونَkāfirūna(are) disbelievers