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AYAH at-Taubah 9:55 

Arabic Source and Roman Transliteration
Arabic فَلَا تُعْجِبْكَ أَمْوَالُهُمْ وَلَا أَوْلَادُهُمْ إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيُعَذِّبَهُم بِهَا فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَتَزْهَقَ أَنفُسُهُمْ وَهُمْ كَافِرُون zoom
Transliteration Fala tuAAjibka amwaluhum wala awladuhum innama yureedu Allahu liyuAAaththibahum biha fee alhayati alddunya watazhaqa anfusuhum wahum kafiroona zoom
Transliteration-2 falā tuʿ'jib'ka amwāluhum walā awlāduhum innamā yurīdu l-lahu liyuʿadhibahum bihā fī l-ḥayati l-dun'yā watazhaqa anfusuhum wahum kāfirūn zoom
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Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more
 So (let) not impress you their wealth and not their children. Only intends Allah to punish them with it in the life (of) the world, and should depart their souls while they (are) disbelievers. zoom


Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad Let not, then, their worldly goods or [the happiness which they may derive from] their children excite thy admiration: God but wants to chastise them by these means in this worldly life, and [to cause] their souls to depart while they are [still] denying the truth zoom
M. M. Pickthall So let not their riches nor their children please thee (O Muhammad). Allah thereby intendeth but to punish them in the life of the world and that their souls shall pass away while they are disbelievers zoom
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) Let not their wealth nor their (following in) sons dazzle thee: in reality Allah's plan is to punish them with these things in this life, and that their souls may perish in their (very) denial of Allah zoom
Shakir Let not then their property and their children excite your admiration; Allah only wishes to chastise them with these in this world's life and (that) their souls may depart while they are unbelievers zoom
Wahiduddin Khan Do not let their wealth and children impress you. For God seeks to punish them through these things in the life of this world, so that their souls shall depart while they are still denying the truth zoom
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar So let not their wealth impress thee nor their children. God wants only to punish them in this present life and so that their souls depart while they are ones who are ungrateful. zoom
T.B.Irving Do not let their wealth nor children astonish you; God only wants to punish them by means of them during worldly life and for their souls to perish while they are disbelievers. zoom
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab 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. zoom
Safi Kaskas Do not let their worldly goods or their children impress you. God intends to punish them with it in this world, and for their souls to depart while they are still unbelievers. zoom
Abdul Hye So let not their wealth or their children amaze you (O Muhammad); in reality, Allah intends to punish them with these things in the life of this world, and that their souls may depart (die) while they are disbelievers. zoom
The Study Quran And let not their wealth or their children impress thee. God desires but to punish them thereby in the life of this world, and that their souls should depart while they are disbelievers zoom
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition) So do not be impressed by their wealth or children; God only wishes to punish them with it in the worldly life, and so that their lives will end while they are rejecters zoom
Abdel Haleem 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 zoom
Abdul Majid Daryabadi Let not wherefore their riches and their children amaze thee. Allah intendeth only to torment them therewith in the life of the world and that their souls pass away while they are infidels zoom
Ahmed Ali Do not marvel at their wealth and children. God intends to punish them through these in the world; and their souls will depart in a state of disbelief zoom
Aisha Bewley Do not let their wealth and children impress you. Allah merely wants to punish them by them during their life in this world and for them to expire while they are kuffar. zoom
Ali Ünal Let neither their wealth nor their children impress you. God only wills thereby to punish them in the life of this world and that their souls will depart while they are unbelievers zoom
Ali Quli Qara'i So let not their wealth and children impress you: Allah only desires to punish them with these in the life of this world, and that their souls may depart while they are faithless zoom
Hamid S. Aziz Let not their wealth nor their children please you. Allah only wishes to punish them therewith in the life of this world, and that their souls may pass away while still they disbelieve zoom
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali So let not their riches nor their children make you admire them; surely Allah only wills thereby to torment them in the present life, (Literally: the lowly life, i.e., the life of this world) and that their selves should expire (while) they are disbelievers. zoom
Muhammad Sarwar Let not their property and children tempt you; God wants to punish them through their things in this life so that their souls will depart while they are unbelievers zoom
Muhammad Taqi Usmani So, their wealth and their children should not attract you. In fact, Allah intends to punish them with these in this lowly life and that their souls should depart while they are disbelievers zoom
Shabbir Ahmed Let not their riches nor their children and party astonish you (O Prophet). It holds them back from the way of struggle. According to Allah's Law there is no Paradise for those who fail to strive and build it with their own hands (3:135), (16:32), (46:14-16). They live the life of hell in this world and they depart this world in sorrow for their rejection (9:85) zoom
Syed Vickar Ahamed So let not their wealth, nor their sons amaze you: In reality, Allah’s Plan is to punish them with these things in this life, and that their souls may die as disbelievers zoom
Umm Muhammad (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 zoom
Farook Malik Let neither their wealth nor their children dazzle you: in reality Allah intends to punish them with these things in this life and that their souls may depart while they are still unbelievers zoom
Dr. Munir Munshey Abundance of their wealth and children should not amaze you. In fact, with these (very things) Allah wants to punish them in the life of this world. (And He intends) that their souls depart (their bodies) in a state of disbelief zoom
Dr. Kamal Omar So must not amaze you their possessions and their children. Surely, it is that Allah intends that He may put them to punishment thereby in the life of this world, and their souls may depart (from their bodies) while they (are) disbelievers zoom
Talal A. Itani (new translation) Let neither their possessions nor their children impress you. God intends to torment them through them in this worldly life, and that their souls depart while they are disbelievers zoom
Maududi Let neither their riches nor their children excite your admiration. Allah only wants to chastise them through these things in the present life, and to cause them to die while they are unbelievers zoom
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad So do not be impressed with their wealth and their children, God only wants to punish them with it in this world’s life, and they die while they are disbelievers zoom
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018) Let not their wealth nor their children dazzle you. In reality, God's plan is to punish them with these things in this life, and that their souls may perish in their denial of God zoom
Musharraf Hussain Don’t be impressed by their wealth and children: Allah wishes to torment them with these in their worldly life, and allow their souls to perish as disbelievers zoom
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition) So do not be impressed by their wealth or children; God only wishes to punish them with it in the worldly life, and so that their souls will be taken while they are rejecters. zoom
Mohammad Shafi Let not their wealth and their children then impress you. Allah wishes only to punish them with these, in this life, and to cause their souls to depart while they suppress the Truth zoom

Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
Bijan Moeinian Do not let their wealth or children delude you. God wants to punish them by means of these very things in their worldly life [as their wealth and children will create more headache for them than happiness.] their wealth and children will cause them to die in the state of disbelief [and, therefore, be sentenced to Hellfire.] zoom
Faridul Haque So let not their riches or their children surprise you; Allah only intends to punish them in the life of this world with these things and that they die only as disbelievers zoom
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah Let neither their wealth nor their children please you. Through these Allah seeks to punish them in this life, and that their souls depart while they are unbelievers zoom
Maulana Muhammad Ali Let not then their wealth nor their children excite thine admiration. Allah only wishes to chastise them therewith in this world’s life and (that) their souls may depart while they are disbelievers zoom
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira So let not their properties/wealths , and nor their children please/marvel you, but God wants to torture them with it in the life the present/worldly life, and their selves perish/vanish and (while) they are disbelieving zoom
Sher Ali So let not their wealth nor their children excite thy wonder. ALLAH only intends to punish them therewith in the present life and that their souls may depart while they are disbelievers zoom
Rashad Khalifa Do not be impressed by their money, or their children. GOD causes these to be sources of retribution for them in this life, and (when they die) their souls depart while they are disbelievers. zoom
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi) Then let not their wealth and their children astonish you. Allah only intends to punish them with these things in the life of the world and that their souls may depart while they are infidels. zoom
Amatul Rahman Omar So let not their riches nor their children make you wonder. Allah only intends to punish them therewith in the present life and (that) their souls may depart while they are disbelievers zoom
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri So neither their wealth nor their children should amaze you. It is for these (things) only that Allah intends to punish them in the life of this world and that their souls may depart whilst they are in a state of disbelief zoom
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali So let not their wealth or their children amaze you (O Muhammad SAW); in reality Allahs Plan is to punish them with these things in the life of the this world, and that their souls shall depart (die) while they are disbelievers zoom

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry So let not their possessions or their children please thee; God only desires thereby to chastise them in this present life, and that their souls should depart while they are unbelievers zoom
Edward Henry Palmer Let not their wealth please you nor their children, God only wishes to torment them therewith in the life of this world, and that their souls may pass away while still they misbelieve zoom
George Sale Let not therefore their riches, or their children cause thee to marvel. Verily God intendeth only to punish them by these things in this world; and that their souls may depart while they are unbelievers zoom
John Medows Rodwell Let not, therefore, their riches or their children amaze thee. God is only minded to punish them by means of these, in this life present, and that their souls may depart while they are unbelievers zoom
N J Dawood (2014) So let neither their riches nor their children make you wonder. Through these God seeks to punish them in the life of this world, so that their souls shall perish while they are still in unbelief zoom

New and/or Partial Translations, and works in progress
Linda “iLHam” Barto Do not let their wealth or their children impress you. Allah plans to punish them with these things in this life so that their souls will depart in a state of unbelief. zoom
Sayyid Qutb Let neither their riches nor their children rouse your admiration. God only wishes to punish them by means of these in this worldly life, and that their souls perish while they are unbelievers. zoom
Ahmed Hulusi So, let neither their wealth nor their offspring impress you... With it, Allah only intends to punish them in the worldly life (i.e. suffering that results from becoming captivated by worldly things and hence falling far from the reality of Allah) and for their lives to depart while they are in a state of denying the knowledge of the reality (by way of a scheme). zoom
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli So let not their possessions and their issues astonish you; verily Allah only desires thereby to chastise them in the life of (this) world, and that their souls depart while they are infidels. zoom
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim Do not let the splendour of their riches and their progeny excite your emotion by astonishment mingled with bewildered curiosity. Allah intends to make these attributes the cause of their suffering here below, through unrest and anxiety, and their souls shall be disembodied captivated by disbelief zoom
Mir Aneesuddin So do not let their wealth and their children make you wonder, Allah wills only to punish them through it in this world's life and (that) their souls should depart while they are infidels. ls should depart while they are infidels. zoom

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