Quran 9:85 — At-Tawba, verse 85
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Do not let their possessions and their children impress you: God means to punish them through these in this world, and that their souls should depart while they disbelieve.
وَلَا تُعْجِبْكَ أَمْوَالُهُمْ وَأَوْلَادُهُمْ ۚ إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ أَنْ يُعَذِّبَهُمْ بِهَا فِي الدُّنْيَا وَتَزْهَقَ أَنْفُسُهُمْ وَهُمْ كَافِرُونَ
walā tuʿ'jib'ka amwāluhum wa-awlāduhum innamā yurīdu l-lahu an yuʿadhibahum bihā fī l-dun'yā watazhaqa anfusuhum wahum kāfirūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And let not their possessions and their children please thee; God only desires thereby to chastise them in this present world, and that their souls should depart while they are unbelievers.
- Muhammad Asad
- And let not their worldly goods and [the happiness which they may derive from] their children excite thy admiration: God but wants to chastise them by these means in [the life of] this world, and [to cause] their souls to depart while they are [still] denying the truth.
- Sahih International
- And let not their wealth and their children impress you. Allāh only intends to punish them through them in this world and that their souls should depart [at death] while they are disbelievers.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَاwalā | And (let) not | — |
| 2 | تُعْجِبْكَtuʿ'jib'ka | impress you | عجب |
| 3 | أَمْوَٰلُهُمْamwāluhum | their wealth | مول |
| 4 | وَأَوْلَـٰدُهُمْ ۚwa-awlāduhum | and their children | ولد |
| 5 | إِنَّمَاinnamā | Only | — |
| 6 | يُرِيدُyurīdu | Allah intends | رود |
| 7 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah intends | أله |
| 8 | أَنan | to | — |
| 9 | يُعَذِّبَهُمyuʿadhibahum | punish them | عذب |
| 10 | بِهَاbihā | with it | — |
| 11 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 12 | ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā | the world | دنو |
| 13 | وَتَزْهَقَwatazhaqa | and will depart | زهق |
| 14 | أَنفُسُهُمْanfusuhum | their souls | نفس |
| 15 | وَهُمْwahum | while they | — |
| 16 | كَـٰفِرُونَkāfirūna | (are) disbelievers | كفر |