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Surah Humazah Ayat 3 in Arabic Text

يَحۡسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُۥٓ أَخۡلَدَهُۥ
Yahsabu anna maalahooo akhladah

English Translation

Here you can read various translations of verse 3

Sahih International
He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.

Yusuf Ali
Thinking that his wealth would make him last for ever!

Abul Ala Maududi
He thinks that his wealth will immortalise him forever.

Muhsin Khan
He thinks that his wealth will make him last forever!

Pickthall
He thinketh that his wealth will render him immortal.

Dr. Ghali
He reckons that his wealth has made him eternal!

Abdel Haleem
thinking they will make him live for ever.

Muhammad Junagarhi
وه سمجھتا ہے کہ اس کا مال اس کے پاس سدا رہے گا

Quran 104 Verse 3 Explanation

For those looking for commentary to help with the understanding of Surah Humazah ayat 3, we’ve provided two Tafseer works below. The first is the tafseer of Abul Ala Maududi, the second is of Ibn Kathir.

Ala-Maududi

(104:3) He thinks that his wealth will immortalise him forever.[3]


3. Another meaning also can be: He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal. That is, he is so engrossed in amassing wealth and counting it over and over again that he has forgotten death and he never bothers to consider that a time will come when he will have to depart from the world empty-handed, leaving everything behind.

Ibn-Kathir

The tafsir of Surah Humazah verse 3 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Humazah ayat 1 which provides the complete commentary from verse 1 through 9.

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