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یَحْسَبُ اَنَّ مَالَہٗۤ اَخْلَدَہٗ ۚ﴿۳﴾

Does he think that his wealth will make him immortal?

 

Tafsir al-Tabari                                                             تفسیر الطبری

يَحْسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُ الَّذِي جَمَعَهُ وَأَحْصَاهُ، وَبَخِلَ بِإِنْفَاقِهِ، مُخْلِدُهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا، فَمُزِيلٌ عَنْهُ الْمَوْتَ.

One thinks that the wealth one has accumulated and hoarded, and held it back due to misery, will make him immortal in this world and will repel his death.

 

Tafsir Al-Tabari (Tafsir Ibn Jareer / Jame’ al-Bayaan fi Taweel al-Quraan) of Imam Abu Ja’far Muhammad ibn Jareer al-Tabri t D. 310 A.H.

 

Tafsir al-Matureedi                                            تفسیر الماتریدی                                

يبقى لبقاء الأموال له

i.e. that one will survive along his wealth.

 

Tafsir al-Matureedi (Taweel Ahl al-Sunnah) of Imam Abu Mansoor Muhammad Ibn Muhammad al-Matureedi t D. 333 A.H.

 

Tafsir al-Qurtubi                                                                                                                         تفسیر القرطبی

أَيْ يُبْقِيهِ حَيًّا لَا يَمُوتُ، قَالَهُ السُّدِّيُّ.

i.e. that it will make him immortal, so he would not die.  It is the interpretation of Imam Al-Suddi – may Allah be pleased with him.

 

Tafsir Qurtubi (Al-Jame’ Li Ahkaam al-Quran) Imam Shamsuddin Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Qurtubi t D. 671 A.H.

 

Tafsir al-Nasafi                                                                                                                                                      تفسیر النسفی

خالداً في الدنيا لا يموت

i.e. that he will stay in the world forever without dying.

 

Tafsir al-Nasafi (Madarik al-Tanzeel) of Imam Abul Barakaat Abdullah ibn Ahmed al-Nasafi t D. 710 A.H.

 

Tafsir al-Jalalain                                                                                                                        تفسیر الجلالین

{يَحْسَب} لِجَهْلِهِ {أَنَّ مَاله أَخْلَدَهُ} جَعَلَهُ خَالِدًا لا يموت

He thinks – due to his ignorance – that his wealth will make him immortal i.e. it will make him live forever without dying.

 

Tafsir al-Jalalain of Imam Jalaaluddin Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Mahalli al-Shafe’i t D. 864 A.H. and Imam Jalaaluddin Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr al-Suyooti al-Shafe’i t D. 911 A.H.

 

Tafsir Rooh al-Bayaan                                                                                              تفسیر روح البیان

قال ابو بكر بن طاهر رحمه الله يظن أنه ماله يوصله الى مقام الخلد

Imam Abu Bakr ibn Tahir – may Allah be pleased with him – said:  He is under the impression that his wealth will make him immortal.

 

Tafsir Rooh al-Bayaan of Imam Isma’eel Haqqi ibn Mustafa al-Istanbuli Hanafi t D. 1127 A.H.