Transliteration:( Yahsabu anna maalahooo akhladah )
4. It means he is so drunk in the love for wealth that he actually is under the impression that his wealth will remain with him eternally, and due to it he will remain safe from death and the causes of death. Otherwise, the polytheists of Arabia had not rejected death. It should be remembered that any wealth that is spent in the path of the sensual and devilish things is perishable but that which is spent in the Path of Allah Almighty is eternal. Says Allah Almighty: "And He increases charity" (S2:V276). Likewise, that life which is given in the Path of Allah Almighty is immortal: "But they are alive, but you are unaware"(S2:V154).
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Please refer to Surah Humazah ayat 1 which provides the complete commentary from verse 1 through 9.
(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.
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