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ولا يحسبن الذين كفروا انما نملي لهم خير لانفسهم انما نملي لهم ليزدادوا اثما ولهم عذاب مهين ١٧٨
وَلَا يَحْسَبَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَنَّمَا نُمْلِى لَهُمْ خَيْرٌۭ لِّأَنفُسِهِمْ ۚ إِنَّمَا نُمْلِى لَهُمْ لِيَزْدَادُوٓا۟ إِثْمًۭا ۚ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌۭ مُّهِينٌۭ ١٧٨
وَلَا
يَحۡسَبَنَّ
ٱلَّذِينَ
كَفَرُوٓاْ
أَنَّمَا
نُمۡلِي
لَهُمۡ
خَيۡرٞ
لِّأَنفُسِهِمۡۚ
إِنَّمَا
نُمۡلِي
لَهُمۡ
لِيَزۡدَادُوٓاْ
إِثۡمٗاۖ
وَلَهُمۡ
عَذَابٞ
مُّهِينٞ
١٧٨
Those who disbelieve should not think that living longer is good for them. They are only given more time to increase in sin, and they will suffer a humiliating punishment.
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ولا ىحسبن
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Abū Jaʿfar
Ibn ʿĀmir
Nāfiʿ
Ḥamzah
Ibn Kathīr
Khalaf
Abū ʿAmr
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Readings:
ولَا يَحْسَبَنَّ
wa-lā yaḥsabanna
“Those who disbelieve should not think that the fact that We grant them respite is good for them.”
وَلَا يَحْسِبَنَّ
wa-lā yaḥsibanna
“Those who disbelieve should not think that the fact that We grant them respite is good for them.”
These readings amount to the same meaning. The Prophet (ﷺ) or each listener to the Quran is being told never to have this mistaken idea. The variation between taḥsab and taḥsib is based on linguistic options in this verb. *One transmission from Hishām has wa-lā yaḥsabanna, which conveys the same meaning via the third person (‘A person/the Prophet should not think that…’) [see al-Alusi]. Ibn ʿĀmir's reading uses the form II verb to match more directly the large number of the slain.
وَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّ
wa-lā taḥsabanna
“Do not think that the respite We grant those who disbelieve is good for them.”
This is a forbidding verb addressed in the second person to the Prophet (ﷺ).

Explanation:

These readings provide complementary meanings [Makki].

He has revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺ the Book in truth, confirming what came before it, as He revealed the Torah and the Gospel
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
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