فَلَا تُعْجِبْكَ أَمْوَالُهُمْ وَلَا أَوْلَادُهُمْ إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيُعَذِّبَهُم بِهَا فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَتَزْهَقَ أَنفُسُهُمْ وَهُمْ كَافِرُونَ
So let not their wealth and children impress you: Allah only desires to punish them with these in the life of this world, and that their souls may depart while they are faithless.
Agha Ali Puya Commentary
Commentary on Quran 9:55
[Pooya/Ali Commentary 9:55] The wealth and the children of the hypocrites, in reality, were a snare, so the believers were advised not to envy them. Their wealth filled them with pride, obscured their understanding and led them to their destruction. Their children either perished like themselves or adopted the true faith which they had fought against. Aqa Mahdi Puya says: Material gains and children without spiritual purification (essential for true belief and obedience to Allah's laws and the teachings of the Holy Prophet which are the only means for achieving deliverance and obtaining eternal happiness in the life of the hereafter) become a source of torment and agony.