أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍۢ وَبَنِينَ
An kaana zaa maalinw-wa baneen
Because he is a possessor of wealth and children,
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Worldly life & wealth
68:14Ayah 152
2 ayahs in Al-Qalam are strongly about worldly life and wealth.
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only because an should be understood as li-an ‘because’ and it is semantically connected to that meaning which it is indicating he has wealth and sons.
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" I think that he (the narrator) said: The man is a custodian of the wealth of his father, and he would be answerable for what is in his custody."
For he conferred a grant and as such it becomes heritage. and the right of inheritance abrogated his condition.
"The heart of an old man remains young because of love for two things: Long life , and much wealth."
"The son of Adam grows old. But two things keep him young: Desire for life and desire for wealth."
“The heart of an old man is young in the love of two things:
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of life and much wealth.”
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