Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Aal-i-Imraan, Ayah 178
وَلَا يَحْسَبَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَنَّمَا نُمْلِى لَهُمْ خَيْرٌۭ لِّأَنفُسِهِمْ ۚ إِنَّمَا نُمْلِى لَهُمْ لِيَزْدَادُوٓا۟ إِثْمًۭا ۚ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌۭ مُّهِينٌۭ
And let not those who disbelieve ever think that [because] We extend their time [of enjoyment] it is better for them. We only extend it for them so that they may increase in sin, and for them is a humiliating punishment.
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Allah then mentioned how He gives them respite despite their indulgence in disbelief, saying: (And let not those who disbelieve) the Jews (imagine that the rein We give them) that the respite, progeny and wealth We give them (bodeth good unto their souls. We only give them rein) wealth and progeny (that they may grow in sinfulness) sinfulness in this world, later to be thrown into the dungeons of hell in the Hereafter. (And theirs will be a shameful doom) by means of which they shall be shamed day after day and hour after hour; it is also said that this means: a severe doom; and it is also said that from (Let not their conduct grieve you) to (And theirs will be a shameful doom) was revealed about the idolaters of Mecca on the Day of Uhud.
Al-Jalalayn Commentary
And let not the disbelievers suppose read lā yahsabanna ‘let them not suppose’ or lā tahsabanna ‘do not suppose’ that what We indulge them in that is that Our indulging them in extending their terms of life and deferring them their death is better for their souls in the case of the reading yahsabanna ‘let them not suppose’ anna of anna-mā and its two operators stand in place of the two objects but only in place of the second in the case of the other reading tahsabanna ‘do not suppose’. We grant them indulgence We give them respite only that they may increase in sinfulness through frequent disobedience and theirs is a humbling chastisement one of humiliation in the Hereafter.