[2553] That is, the nations that will form from the offspring of the Believers who were aboard the ship (cf. al-Ṭabarī, al-Qurṭubī, al-Khāzin, Ibn ʿĀshūr): “O descendants of those We carried ˹in the ship˺ with Noah. Indeed, he was a grateful servant!” (17: 3).
[2554] Granted that even the Deniers will also be provided for by God in this life, theirs is only a transitory enjoyment which, no matter how great it might seem, is dwarfed by comparison to the everlasting provision and reward for Believers in Paradise (cf. 31: 23-24, 47: 12; al-Ṭabarī, al-Wāḥidī).
[2555] Many other nations, who will come, will Deny God so that they too will be punished (cf. al-Ṭabarī, al-Shawkānī, al-Saʿdī, al-Tafsīr al-Mukhtaṣar).