And surely you will find them as the greediest for life among mankind, even more than the Mushriks, each of them wishes that he would have been given life for a thousand years! Yet by granting him such a life would never save him from punishment, and Lord Allah is an Observer of whatever they are doing.
The aimless Jews at the time of Messenger were satisfied with worldly life. They even wished to live here for a thousand years. But their long life did not benefit them for identifying their sins since they rejected the Lord's Book.
Today the Arabic Quran reading Fujjar who are reading these verses are preferring bodily and worldly life without considering the soul and Hereafter. They are denoted as worthless people since they forgot the Three-Time-Knowledge Adhikr as told in verse 25: 18. Among them, the hypocrites are greedier for worldly life than the weakling followers as told in verse 48: 6. Long-life wouldn’t benefit the Fujjar since they have no soul but have only life as told in verses 10: 33 and 63: 4. Being deaf, dumb, and blind towards the Reminder Adhikr, they are not even considered as human beings as told in verse 8: 22. They are promised with disgrace in this world and severe punishment in the Hereafter as told in verses 2: 85 and 5: 33. See explanation 2: 6-7; 9: 53-55 and 67-68.