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وَاِنَّهُ لِحُبِّ الْخَيْرِ لَشَد۪يدٌۜ

Wa-innahu lihubbi alkhayri lashadeed

Truly he is fierce in his love of wealth.

  • Progressive Muslims

    He loves wealth tenaciously.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    And behold, in the love of wealth he is ardent. (102:1-2).

  • Sam Gerrans

    But in love of wealth is he strong.

  • The Monotheist Group

    He loves wealth tenaciously.

  • Edip-Layth

    He loves wealth tenaciously.

  • Aisha Bewley

    Truly he is fierce in his love of wealth.

  • Rashad Khalifa

    He loves material things excessively.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    And is intractable in his love of worldly goods.

  • Sahih International

    And indeed he is, in love of wealth, intense.

  • Muhammad Asad

    for, verily, to the love of wealth is he most ardently devoted.

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    And lo! in the love of wealth he is violent.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat

    How greedy he is for wealth, gains and health !

  • Bijan Moeinian

    … he loves material things excessively.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    And verily, he is violent in the love of wealth.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    And violent is he in his love of wealth.

  • Mustafa Khattab

    and they are truly extreme in their love of ˹worldly˺ gains.

  • Taqi Usmani

    and in his love for wealth, he is very intense.

  • Abdul Haleem

    he is truly excessive in his love of wealth.

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Surely he is passionate in his love for good things.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    Verily, he is keen in his love of good.

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Verily, he is keen in his love of wealth.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And surely he is indeed constantly (passionate) in his love for charity (i. e., good things).

  • George Sale

    And he is immoderate in the love of worldly good.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    And violent is he in his love for wealth.

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    And he is, truly speaking, the extreme limit in (his) love for wealth.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    He is indeed avid in the love of wealth.