Al-Qur'an Surah Al-'Adiyat Verse 8

Mufti Taqi Usmani

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

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

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

Ruwwad Translation Center

and he is truly extreme in his love of wealth.

A. J. Arberry

Surely he is passionate in his love for good things.

Abdul Haleem

he is truly excessive in his love of wealth.

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And verily in the love of wealth he is vehement,

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And violent is he in his love of wealth.

Abul Ala Maududi

and surely he loves riches with a passionate loving.

Ahmed Ali

And is intractable in his love of worldly goods.

Ahmed Raza Khan

And indeed he loves wealth to the extreme.

Ali Quli Qarai

And indeed he is an avid lover of wealth.

Ali Ünal

And most surely he is violent in love of wealth.

Amatul Rahman Omar

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

English Literal

And that he truly to the good`s/wealth`s love/like (is) strong (intense) (E) (humans love excessive goodness).

Faridul Haque

And indeed he loves wealth to the extreme.

Hamid S. Aziz

Verily, he is keen in his love of wealth.

Hilali & Khan

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

Maulana Mohammad Ali

Knows he not when that which is in the graves is raised,

Mohammad Habib Shakir

And most surely he is tenacious in the love of wealth.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

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

Muhammad Sarwar

He certainly has a strong love for wealth and riches.

Qaribullah & Darwish

And indeed he is ardent for the love of good (wealth, becoming greedy).

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

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

Wahiduddin Khan

Surely, he is ardent in his love of wealth.

Talal Itani

And he is fierce in his love of wealth.

Tafsir jalalayn

And verily in the love of wealth he is avid, and is therefore niggardly with it.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

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

meaning, and indeed in his love of the good, which is wealth, he is severe.

There are two opinions concerning this.

One of them is that it means that he is severe in his love of wealth.

The other view is that it means he is covetous and stingy due to the love of wealth.

However, both views are correct.
The Threat about the Hereafter

Then Allah encourages abstinence from worldly things and striving for the Hereafter, and He informs of what the situation will be after this present condition, and what man will face of horrors.

He says,

أَفَلَ يَعْلَمُ إِذَا بُعْثِرَ مَا فِي الْقُبُورِ