سُوْرَةُ العٰدِيٰتِ

Surah Al-Aadiyaat (100) — Ayah 8

The Chargers · Meccan · Juz 30 · Page 599

وَإِنَّهُۥ لِحُبِّ ٱلْخَيْرِ لَشَدِيدٌ ﴿8﴾
And verily, he is violent in the love of wealth.
وَإِنَّهُۥ wa-innahu And indeed he
لِحُبِّ liḥubbi in (the) love
ٱلْخَيْرِ l-khayri (of) wealth
لَشَدِيدٌ lashadīdun (is) surely intense

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(Ayah 8){ وَ اِنَّهٗ لِحُبِّ الْخَيْرِ لَشَدِيْدٌ:} That is, the cause of this ingratitude is the intense love of wealth and the resulting bad habits of greed, covetousness, and miserliness, due to which he has forgotten his true Benefactor.

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8. 1. By خَیْر, what is meant is wealth, and another meaning is that he is extremely greedy and miserly, which is the inevitable result of intense love for wealth.

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And he is truly passionate in his love for wealth [8].

[8] That is, those who spend their entire lives fearing Allah will not even be touched by the air of Hell, because they will be kept far away from Hell and will be saved completely.