سُوْرَةُ الْبَلَدِ

Surah Al-Balad (90) — Ayah 6

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يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا ﴿6﴾
He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"
يَقُولُ yaqūlu He will say
أَهْلَكْتُ ahlaktu I have squandered
مَالًۭا mālan wealth
لُّبَدًا lubadan abundant

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(Ayah 6) {يَقُوْلُ اَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا :} That is, he considers opposing the true religion or spending money on ignorant customs to be a great achievement and boasts about it. (Ashraf al-Hawashi)

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6. 1. That is, he spends lavishly in worldly matters and frivolities, then recounts it before people as a matter of pride.

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6. He says, "I have squandered vast amounts of wealth." [5]

[5] Among such unlawful desires is that a person spends his wealth merely for show and boasting, and exaggerates greatly about how much he has spent, saying, "I spent such and such amount on my son's wedding," or "I spent this much on fulfilling such and such custom."