سُوْرَةُ الْفَجْرِ
Surah Al-Fajr (89) — Ayah 20
وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا ﴿20﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And you love wealth with much love.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَتُحِبُّونَ
watuḥibbūna
And you love
ٱلْمَالَ
l-māla
wealth
حُبًّۭا
ḥubban
(with) love
جَمًّۭا
jamman
immense
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran (Facilitation of the Quran) is a comprehensive Quran commentary by Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. Known for his eloquent and accessible writing style, Kilani authored this tafsir with a focus on clarity — making Quranic meanings understandable to the common reader. The tafsir provides detailed historical context for verses related to battles and expeditions, and firmly refutes modernist ideologies using strong scriptural evidence. It is widely regarded as an invaluable resource for understanding the Quran and countering deviant interpretations. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
20. And you love wealth with immense [13] love.
[13] That is, the standard by which you measure honor and disgrace is entirely wrong. The real criterion for honor and disgrace is not money and wealth, but rather high morals and noble character. But your condition is such that you have made wealth and money your deity and are obsessed with it. Far from honoring orphans and widows, if they possess anything, you try to snatch it away as well. Your love for money and miserliness is such that not only do you not give anything to fulfill the needs of the poor or feed them, but you do not even encourage others to do so. You deprive widows, daughters, and children of inheritance from the deceased, and whoever has the power, seizes the entire inheritance. All you care about is money, and you are ever ready to use any lawful or unlawful means to acquire it. If these are your ways, why should you have any honor in the sight of Allah?
[13] That is, the standard by which you measure honor and disgrace is entirely wrong. The real criterion for honor and disgrace is not money and wealth, but rather high morals and noble character. But your condition is such that you have made wealth and money your deity and are obsessed with it. Far from honoring orphans and widows, if they possess anything, you try to snatch it away as well. Your love for money and miserliness is such that not only do you not give anything to fulfill the needs of the poor or feed them, but you do not even encourage others to do so. You deprive widows, daughters, and children of inheritance from the deceased, and whoever has the power, seizes the entire inheritance. All you care about is money, and you are ever ready to use any lawful or unlawful means to acquire it. If these are your ways, why should you have any honor in the sight of Allah?
