Who amasses wealth and hordes it.
Who accumulated wealth and hoarded it, counting.
who has gathered riches and counted them over
[Woe unto him who amasses wealth and counts it a safeguard,
Who amasseth wealth; and counteth it.
Who has gathered wealth and counted it,
Who gathers wealth and counts it over.
who amasses wealth and counts it over and again.
Who has gathered wealth and counted it.
Who hath gathered wealth (of this world) and arranged it.
who amasses wealth and counts it over.
who amasses wealth and counts it,
Who collects wealth and [continuously] counts it.
who collects and hordes wealth,
Who amasses wealth and considers it a provision (against mishap);
Alla<u>th</u>ee jamaAAa m<u>a</u>lan waAAaddadah<b>u</b>
who amasses wealth, counting it over,
Who pileth up wealth and layeth it by,
ٱلَّذِى جَمَعَ مَالًا وَعَدَّدَهُۥ
The one whose only concern is to amass wealth and count it; he has no other concern.
The one whose only concern is to amass wealth and count it; he has no other concern.
<p>The third evil quality denounced severely in this Surah is greed, that is, the selfish hoarding of wealth, against which is the stern warning of the dreadful end of those who have passion for worldly riches. This verse, however, refers to the love of, and passion for, wealth which is accumulated and counted over and over again. Other verses and Ahadith bear testimony to the fact that amassing of wealth in principle is not prohibited or sinful. Therefore, verse [ 2] must be interpreted in the light of those verses and traditions. This verse purports to say that anyone who accumulates wealth and does not pay his obligatory dues or has greed for wealth that leads him to pride and arrogance, or has love of wealth that engrosses him in the hoarding of wealth so profoundly that he forgets his religious obligations, his practice is condemned in the strongest terms, and a person attaching such profound love, greed and passion for material riches will suffer eternal perdition as described in the verses that follow.</p>
The third evil quality denounced severely in this Surah is greed, that is, the selfish hoarding of wealth, against which is the stern warning of the dreadful end of those who have passion for worldly riches. This verse, however, refers to the love of, and passion for, wealth which is accumulated and counted over and over again. Other verses and Ahadith bear testimony to the fact that amassing of wealth in principle is not prohibited or sinful. Therefore, verse [ 2] must be interpreted in the light of those verses and traditions. This verse purports to say that anyone who accumulates wealth and does not pay his obligatory dues or has greed for wealth that leads him to pride and arrogance, or has love of wealth that engrosses him in the hoarding of wealth so profoundly that he forgets his religious obligations, his practice is condemned in the strongest terms, and a person attaching such profound love, greed and passion for material riches will suffer eternal perdition as described in the verses that follow.