# 90. Surah Al-Balad, Verse 6 - **Surah:** 90. Surah Al-Balad (The City) — سورة البلد - **Verse:** 6 / 20 · **Juz:** 30 · **Mushaf page:** 593 - **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-al-balad/verse-6 ## Arabic يَقُولُ اَهْلَكْتُ مَالاً لُبَداًۜ ## Transcription Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubada ## Translations ### Aisha Bewley He says, ‘I have consumed vast quantities of wealth. ’ ### Progressive Muslims He says: "I spent so much money!" ### Shabbir Ahmed He keeps boasting, "I have wasted so much wealth!" ### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation He says: “I have spent abundant wealth!” ### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation He says: "I spent so much money!" ### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament He boasts, "I spent so much money!" ### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira He says: "I have wasted a great deal of wealth. " ### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley) He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance. " ### Muhammad Asad He boasts, "I have spent wealth abundant!" ### Marmaduke Pickthall And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth: ### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary He says: "I have squandered enormous wealth."[1] _Footnotes_ - [1] Literally: I have destroyed heaps of wealth, i.e. squandered and wasted it. These words show how proud the speaker was of his wealth. The heaps of wealth, that he spent was so insignificant as against his total wealth that he did not mind squandering it carelessly. And to what purpose did he squander it? Not for a genuine, good cause as becomes evident from the following verses, but for display of his wealth and expression of his pride and glory. Bestowing rich awards on poetic admirers, inviting and feeding hundreds of thousands of people on marriage and death ceremonies, gambling away heaps of wealth, attending festivals with large entourages, trying to excel others in display of glory and grandeur, having heaps of food cooked on ceremonial occasions and throwing invitations to all and sundry to come and eat, or arranging and supplying running meals at the residence so as to impress the people around with one’s generosity and large heartedness; such were the expenditures of ostentation, which in the days of ignorance were regarded as a symbol of man’s munificence and magnanimity, and a sign of his greatness. For these they were praised and admired; on these their praises were sung; and on account of these they prided themselves against the less fortunate. ### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab He boastfully says: "I spent too much money", when it was not for a good cause. ### Bijan Moeinian He proudly brags about how much money he has spent upon his vices [gambling, sex, bribes, etc. ] ### Al-Hilali & Khan He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!" ### Abdullah Yusuf Ali He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance! ### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran boasting, "I have wasted enormous wealth!"? ### Taqi Usmani He says, "I have spent a lot of wealth." ### Abdul Haleem ‘I have squandered great wealth,’ he says. ### Arthur John Arberry saying, 'I have consumed wealth abundant'? ### E. Henry Palmer He says, I have wasted wealth in plenty; ### Hamid S. Aziz He says, "I have squandered wealth in plenty;" ### Mahmoud Ghali He says, "I have consumed stacked wealth. " ### George Sale He saith, I have wasted plenty of riches. ### Syed Vickar Ahamed He may (wrongly) say: "I have wasted away a lot of wealth!" ### Amatul Rahman Omar He will say, `I have wasted enormous wealth. ' ### Ali Quli Qarai He says, ‘I have squandered immense wealth. ’ ### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü "Pek çok mal harcadım" diyor. ### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı O: "Yığınla mal tüketip yok ettim" diyor. ### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali - "Pek çok mal harcadım" der, kimse onu görmedi mi sanıyor? ### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali "Yığınla mal harcadım" diyor. ### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Ben yığın yığın mal telef ettim diyor ### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş) O: "Ben yığın yığın mal telef ettim." diyor. ### Gültekin Onan O: "Yığınla mal tüketip yok ettim" diyor. ### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim Der ki: "Yığın yığın mal telef etdim". ### İbni Kesir Yığın yığın mal tüketmişimdir, diyor. ### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı Övünüp duruyor: "Ben, yığınla servet tükettim!" ### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı -Pek çok mal tüketmişimdir, diyor. ### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali (Gösteriş ve övünme için) "Ben birçok mal telef ettim" diyor. ### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali "Yığınlarla mal telef ettim!" diyor. ### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an (Dahası) "Ben (bu konuma gelmek için) kucak dolusu servet harcadım" mı diyor? ### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an "Yığınlarca mal harcadım." diyor. ### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek "Yığınla mal tükettim!" diyor. ### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali "Yığınla mal harcadım[1]" mı diyor. _Footnotes_ - [1] İçki üreten birine, Allah'ın içkiyi haram kıldığını söyleyince, "bunca bilgi birikimini, emeği ve yatırımı bırakamam" diyebilir. O zaman o kişi burada belirtilen şeyi söylemiş olur. ### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir (Övünerek) "Pek çok mal harcadım." diyor. ### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an "Yığınlarca mal harcadım." diyor. ### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an "Yığınlarca mal harcadım." diyor. ### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali "Yığın yığın mal tükettim!"[1] diyor. _Footnotes_ - [1] [Al-i imran 3/116](https://quran.so/3/116)-[117,](https://quran.so/3/117) [Nisa 4/38.](https://quran.so/4/38) ## Words | # | word | meaning | root | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | يَقُولُ — yaqūlu | He will say | قول — Kaf-Vav-Lam | | 2 | أَهْلَكْتُ — ahlaktu | I have squandered | هلك — he-Lam-Kef | | 3 | مَالًۭا — mālan | wealth | مول — Mim-Vav-Lam | | 4 | لُّبَدًا — lubadan | abundant | لبد — Lam-Be-Dal | --- Previous: https://quran.so/surah-al-balad/verse-5.md · Next: https://quran.so/surah-al-balad/verse-7.md Retrieved: 2026-08-12 Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.