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Al-Balad (The City)

Verse 6of 20

يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًۭا لُّبَدًا﴿٦

Translation (Sahih International)

He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."

Word-by-word meaning

يَقُولُyaqūluHe will say
أَهْلَكْتُahlaktuI have squandered
مَالًۭاmālanwealth
لُّبَدًاlubadanabundant

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Which was revealed in Makkahبِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.Swearing by the Sanctity of Makkah and Other Things that Man was created in HardshipHere Allah has sworn by Makkah, the Mother of the Towns, addressing its resident (during the non-sacred months,) free in this city in order to draw his attention to the significance of its sanctity when its people are in the state of sanctity.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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