Wa-innahu lihubbi alkhayri lashadeed (surah Adiyat: 8)

Tafseer Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi

(100:8) and surely he loves riches with a passionate loving. *6

Wa innahu lihubbil khairi la shadeed

*6) Literally "He is most ardent in the love of khair". But the word khair is not only used for goodness and virtue in Arabic but also for worldly wealth. In Surah Baqarah: 180, khair has been used in the meaning of worldly wealth. The context itself shows where khair has been used in the sense of goodness and where in that of worldly goods. The context of this verse clearly shows that here khair means worldly wealth and not virtue and goodness. For about the man who is ungrateful to his Lord and who by his conduct is himself testifying to his ingratitude it cannot be said that he is very ardent in the love of goodness and virtue.