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Muhammad Asad   
He boasts, "I have spent wealth abundant!"
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
He says, "I have consumed stacked wealth."
Safi Kaskas   
I have wasted much money, he says,

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Arabic   
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
Arabic   
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
www.quran.live   
yaqūlu ahlaktu mālan lubadan
www.quran.live   
he (i.e., human being) says: “I have wasted (i.e., spent) wealth in abundance!”
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more   
He will say, "I have squandered wealth abundant."

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
He boasts, "I have spent wealth abundant!"
M. M. Pickthall   
And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
boasting, “I have wasted enormous wealth!”?
Safi Kaskas   
I have wasted much money, he says,
Wahiduddin Khan   
He says, I have spent enormous wealth
Shakir   
He shall say: I have wasted much wealth
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
He says: I have caused abundant wealth to perish.
T.B.Irving   
He says: I have used up piles of money!
Abdul Hye   
Human says (boastfully): “I have wasted wealth in abundance!”
The Study Quran   
He says, “I have squandered vast wealth!
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
He boasts, “I have destroyed plenty of wealth.”
Talal Itani (2012)   
He says, 'I have used up so much money.'
Dr. Kamal Omar   
He says (regretfully): “I have spent enormous wealth!”
M. Farook Malik   
He may boast: "I have squandered wealth in abundance!"
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
He says, "I have consumed stacked wealth."
Muhammad Sarwar   
(He boasts and shows off) saying, "I have spent a great deal of money (for the cause of God)"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
He says, .I have spent a lot of wealth
Shabbir Ahmed   
He keeps boasting, "I have wasted so much wealth!"
Dr. Munir Munshey   
(Boastfully) he says, "I have squandered heaps of wealth."
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
He may (wrongly) say: "I have wasted away a lot of wealth!"
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)   
He says: "I spent so much money!"
Abdel Haleem   
‘I have squandered great wealth,’ he says
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
He saith: 'I have wasted riches plenteous
Ahmed Ali   
He says: "I have wasted a great deal of wealth."
Aisha Bewley   
He says, ´I have consumed vast quantities of wealth.´
Ali Ünal   
He says: "I have consumed abundant wealth!"
Ali Quli Qara'i   
He says, ‘I have squandered immense wealth.’
Hamid S. Aziz   
He says, "I have squandered wealth in plenty;"
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
He says: “I wasted a lot of wealth.”
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
They may say, “Wealth have I accumulated in abundance
Musharraf Hussain   
He boasts, “I have spent a huge amount of wealth!”
Maududi   
He says: "I have squandered enormous wealth."
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
He says: "I spent so much money!"
Mohammad Shafi   
He claims, "I have squandered much wealth."

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
He says, 'I have wasted heaps of wealth;
Rashad Khalifa   
He boasts, "I spent so much money!"
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
He will say: 'I have destroyed a vast wealth.
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
He will say: I have wasted much wealth
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
He says: "I destroyed/wasted plenty property/possession/wealth."
Bijan Moeinian   
He proudly brags about how much money he has spent upon his vices [gambling, sex, bribes, etc.]
Faridul Haque   
He says, “I destroyed vast wealth.”
Sher Ali   
He says, `I have wasted enormous wealth.
Edip Yuksel   
He says: "I spent so much money!"
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
(Boasting,) he says: ‘I have spent heaps of wealth.
Amatul Rahman Omar   
He will say, `I have wasted enormous wealth.
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
saying, 'I have consumed wealth abundant'
George Sale   
He saith, I have wasted plenty of riches
Edward Henry Palmer   
He says, I have wasted wealth in plenty
John Medows Rodwell   
"I have wasted," saith he, "enormous riches!"
N J Dawood (2014)   
I have squandered vast riches!‘ he says

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Saeed Malik   
He says, “I have exhausted copious wealth.”
Shuaib Abdullahi   
He says (Yaquulu), "I have wasted (Ah'lakatu) bundle (Lubadaa) of wealth (Maalan)."
Fode Drame   
He says, “I have wasted wealth in abundance.”
Munir Mezyed   
He says (boastfully): "I have squandered huge fortunes."
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
He says: I have blown lots of money.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
He says, “I have consumed stacks of wealth.”
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
He/she may boast, “I have spent abundant wealth.”
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
He says: "I have used up piles of money!"
Samy Mahdy   
He says, “I have destroyed an abundant accumulated’ money.”
Sayyid Qutb   
He says: 'I have spent abundant wealth.'
Ali Quli Qarai   
He says, ‘I have squandered immense wealth.’
Thomas Cleary   
They say they have spent much wealth;
Ahmed Hulusi   
He says, “I have spent much wealth.”
Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri   
He says: "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)   
"He (boastfully) says, 'I have spent so much money on whatever I wanted.'"
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
He boastfully says: "I spent too much money", when it was not for a good cause
Mir Aneesuddin   
He says, “I have destroyed plenty of wealth.”
The Wise Quran   
He says, 'I have destroyed much wealth.'

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance
OLD Literal Word for Word   
He will say, "I have squandered wealth abundant.
OLD Transliteration   
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan