human nature

بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ

But man desires to continue in sin.

كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ

No! But you [i.e., mankind] love the immediate

وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ

And leave [i.e., neglect] the Hereafter.

وَيُطْعِمُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ عَلَىٰ حُبِّهِۦ مِسْكِينًا وَيَتِيمًا وَأَسِيرًا

And they give food in spite of love for it to the needy, the orphan, and the captive,

عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ

He [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ) ] frowned and turned away

وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا

And you love wealth with immense love.

وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا

And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ لَيَطْغَىٰٓ

No! [But] indeed, man transgresses

وَإِنَّهُۥ لِحُبِّ ٱلْخَيْرِ لَشَدِيدٌ

And indeed he is, in love of wealth, intense.