مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ (12)
(68:12) the hinderer of good, *7 the transgressor, the sinful; *8
*7) Khayr in Arabic is used both for wealth and for good. If it is taken in the meaning of wealth the, meaning would be that he is miserly and stingy; he would not even spend a farthing on anyone; and if khayr is taken in the meaning of goodness and virtue, it would mean that he creates a hindrance in every good work as . ell as that he is very active in hindering the people from accepting Islam.
*8) The word `utul is used for a person who is stout and strong and greedy in eating and drinking and is also ill-mannered, quarrelsome and cruel at the same tune.