Surah An-Nisa, ayah 161
وَأَخْذِهِمُ ٱلرِّبَوٰا۟ وَقَدْ نُهُوا۟ عَنْهُ وَأَكْلِهِمْ أَمْوَٰلَ ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ ۚ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَ مِنْهُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا
And [for] their taking of usury while they had been forbidden from it, and their consuming of the people's wealth unjustly. And We have prepared for the disbelievers among them a painful punishment.
An-Nisa · 4:161
Word by word
- وَأَخْذِهِمُwa-akhdhihimuAnd for their taking
- ٱلرِّبَوٰا۟l-riba(of) [the] usury
- وَقَدْwaqadwhile certainly
- نُهُوا۟nuhūthey were forbidden
- عَنْهُʿanhufrom it
- وَأَكْلِهِمْwa-aklihimand (for) their consuming
- أَمْوَٰلَamwālawealth
- ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi(of) the people
- بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ ۚbil-bāṭiliwrongfully
- وَأَعْتَدْنَاwa-aʿtadnāAnd We have prepared
- لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَlil'kāfirīnafor the disbelievers
- مِنْهُمْmin'humamong them
- عَذَابًاʿadhābana punishment
- أَلِيمًۭاalīmanpainful
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