Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:188

2:188

وَلَا تَأْكُلُوٓا۟ أَمْوَٰلَكُم بَيْنَكُم بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ وَتُدْلُوا۟ بِهَآ إِلَى ٱلْحُكَّامِ لِتَأْكُلُوا۟ فَرِيقًا مِّنْ أَمْوَٰلِ ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلْإِثْمِ وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

walā takulū amwālakum baynakum bil-bāṭili watud'lū bihā ilā l-ḥukāmi litakulū farīqan min amwāli l-nāsi bil-ith'mi wa-antum taʿlamūna

And do not consume one another's wealth unjustly or send it [in bribery] to the rulers in order that [they might aid] you [to] consume a portion of the wealth of the people in sin, while you know [it is unlawful].

— Saheeh International

Do not consume your property wrongfully, nor use it to bribe judges, intending sinfully and knowingly to consume parts of other people’s property.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And eat up not one another’s property unjustly (in any illegal way e.g. stealing, robbing, deceiving, etc.), nor give bribery to the rulers (judges before presenting your cases) that you may knowingly eat up a part of the property of others sinfully.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
تَأْكُلُوٓا۟takulūeat
أَمْوَٰلَكُمamwālakumyour properties
بَيْنَكُمbaynakumamong yourselves
بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِbil-bāṭiliwrongfully
وَتُدْلُوا۟watud'lūand present
بِهَآbihā[with] it
إِلَىilāto
ٱلْحُكَّامِl-ḥukāmithe authorities
لِتَأْكُلُوا۟litakulūso that you may eat
فَرِيقًۭاfarīqana portion
مِّنْminfrom
أَمْوَٰلِamwāli(the) wealth
ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi(of) the people
بِٱلْإِثْمِbil-ith'misinfully
وَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you
تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnaknow