Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:275

2:275

ٱلَّذِينَ يَأْكُلُونَ ٱلرِّبَوٰا۟ لَا يَقُومُونَ إِلَّا كَمَا يَقُومُ ٱلَّذِى يَتَخَبَّطُهُ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ مِنَ ٱلْمَسِّ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَا ٱلْبَيْعُ مِثْلُ ٱلرِّبَوٰا۟ ۗ وَأَحَلَّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْبَيْعَ وَحَرَّمَ ٱلرِّبَوٰا۟ ۚ فَمَن جَآءَهُۥ مَوْعِظَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ فَٱنتَهَىٰ فَلَهُۥ مَا سَلَفَ وَأَمْرُهُۥٓ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ وَمَنْ عَادَ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ

alladhīna yakulūna l-riba lā yaqūmūna illā kamā yaqūmu alladhī yatakhabbaṭuhu l-shayṭānu mina l-masi dhālika bi-annahum qālū innamā l-bayʿu mith'lu l-riba wa-aḥalla l-lahu l-bayʿa waḥarrama l-riba faman jāahu mawʿiẓatun min rabbihi fa-intahā falahu mā salafa wa-amruhu ilā l-lahi waman ʿāda fa-ulāika aṣḥābu l-nāri hum fīhā khālidūna

Those who consume interest cannot stand [on the Day of Resurrection] except as one stands who is being beaten by Satan into insanity. That is because they say, "Trade is [just] like interest." But Allāh has permitted trade and has forbidden interest. So whoever has received an admonition from his Lord and desists may have what is past, and his affair rests with Allāh. But whoever returns [to dealing in interest or usury] - those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide eternally therein.

— Saheeh International

But those who take usury will rise up on the Day of Resurrection like someone tormented by Satan’s touch. That is because they say, ‘Trade and usury are the same,’ but God has allowed trade and forbidden usury. Whoever, on receiving God’s warning, stops taking usury may keep his past gains- God will be his judge- but whoever goes back to usury will be an inhabitant of the Fire, there to remain.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Those who eat Ribâ (usury) will not stand (on the Day of Resurrection) except like the standing of a person beaten by Shaitân (Satan) leading him to insanity. That is because they say: "Trading is only like Ribâ (usury)," whereas Allâh has permitted trading and forbidden Ribâ (usury). So whosoever receives an admonition from his Lord and stops eating Ribâ (usury) shall not be punished for the past; his case is for Allâh (to judge); but whoever returns [to Ribâ (usury)], such are the dwellers of the Fire - they will abide therein.

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

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ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
يَأْكُلُونَyakulūnaconsume
ٱلرِّبَوٰا۟l-riba[the] usury
لَاlānot
يَقُومُونَyaqūmūnathey can stand
إِلَّاillāexcept
كَمَاkamālike
يَقُومُyaqūmustands
ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe one who
يَتَخَبَّطُهُyatakhabbaṭuhuconfounds him
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuthe Shaitaan
مِنَminawith
ٱلْمَسِّۚl-masi(his) touch
ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahum(is) because they
قَالُوٓا۟qālūsay
إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
ٱلْبَيْعُl-bayʿuthe trade
مِثْلُmith'lu(is) like
ٱلرِّبَوٰا۟ۗl-riba[the] usury
وَأَحَلَّwa-aḥallaWhile has permitted
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
ٱلْبَيْعَl-bayʿa[the] trade
وَحَرَّمَwaḥarramabut (has) forbidden
ٱلرِّبَوٰا۟ۚl-riba[the] usury
فَمَنfamanThen whoever
جَآءَهُۥjāahucomes to him
مَوْعِظَةٌۭmawʿiẓatun(the) admonition
مِّنminfrom
رَّبِّهِۦrabbihiHis Lord
فَٱنتَهَىٰfa-intahāand he refrained
فَلَهُۥfalahuthen for him
مَاmāwhat
سَلَفَsalafa(has) passed
وَأَمْرُهُۥٓwa-amruhuand his case
إِلَىilā(is) with
ٱللَّهِۖl-lahiAllah
وَمَنْwamanand whoever
عَادَʿādarepeated
فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen those
أَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu(are the) companions
ٱلنَّارِۖl-nāri(of) the Fire
هُمْhumthey
فِيهَاfīhāin it
خَـٰلِدُونَkhālidūnawill abide forever