Surah Ar-Rum (الروم) • The Romans

Quran 30:39

30:39

وَمَآ ءَاتَيْتُم مِّن رِّبًا لِّيَرْبُوَا۟ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِ ٱلنَّاسِ فَلَا يَرْبُوا۟ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ وَمَآ ءَاتَيْتُم مِّن زَكَوٰةٍ تُرِيدُونَ وَجْهَ ٱللَّهِ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُضْعِفُونَ

wamā ātaytum min riban liyarbuwā fī amwāli l-nāsi falā yarbū ʿinda l-lahi wamā ātaytum min zakatin turīdūna wajha l-lahi fa-ulāika humu l-muḍ'ʿifūna

And whatever you give for interest [i.e., advantage] to increase within the wealth of people will not increase with Allāh. But what you give in zakāh, desiring the face [i.e., approval] of Allāh - those are the multipliers.

— Saheeh International

Whatever you lend out in usury to gain value through other people’s wealth will not increase in God’s eyes, but whatever you give in charity, in your desire for God’s approval, will earn multiple rewards.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And that which you give in gift (to others), in order that it may increase (your wealth by expecting to get a better one in return) from other people’s property, has no increase with Allâh; but that which you give in Zakât (sadaqa - charity etc.) seeking Allâh’s Countenance, then those, they shall have manifold increase.

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

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Word by Word

وَمَآwamāAnd what
ءَاتَيْتُمātaytumyou give
مِّنminfor
رِّبًۭاribanusury
لِّيَرْبُوَا۟liyarbuwāto increase
فِىٓfīin
أَمْوَٰلِamwāli(the) wealth
ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi(of) people
فَلَاfalānot
يَرْبُوا۟yarbū(will) increase
عِندَʿindawith
ٱللَّهِۖl-lahiAllah
وَمَآwamāBut what
ءَاتَيْتُمātaytumyou give
مِّنminof
زَكَوٰةٍۢzakatinzakah
تُرِيدُونَturīdūnadesiring
وَجْهَwajha(the) Countenance
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen those
هُمُhumu[they]
ٱلْمُضْعِفُونَl-muḍ'ʿifūna(will) get manifold