Surah An-Nisa (النساء) • The Women

Quran 4:161

4:161

وَأَخْذِهِمُ ٱلرِّبَوٰا۟ وَقَدْ نُهُوا۟ عَنْهُ وَأَكْلِهِمْ أَمْوَٰلَ ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ ۚ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَ مِنْهُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا

wa-akhdhihimu l-riba waqad nuhū ʿanhu wa-aklihim amwāla l-nāsi bil-bāṭili wa-aʿtadnā lil'kāfirīna min'hum ʿadhāban alīman

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.

— Saheeh International

for taking usury when they had been forbidden to do so; and for wrongfully devouring other people’s property. For those of them that reject the truth we have prepared an agonizing torment.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And their taking of Ribâ (usury) though they were forbidden from taking it and their devouring of men’s substance wrongfully (bribery). And We have prepared for the disbelievers among them a painful torment.

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

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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
بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِۚbil-bāṭiliwrongfully
وَأَعْتَدْنَاwa-aʿtadnāAnd We have prepared
لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَlil'kāfirīnafor the disbelievers
مِنْهُمْmin'humamong them
عَذَابًاʿadhābana punishment
أَلِيمًۭاalīmanpainful