Surah An-Nisa (النساء) • The Women

Quran 4:29

4:29

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَأْكُلُوٓا۟ أَمْوَٰلَكُم بَيْنَكُم بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ إِلَّآ أَن تَكُونَ تِجَـٰرَةً عَن تَرَاضٍ مِّنكُمْ ۚ وَلَا تَقْتُلُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ بِكُمْ رَحِيمًا

yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū lā takulū amwālakum baynakum bil-bāṭili illā an takūna tijāratan ʿan tarāḍin minkum walā taqtulū anfusakum inna l-laha kāna bikum raḥīman

O you who have believed, do not consume one another's wealth unjustly but only [in lawful] business by mutual consent. And do not kill yourselves [or one another]. Indeed, Allāh is to you ever Merciful.

— Saheeh International

You who believe, do not wrongfully consume each other’s wealth but trade by mutual consent. Do not kill each other, for God is merciful to you.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

O you who believe! Eat not up your property among yourselves unjustly except it be a trade amongst you, by mutual consent. And do not kill yourselves (nor kill one another). Surely, Allâh is Most Merciful to you.

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

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يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve[d]
لَاlā(Do) not
تَأْكُلُوٓا۟takulūeat
أَمْوَٰلَكُمamwālakumyour wealth
بَيْنَكُمbaynakumbetween yourselves
بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِbil-bāṭiliunjustly
إِلَّآillāBut
أَنanthat
تَكُونَtakūna(there) be
تِجَـٰرَةًtijāratanbusiness
عَنʿanon
تَرَاضٍۢtarāḍinmutual consent
مِّنكُمْۚminkumamong you
وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
تَقْتُلُوٓا۟taqtulūkill
أَنفُسَكُمْۚanfusakumyourselves
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
كَانَkānais
بِكُمْbikumto you
رَحِيمًۭاraḥīmanMost Merciful