Quran 4:161

Surah An-Nisaa, Verse 161

Juz 6 · Page 103 · Ruku 83 · Medinan

وَأَخْذِهِمُ ٱلرِّبَوٰا۟ وَقَدْ نُهُوا۟ عَنْهُ وَأَكْلِهِمْ أَمْوَٰلَ ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلْبَٰطِلِ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لِلْكَٰفِرِينَ مِنْهُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا

Word by word

وَأَخْذِهِمُ wa-akhdhihimu And for their taking ٱلرِّبَوٰا۟ l-riba (of) [the] usury وَقَدْ waqad while certainly نُهُوا۟ nuhū they were forbidden عَنْهُ ʿanhu from it وَأَكْلِهِمْ wa-aklihim and (for) their consuming أَمْوَٰلَ amwāla wealth ٱلنَّاسِ l-nāsi (of) the people بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ ۚ bil-bāṭili wrongfully وَأَعْتَدْنَا wa-aʿtadnā And We have prepared لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَ lil'kāfirīna for the disbelievers مِنْهُمْ min'hum among them عَذَابًا ʿadhāban a punishment أَلِيمًۭا alīman painful

Transliteration

Waakhthihimu arribawaqad nuhoo AAanhu waaklihim amwala annasibilbatili waaAAtadna lilkafireenaminhum AAathaban aleema

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And of their taking usury when they were forbidden it, and of their devouring people's wealth by false pretences, We have prepared for those of them who disbelieve a painful doom.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

That they took usury, though they were forbidden; and that they devoured men's substance wrongfully;- we have prepared for those among them who reject faith a grievous punishment.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

وقوله : ( وأخذهم الربا وقد نهوا عنه ) أي : أن الله قد نهاهم عن الربا فتناولوه وأخذوه ، واحتالوا عليه بأنواع من الحيل وصنوف من الشبه ، وأكلوا أموال الناس بالباطل . قال تعالى : ( وأعتدنا للكافرين منهم عذابا أليما )