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Al-Baqarah 188

Ayah 188 of 286 · Medinan

وَلَا تَأۡكُلُوٓاْ أَمۡوَٰلَكُم بَيۡنَكُم بِٱلۡبَٰطِلِ وَتُدۡلُواْ بِهَآ إِلَى ٱلۡحُكَّامِ لِتَأۡكُلُواْ فَرِيقٗا مِّنۡ أَمۡوَٰلِ ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلۡإِثۡمِ وَأَنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ ١٨٨

And do not consume one another's wealth unjustly or send it [in bribery] to the rulers in order that [they might aid] you [to] consume a portion of the wealth of the people in sin, while you know [it is unlawful].

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَاAnd (do) notwalā
  2. تَأۡكُلُوٓاْeattakulū
  3. أَمۡوَٰلَكُمyour propertiesamwālakum
  4. بَيۡنَكُمamong yourselvesbaynakum
  5. بِٱلۡبَٰطِلِwrongfullybil-bāṭili
  6. وَتُدۡلُواْand presentwatud'lū
  7. بِهَآ[with] itbihā
  8. إِلَىtoilā
  9. ٱلۡحُكَّامِthe authoritiesl-ḥukāmi
  10. لِتَأۡكُلُواْso that you may eatlitakulū
  11. فَرِيقٗاa portionfarīqan
  12. مِّنۡfrommin
  13. أَمۡوَٰلِ(the) wealthamwāli
  14. ٱلنَّاسِ(of) the peoplel-nāsi
  15. بِٱلۡإِثۡمِsinfullybil-ith'mi
  16. وَأَنتُمۡwhile youwa-antum
  17. تَعۡلَمُونَknowtaʿlamūna

Tafsir

Do not take each other’s wealth unjustly: robbing it or taking it by force or by cheating, and then making it a legal dispute in order to obtain other’s wealth wrongfully, when you know that Allah has prohibited that. Committing a sin knowingly is the worst of things and has the greatest of punishments.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran