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Al-Baqarah 279

Ayah 279 of 286 · Medinan

فَإِن لَّمۡ تَفۡعَلُواْ فَأۡذَنُواْ بِحَرۡبٖ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦۖ وَإِن تُبۡتُمۡ فَلَكُمۡ رُءُوسُ أَمۡوَٰلِكُمۡ لَا تَظۡلِمُونَ وَلَا تُظۡلَمُونَ ٢٧٩

And if you do not, then be informed of a war [against you] from Allāh and His Messenger. But if you repent, you may have your principal - [thus] you do no wrong, nor are you wronged.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَإِنAnd iffa-in
  2. لَّمۡnotlam
  3. تَفۡعَلُواْyou dotafʿalū
  4. فَأۡذَنُواْthen be informedfadhanū
  5. بِحَرۡبٖof a warbiḥarbin
  6. مِّنَfrommina
  7. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  8. وَرَسُولِهِۦۖand His Messengerwarasūlihi
  9. وَإِنAnd ifwa-in
  10. تُبۡتُمۡyou repenttub'tum
  11. فَلَكُمۡthen for youfalakum
  12. رُءُوسُ(is)ruūsu
  13. أَمۡوَٰلِكُمۡyour capital amwālikum
  14. لَا(do) notlā
  15. تَظۡلِمُونَwrongtaẓlimūna
  16. وَلَاand notwalā
  17. تُظۡلَمُونَyou will be wrongedtuẓ'lamūna

Tafsir

If you do not obey the sacred law, then be aware and certain of war with Allah and His Messenger. If you repent to Allah and leave usury, then you can keep the initial amount that you had given as a loan from your capital, in a manner that does not wrong anyone by taking more than your initial capital and does not wrong you by making you receive less than it.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran