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An-Nisa 161

Ayah 161 of 176 · Medinan

وَأَخۡذِهِمُ ٱلرِّبَوٰاْ وَقَدۡ نُهُواْ عَنۡهُ وَأَكۡلِهِمۡ أَمۡوَٰلَ ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلۡبَٰطِلِۚ وَأَعۡتَدۡنَا لِلۡكَٰفِرِينَ مِنۡهُمۡ عَذَابًا أَلِيمٗا ١٦١

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.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَأَخۡذِهِمُAnd for their takingwa-akhdhihimu
  2. ٱلرِّبَوٰاْ(of) [the] usuryl-riba
  3. وَقَدۡwhile certainlywaqad
  4. نُهُواْthey were forbiddennuhū
  5. عَنۡهُfrom itʿanhu
  6. وَأَكۡلِهِمۡand (for) their consumingwa-aklihim
  7. أَمۡوَٰلَwealthamwāla
  8. ٱلنَّاسِ(of) the peoplel-nāsi
  9. بِٱلۡبَٰطِلِۚwrongfullybil-bāṭili
  10. وَأَعۡتَدۡنَاAnd We have preparedwa-aʿtadnā
  11. لِلۡكَٰفِرِينَfor the disbelieverslil'kāfirīna
  12. مِنۡهُمۡamong themmin'hum
  13. عَذَابًاa punishmentʿadhāban
  14. أَلِيمٗاpainfulalīman

Tafsir

And because of their dealing in usury after Allah had prohibited them from consuming it and because of their taking the wealth of people without any legitimate right. I have prepared for those of them who disbelieve a punishment causing pain.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran