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Quran Maqasid

Surah An-Nisa, verse 161

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واخذهم الربا وقد نهوا عنه واكلهم اموال الناس بالباطل واعتدنا للكافرين منهم عذابا اليما

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.

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  • Verse 161 of 176
  • Juz 6
  • Page 103

Word by word

  1. وَأَخْذِهِمُAnd for their takingwa-akhdhihimu
  2. ٱلرِّبَوٰا۟(of) [the] usuryl-riba
  3. وَقَدْwhile certainlywaqad
  4. نُهُوا۟they were forbiddennuhū
  5. عَنْهُfrom itʿanhu
  6. وَأَكْلِهِمْand (for) their consumingwa-aklihim
  7. أَمْوَٰلَwealthamwāla
  8. ٱلنَّاسِ(of) the peoplel-nāsi
  9. بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ ۚwrongfullybil-bāṭili
  10. وَأَعْتَدْنَاAnd We have preparedwa-aʿtadnā
  11. لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَfor the disbelieverslil'kāfirīna
  12. مِنْهُمْamong themmin'hum
  13. عَذَابًاa punishmentʿadhāban
  14. أَلِيمًۭاpainfulalīman

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