سورة آل عِمرَان
Surah Al-i-‘Imrân 3:130
Family of Amran · Verse 130 of 200
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَأْكُلُوا الرِّبَا أَضْعَافًا مُضَاعَفَةً ۖ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
O you who believe! do not practise usury and interest involving multiple additions, and keep your duty to Allâh and take Him as a shield so that you may prosper.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
O ye who believe! Devour not usury, doubled and multiplied; but fear Allah; that ye may (really) prosper.
Ahmed Ali
O you who believe, do not practice usury, charging doubled and redoubled (interest); but have fear of God: you may well attain your goal.
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Ali Unal
O you who believe! Do not consume usury, doubled and redoubled; and act in piety, keeping from disobedience to Him, so that you may prosper (in both worlds).
Daryabadi
O Ye who believe! devour not multiplied manifold; and fear usury, Allah, haply ye may fare well.
Faridul Haque
O People who Believe! Do not devour usury doubling and quadrupling it; and fear Allah, hoping that you achieve success.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
O you who believe, devour not usury, doubling and redoubling, and keep your duty to Allah, that you may be successful.
Maulvi Sher Ali
O ye who believe ! devour not interest involving multiple additions, and fear ALLAH that you may prosper.
Muhammad Asad
O YOU who have attained to faith! Do not gorge yourselves on usury, doubling and re-doubling it - but remain conscious of God, so that you might attain to a happy state;
Muhammad Musin Khan
O you who believe! Eat not Riba (usury) doubled and multiplied, but fear Allah that you may be successful.
Muhammad Pickthall
O ye who believe! Devour not usury, doubling and quadrupling (the sum lent). Observe your duty to Allah, that ye may be successful.
Muhammad Sarwar
Believers, do not accept illegal interest in order to increase your wealth many times over. Have fear of God so that you will have everlasting happiness.
Muhammed ali Shakir
O you who believe! do not devour usury, making it double and redouble, and be careful of (your duty to) Allah, that you may be successful.
Rashad Khalifa
O you who believe, you shall not take usury, compounded over and over. Observe GOD, that you may succeed.
Shabbir Ahmed
(The battle was about repelling aggression. The prime duty is to maintain a benevolent, equitable society to which usury is a big detriment. Usury is the return on money while trade is the return on labor. Usury or interest appears ever-increasing, but God blights usury and nourishes the acts of caring 2:275-279) O You who have chosen to be graced with belief! Devour not usury which is compounded over and over again. Live upright as ordained by God in order to build a truly prosperous society.
Commentary 3:130 All forms of financial interest are prohibited, whether moderate or excessive. The verse under discussion does not mean that interest is permissible at a…
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَأْكُلُوا الرِّبَا أَضْعَافًا مُّضَاعَفَةً ۖ
3:130 All forms of financial interest are prohibited, whether moderate or excessive. The verse under discussion does not mean that interest is permissible at a moderate rate and that only a high rate is forbidden. The words Adz‘âfan mudzâ‘afah أَضْعَافًا مُّضَاعَفَةً are not used here as a qualifying phrase to restrict the meaning of interest, but as a descriptive clause to point to the inherent nature of interest, which continually increases. Individuals and nations alike have been ruined by lending and borrowing large sums of money on interest, leading to foreign interference in their affairs. The position of the verse indicates that war and interest are closely related to each other: interest and the resulting debt is one of the causes of war and instrumental in prolonging it (see also 2:275).