Quran 3:130 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 130
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
You who believe, do not consume usurious interest, doubled and redoubled. Be mindful of God so that you may prosper-
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَأْكُلُوا الرِّبَا أَضْعَافًا مُضَاعَفَةً ۖ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ
yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū lā takulū l-riba aḍʿāfan muḍāʿafatan wa-ittaqū l-laha laʿallakum tuf'liḥūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- O believers, devour not usury, doubled and redoubled, and fear you God; haply so you will 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;
- Sahih International
- O you who have believed, do not consume usury, doubled and multiplied, but fear Allāh that you may be successful.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhā | O you | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | who | — |
| 3 | ءَامَنُوا۟āmanū | believe | أمن |
| 4 | لَاlā | (Do) not | — |
| 5 | تَأْكُلُوا۟takulū | eat | أكل |
| 6 | ٱلرِّبَوٰٓا۟l-riba | the usury | ربو |
| 7 | أَضْعَـٰفًۭاaḍʿāfan | doubled | ضعف |
| 8 | مُّضَـٰعَفَةًۭ ۖmuḍāʿafatan | multiplied | ضعف |
| 9 | وَٱتَّقُوا۟wa-ittaqū | And fear | وقي |
| 10 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 11 | لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakum | so that you may | — |
| 12 | تُفْلِحُونَtuf'liḥūna | (be) successful | فلح |