Quran 4:161 — An-Nisaa, verse 161
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
for taking usury when they had been forbidden to do so; and for wrongfully devouring other people’s property. For those of them that reject the truth we have prepared an agonizing torment.
وَأَخْذِهِمُ الرِّبَا وَقَدْ نُهُوا عَنْهُ وَأَكْلِهِمْ أَمْوَالَ النَّاسِ بِالْبَاطِلِ ۚ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لِلْكَافِرِينَ مِنْهُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا
wa-akhdhihimu l-riba waqad nuhū ʿanhu wa-aklihim amwāla l-nāsi bil-bāṭili wa-aʿtadnā lil'kāfirīna min'hum ʿadhāban alīman
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and for their taking usury, that they were prohibited, and consuming the wealth of the people in vanity; and We have prepared for the unbelievers among them a painful chastisement.
- Muhammad Asad
- and [for] their taking usury although it had been forbidden to them, and their wrongful devouring of other people's possessions. And for those from among them who [continue to] deny the truth We have readied grievous suffering.
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَأَخْذِهِمُwa-akhdhihimu | And for their taking | أخذ |
| 2 | ٱلرِّبَوٰا۟l-riba | (of) [the] usury | ربو |
| 3 | وَقَدْwaqad | while certainly | — |
| 4 | نُهُوا۟nuhū | they were forbidden | نهي |
| 5 | عَنْهُʿanhu | from it | — |
| 6 | وَأَكْلِهِمْwa-aklihim | and (for) their consuming | أكل |
| 7 | أَمْوَٰلَamwāla | wealth | مول |
| 8 | ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi | (of) the people | نوس |
| 9 | بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ ۚbil-bāṭili | wrongfully | بطل |
| 10 | وَأَعْتَدْنَاwa-aʿtadnā | And We have prepared | عتد |
| 11 | لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَlil'kāfirīna | for the disbelievers | كفر |
| 12 | مِنْهُمْmin'hum | among them | — |
| 13 | عَذَابًاʿadhāban | a punishment | عذب |
| 14 | أَلِيمًۭاalīman | painful | ألم |