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Surah An-Nisa, Ayah 161 (4:161)

ٱلنِّسَاء

وَأَخْذِهِمُ ٱلرِّبَوٰا۟ وَقَدْ نُهُوا۟ عَنْهُ وَأَكْلِهِمْ أَمْوَٰلَ ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلْبَٰطِلِ ۚ وَأَعْتَدْنَا …

Quran 4:161 is ayah 161 of Surah An-Nisa (“The Women”), a Medinan surah of 176 ayahs. It is in Juz 6, on page 103 of the Madani Mushaf.

4:161
وَأَخْذِهِمُٱلرِّبَوٰا۟وَقَدْنُهُوا۟عَنْهُوَأَكْلِهِمْأَمْوَٰلَٱلنَّاسِبِٱلْبَٰطِلِ ۚوَأَعْتَدْنَالِلْكَٰفِرِينَمِنْهُمْعَذَابًاأَلِيمًا١٦١
wa-akhdhihimu l-riba waqad nuhū ʿanhu wa-aklihim amwāla l-nāsi bil-bāṭili wa-aʿtadnā lil'kāfirīna min'hum ʿadhāban alīman

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.(161)

Word by word

  1. وَأَخْذِهِمُwa-akhdhihimuAnd for their taking
  2. ٱلرِّبَوٰا۟l-riba(of) [the] usury
  3. وَقَدْwaqadwhile certainly
  4. نُهُوا۟nuhūthey were forbidden
  5. عَنْهُʿanhufrom it
  6. وَأَكْلِهِمْwa-aklihimand (for) their consuming
  7. أَمْوَٰلَamwālawealth
  8. ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi(of) the people
  9. بِٱلْبَٰطِلِ ۚbil-bāṭiliwrongfully
  10. وَأَعْتَدْنَاwa-aʿtadnāAnd We have prepared
  11. لِلْكَٰفِرِينَlil'kāfirīnafor the disbelievers
  12. مِنْهُمْmin'humamong them
  13. عَذَابًاʿadhābana punishment
  14. أَلِيمًاalīmanpainful

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