Surah Ali 'Imran 3:130 — translation and meaning

آل عمران · Verse 130 / 200 · Page 66

ۖ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَأْكُلُوا الرِّبَا أَضْعَافًا مُّضَاعَفَةً وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ

Word by Word

ۖ
يَا أَيُّهَا
yaayyuha
O you
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
who
آمَنُوا
amanu
believe!
لَا
la
(Do) not
تَأْكُلُوا
takulu
eat
الرِّبَا
al-riba
the usury
أَضْعَافًا
ad'afan
doubled
مُّضَاعَفَةً
muda'afatan
multiplied
وَاتَّقُوا
wa-ittaqu
And fear
اللَّهَ
al-laha
Allah
لَعَلَّكُمْ
la'allakum
so that you may
تُفْلِحُونَ
tuf'lihuna
(be) successful

Transliteration

Yaaa ayyuhal lazeena aamanoo la taakuhur ribaaa ad'aafam mudaa'afatanw wattaqul laaha la'allakum tuflihoon

Translation

O you who have believed, do not consume usury, doubled and multiplied, but fear Allah that you may be successful.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

O you who have faith in Allah and follow His Prophet, stay away from usury: increasing and compounding the wealth that you lend to people as the people of the time of ignorance before Islam did; and be mindful of Allah: following what He instructs and staying away from what He has prohibited, so that you may reach the good you desire in this world and in the Afterlife.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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