Surah Ali 'Imran — Verse 130

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يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَأْكُلُوا۟ ٱلرِّبَوٰٓا۟ أَضْعَـٰفًا مُّضَـٰعَفَةً ۖ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola ta'kuloo arriba adAAafanmudaAAafatan wattaqoo Allaha laAAallakumtuflihoon

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

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

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

You who believe, do not consume usurious interest, doubled and redoubled. Be mindful of God so that you may prosper-

Marmaduke Pickthall

O ye who believe! Devour not usury, doubling and quadrupling (the sum lent). Observe your duty to Allah, that ye may be successful.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

O ye who believe! Devour not usury, doubled and multiplied; but fear Allah; that ye may (really) prosper.

Mufti Taqi Usmani

O you who believe, do not eat up the amounts acquired through Ribā (interest), doubled and multiplied. Fear Allah, so that you may be successful,

Al-Hilali & Khan

O you who believe! Eat not Ribâ (usury) doubled and multiplied, but fear Allâh that you may be successful.

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

Believers! Do not swallow interest, doubled and redoubled, and be mindful of Allah so that you may attain true success.

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

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;

Rowwad · source edition

O you who believe, do not consume usury[58], doubled and multiplied. And fear Allah, so that you may succeed,

Notes

[58] The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Avoid the seven great destructive sins; among them is to consume Ribā (usury)." [Sahih al-Bukhāri: 28]

Hilali and Khan · source edition

130. O you who believe! Eat not Ribâ (usury)[23] doubled and multiplied, but fear Allâh that you may be successful.

Notes

[23] (V.3:130) a) See (V.2: 275) and its footnote. b) Narrated Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, "Avoid the seven great destructive sins." The people enquired, "O Allâh’s Messenger! What are they?" He said, "(1) To join others in worship along with Allâh, (2) to practise sorcery, (3) to kill a person which Allâh has forbidden except for a just cause (according to Islâmic law), (4) to eat up Ribâ (usury), (5) to eat up an orphan’s wealth, (6) to show one’s back to the enemy and fleeing from the battlefield at the time of fighting, (7) and to accuse chaste women, who never even think of anything touching their chastity and are true believers". (Sahih Al-Bukhâri, Vol.4, Hadîth No.28). c) See the footnote (A) of the (V.2:278). d) See the footnote (B) of the (V.2:278).