سُوْرَةُ البَقَرَةِ
Surah Al-Baqara (2) — Ayah 188
وَلَا تَأْكُلُوٓا۟ أَمْوَٰلَكُم بَيْنَكُم بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ وَتُدْلُوا۟ بِهَآ إِلَى ٱلْحُكَّامِ لِتَأْكُلُوا۟ فَرِيقًا مِّنْ أَمْوَٰلِ ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلْإِثْمِ وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿188﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And eat up not one another’s property unjustly (in any illegal way e.g. stealing, robbing, deceiving, etc.), nor give bribery to the rulers (judges before presenting your cases) that you may knowingly eat up a part of the property of others sinfully.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَلَا
walā
And (do) not
تَأْكُلُوٓا۟
takulū
eat
أَمْوَٰلَكُم
amwālakum
your properties
بَيْنَكُم
baynakum
among yourselves
بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ
bil-bāṭili
wrongfully
وَتُدْلُوا۟
watud'lū
and present
بِهَآ
bihā
[with] it
إِلَى
ilā
to
ٱلْحُكَّامِ
l-ḥukāmi
the authorities
لِتَأْكُلُوا۟
litakulū
so that you may eat
فَرِيقًۭا
farīqan
a portion
مِّنْ
min
from
أَمْوَٰلِ
amwāli
(the) wealth
ٱلنَّاسِ
l-nāsi
(of) the people
بِٱلْإِثْمِ
bil-ith'mi
sinfully
وَأَنتُمْ
wa-antum
while you
تَعْلَمُونَ
taʿlamūna
know
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
188. 1. This is about a person who holds a right belonging to someone else, but the one who has the right does not have evidence. Taking advantage of this weakness, he gets a decision in his favor from the court or competent authority, and thus usurps the right of the other. This is oppression and forbidden. The decision of the court cannot make oppression and the forbidden permissible and lawful. This oppressor will be a criminal in the sight of Allah (Ibn Kathir).
