سُوْرَةُ النِّسَآءِ
Surah An-Nisaa (4) — Ayah 161
وَأَخْذِهِمُ ٱلرِّبَوٰا۟ وَقَدْ نُهُوا۟ عَنْهُ وَأَكْلِهِمْ أَمْوَٰلَ ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ ۚ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَ مِنْهُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا ﴿161﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And their taking of Ribâ (usury) though they were forbidden from taking it and their devouring of men’s substance wrongfully (bribery). And We have prepared for the disbelievers among them a painful torment.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَأَخْذِهِمُ
wa-akhdhihimu
And for their taking
ٱلرِّبَوٰا۟
l-riba
(of) [the] usury
وَقَدْ
waqad
while certainly
نُهُوا۟
nuhū
they were forbidden
عَنْهُ
ʿanhu
from it
وَأَكْلِهِمْ
wa-aklihim
and (for) their consuming
أَمْوَٰلَ
amwāla
wealth
ٱلنَّاسِ
l-nāsi
(of) the people
بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ ۚ
bil-bāṭili
wrongfully
وَأَعْتَدْنَا
wa-aʿtadnā
And We have prepared
لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَ
lil'kāfirīna
for the disbelievers
مِنْهُمْ
min'hum
among them
عَذَابًا
ʿadhāban
a punishment
أَلِيمًۭا
alīman
painful
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.
The exegesis of this verse has been done along with the previous verse.
