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Riba is not a marginal technical concern. The Qur’an distinguishes permitted trade from forbidden riba, commands believers to leave outstanding riba, preserves the lender’s principal and forbids both doing wrong and being wronged. This course begins with those texts, then introduces authenticated exchange reports and later juristic categories without pretending that a web page can classify a mortgage, bank account, credit card, pension, bond, buy-now-pay-later plan, business facility or digital product.
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ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
2يَأۡكُلُونَyakulūnaconsume
3ٱلرِّبَوٰاْl-riba[the] usury
4لَاlānot
5يَقُومُونَyaqūmūnathey can stand
6إِلَّاillāexcept
7كَمَاkamālike
8يَقُومُyaqūmustands
9ٱلَّذِيalladhīthe one who
10يَتَخَبَّطُهُyatakhabbaṭuhuconfounds him
11ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُl-shayṭānuthe Shaitaan
12مِنَminawith
13ٱلۡمَسِّۚl-masi(his) touch
14ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
15بِأَنَّهُمۡbi-annahum(is) because they
16قَالُوٓاْqālūsay
17إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
18ٱلۡبَيۡعُl-bayʿuthe trade
19مِثۡلُmith'lu(is) like
20ٱلرِّبَوٰاْۗl-riba[the] usury
21وَأَحَلَّwa-aḥallaWhile has permitted
22ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
23ٱلۡبَيۡعَl-bayʿa[the] trade
24وَحَرَّمَwaḥarramabut (has) forbidden
25ٱلرِّبَوٰاْۚl-riba[the] usury
26فَمَنfamanThen whoever
27جَآءَهُۥjāahucomes to him
28مَوۡعِظَةٞmawʿiẓatun(the) admonition
29مِّنminfrom
30رَّبِّهِۦrabbihiHis Lord
31فَٱنتَهَىٰfa-intahāand he refrained
32فَلَهُۥfalahuthen for him
33مَاmāwhat
34سَلَفَsalafa(has) passed
35وَأَمۡرُهُۥٓwa-amruhuand his case
36إِلَىilā(is) with
37ٱللَّهِۖl-lahiAllah
38وَمَنۡwamanand whoever
39عَادَʿādarepeated
40فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen those
41أَصۡحَٰبُaṣḥābu(are the) companions
42ٱلنَّارِۖl-nāri(of) the Fire
43هُمۡhumthey
44فِيهَاfīhāin it
45خَٰلِدُونَkhālidūnawill abide forever
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
Those who consume interest cannot stand [on the Day of Resurrection] except as one stands who is being beaten by Satan into insanity. That is because they say, "Trade is [just] like interest." But Allāh has permitted trade and has forbidden interest. So whoever has received an admonition from his Lord and desists may have what is past, and his affair rests with Allāh. But whoever returns [to dealing in interest or usury] – those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide eternally therein.
Compare · M. Pickthall
Those who swallow usury cannot rise up save as he ariseth whom the devil hath prostrated by (his) touch. That is because they say: Trade is just like usury; whereas Allah permitteth trading and forbiddeth usury. He unto whom an admonition from his Lord cometh, and (he) refraineth (in obedience thereto), he shall keep (the profits of) that which is past, and his affair (henceforth) is with Allah. As for him who returneth (to usury) – Such are rightful owners of the Fire. They will abide therein.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
Those who devour usury will not stand except as stand one whom the Evil one by his touch Hath driven to madness. That is because they say: "Trade is like usury," but Allah hath permitted trade and forbidden usury. Those who after receiving direction from their Lord, desist, shall be pardoned for the past; their case is for Allah (to judge); but those who repeat (The offence) are companions of the Fire: They will abide therein (for ever).
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 2:275. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1يَمۡحَقُyamḥaquDestroys
2ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
3ٱلرِّبَوٰاْl-ribathe usury
4وَيُرۡبِيwayur'bīand (gives) increase
5ٱلصَّدَقَٰتِۗl-ṣadaqāti(for) the charities
6وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
7لَاlā(does) not
8يُحِبُّyuḥibbulove
9كُلَّkullaevery
10كَفَّارٍkaffārinungrateful
11أَثِيمٍathīminsinner
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary ·
Allāh destroys interest and gives increase for charities. And Allāh does not like every sinning disbeliever.
Compare ·
Allah hath blighted usury and made almsgiving fruitful. Allah loveth not the impious and guilty.
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Allah will deprive usury of all blessing, but will give increase for deeds of charity: For He loveth not creatures ungrateful and wicked.
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 2:276. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 30 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
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ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1إِنَّinnaIndeed
2ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
3ءَامَنُواْāmanūbelieve[d]
4وَعَمِلُواْwaʿamilūand did
5ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِl-ṣāliḥātigood deeds
6وَأَقَامُواْwa-aqāmūand established
7ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
8وَءَاتَوُاْwaātawūand gave
9ٱلزَّكَوٰةَl-zakatathe zakah
10لَهُمۡlahumfor them
11أَجۡرُهُمۡajruhumtheir reward
12عِندَʿinda(is) with
13رَبِّهِمۡrabbihimtheir Lord
14وَلَاwalāand no
15خَوۡفٌkhawfunfear
16عَلَيۡهِمۡʿalayhimon them
17وَلَاwalāand not
18هُمۡhumthey
19يَحۡزَنُونَyaḥzanūnawill grieve
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
Indeed, those who believe and do righteous deeds and establish prayer and give zakāh will have their reward with their Lord, and there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.
Compare · M. Pickthall
Lo! those who believe and do good works and establish worship and pay the poor-due, their reward is with their Lord and there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
Those who believe, and do deeds of righteousness, and establish regular prayers and regular charity, will have their reward with their Lord: on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 2:277. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 3 September 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1يَٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
2ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
3ءَامَنُواْāmanūbelieve[d]
4ٱتَّقُواْittaqūFear
5ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
6وَذَرُواْwadharūand give up
7مَاmāwhat
8بَقِيَbaqiyaremained
9مِنَminaof
10ٱلرِّبَوٰٓاْl-riba[the] usury
11إِنinif
12كُنتُمkuntumyou are
13مُّؤۡمِنِينَmu'minīnabelievers
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary ·
O you who have believed, fear Allāh and give up what remains [due to you] of interest, if you should be believers.
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O ye who believe! Observe your duty to Allah, and give up what remaineth (due to you) from usury, if ye are (in truth) believers.
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O ye who believe! Fear Allah, and give up what remains of your demand for usury, if ye are indeed believers.
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 2:278. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 30 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1فَإِنfa-inAnd if
2لَّمۡlamnot
3تَفۡعَلُواْtafʿalūyou do
4فَأۡذَنُواْfadhanūthen be informed
5بِحَرۡبٖbiḥarbinof a war
6مِّنَminafrom
7ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
8وَرَسُولِهِۦۖwarasūlihiand His Messenger
9وَإِنwa-inAnd if
10تُبۡتُمۡtub'tumyou repent
11فَلَكُمۡfalakumthen for you
12رُءُوسُruūsu(is)
13أَمۡوَٰلِكُمۡamwālikumyour capital
14لَاlā(do) not
15تَظۡلِمُونَtaẓlimūnawrong
16وَلَاwalāand not
17تُظۡلَمُونَtuẓ'lamūnayou will be wronged
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary ·
And if you do not, then be informed of a war [against you] from Allāh and His Messenger. But if you repent, you may have your principal – [thus] you do no wrong, nor are you wronged.
Compare ·
And if ye do not, then be warned of war (against you) from Allah and His messenger. And if ye repent, then ye have your principal (without interest). Wrong not, and ye shall not be wronged.
Compare ·
If ye do it not, Take notice of war from Allah and His Messenger: But if ye turn back, ye shall have your capital sums: Deal not unjustly, and ye shall not be dealt with unjustly.
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 2:279. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 30 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1يَٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
2ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
3ءَامَنُواْāmanūbelieve
4لَاlā(Do) not
5تَأۡكُلُواْtakulūeat
6ٱلرِّبَوٰٓاْl-ribathe usury
7أَضۡعَٰفٗاaḍʿāfandoubled
8مُّضَٰعَفَةٗۖmuḍāʿafatanmultiplied
9وَٱتَّقُواْwa-ittaqūAnd fear
10ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
11لَعَلَّكُمۡlaʿallakumso that you may
12تُفۡلِحُونَtuf'liḥūna(be) successful
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
O you who have believed, do not consume usury, doubled and multiplied, but fear Allāh that you may be successful.
Compare · M. Pickthall
O ye who believe! Devour not usury, doubling and quadrupling (the sum lent). Observe your duty to Allah, that ye may be successful.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
O ye who believe! Devour not usury, doubled and multiplied; but fear Allah; that ye may (really) prosper.
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 3:130. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 3 September 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1وَإِنwa-inAnd if
2كَانَkānais
3ذُوdhūthe (debtor)
4عُسۡرَةٖʿus'ratinin difficulty
5فَنَظِرَةٌfanaẓiratunthen postponement
6إِلَىٰilāuntil
7مَيۡسَرَةٖۚmaysaratinease
8وَأَنwa-anAnd if
9تَصَدَّقُواْtaṣaddaqūyou remit as charity
10خَيۡرٞkhayrun(it is) better
11لَّكُمۡlakumfor you
12إِنinIf
13كُنتُمۡkuntumyou
14تَعۡلَمُونَtaʿlamūnaknow
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary ·
And if someone is in hardship, then [let there be] postponement until [a time of] ease. But if you give [from your right as] charity, then it is better for you, if you only knew.
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And if the debtor is in straitened circumstances, then (let there be) postponement to (the time of) ease; and that ye remit the debt as almsgiving would be better for you if ye did but know.
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If the debtor is in a difficulty, grant him time Till it is easy for him to repay. But if ye remit it by way of charity, that is best for you if ye only knew.
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 2:280. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 30 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
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A human-reviewed full transliteration is being prepared. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than relying on an unreviewed technical conversion.
Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1وَٱتَّقُواْwa-ittaqūAnd fear
2يَوۡمٗاyawmana Day
3تُرۡجَعُونَtur'jaʿūnayou will be brought back
4فِيهِfīhi[in it]
5إِلَىilāto
6ٱللَّهِۖl-lahiAllah
7ثُمَّthummaThen
8تُوَفَّىٰtuwaffā(will be) repaid in full
9كُلُّkulluevery
10نَفۡسٖnafsinsoul
11مَّاmāwhat
12كَسَبَتۡkasabatit earned
13وَهُمۡwahumand they
14لَاlānot
15يُظۡلَمُونَyuẓ'lamūnawill be wronged
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
And fear a Day when you will be returned to Allāh. Then every soul will be compensated for what it earned, and they will not be wronged [i.e., treated unjustly].
Compare · M. Pickthall
And guard yourselves against a day in which ye will be brought back to Allah. Then every soul will be paid in full that which it hath earned, and they will not be wronged.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
And fear the Day when ye shall be brought back to Allah. Then shall every soul be paid what it earned, and none shall be dealt with unjustly.
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 2:281. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 3 September 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
The safest starting point is the Qur’an’s own sequence. The passage describes people who treated trade and riba as equivalent, rejects that equivalence, calls for repentance, preserves principal, protects against reciprocal injustice, gives respite to a debtor in hardship and closes with accountability. No single English word captures every historical and juristic use of riba, so the Arabic term, translation choices and context remain visible.
Qur’an 2:275 explicitly rejects the claim that trade is merely the same as riba and states that trade is permitted while riba is forbidden. Identify the actual relationship and economic substance before comparing any return. Keep Qur’anic wording, authenticated Sunnah, later juristic terminology, contemporary institutional conclusions and the facts of a modern product visibly separate.
Read the complete evidence panel before reducing it to a step. The Arabic, named translation, source locator and explanation have different roles; preserving those roles lets a learner worship with confidence without turning a short guide into an unsupported ruling.
Keep three lines in your notes: what the source explicitly says, what this lesson explains, and what remains for qualified review. That structure makes later correction clear rather than embarrassing.
The verse does not say that every arrangement called a sale is valid or classify a modern product from its marketing label.
Learning move: Open lesson 1, complete its practice move and save any referral question.
Riba al-Fadl and Riba an-Nasi’ah
Authenticated hadith study · Sahih Muslim
Sahih Muslim 1587a
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إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَنْهَى عَنْ بَيْعِ الذَّهَبِ بِالذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ بِالْفِضَّةِ وَالْبُرِّ بِالْبُرِّ وَالشَّعِيرِ بِالشَّعِيرِ وَالتَّمْرِ بِالتَّمْرِ وَالْمِلْحِ بِالْمِلْحِ إِلاَّ سَوَاءً بِسَوَاءٍ عَيْنًا بِعَيْنٍ فَمَنْ زَادَ أَوِ ازْدَادَ فَقَدْ أَرْبَى
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Meaning in English
This is a source-bound editorial paraphrase for understanding. It is not the Arabic report and is not presented as a verbatim translation.
Editorial paraphrase
Ubadah ibn al-Samit reported that Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him) forbade exchanging gold for gold, silver for silver, wheat for wheat, barley for barley, dates for dates and salt for salt except equally and on the spot, and stated that giving or taking an addition is riba.
Evidence use
The report supplies authenticated exchange rules for the six named commodities and is a principal evidence used by jurists when explaining riba al-fadl and deferred exchange.
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Collection and locator
Sahih Muslim 1587a; Book 22, Hadith 100
Chapter shown by source
Exchange and selling gold for silver on the spot
Narrator
Ubadah ibn al-Samit
Displayed grading
Sahih — Sahih Muslim collection. This records the named grading shown by the source; Tawheed Club does not silently present it as an unqualified editorial verdict.
Arabic scope
The direct Prophetic report within the narration is retained; the transmission chain and surrounding incident are omitted.
Evidence boundary
Extending the ruling to currencies, electronic money, commodities, jewellery, tokens, settlement cycles or mixed transactions requires qualified legal and commercial-fiqh analysis. This panel does not classify a named exchange product.
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ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1يَٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
2ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
3ءَامَنُواْāmanūbelieve[d]
4ٱتَّقُواْittaqūFear
5ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
6وَذَرُواْwadharūand give up
7مَاmāwhat
8بَقِيَbaqiyaremained
9مِنَminaof
10ٱلرِّبَوٰٓاْl-riba[the] usury
11إِنinif
12كُنتُمkuntumyou are
13مُّؤۡمِنِينَmu'minīnabelievers
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary ·
O you who have believed, fear Allāh and give up what remains [due to you] of interest, if you should be believers.
Compare ·
O ye who believe! Observe your duty to Allah, and give up what remaineth (due to you) from usury, if ye are (in truth) believers.
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O ye who believe! Fear Allah, and give up what remains of your demand for usury, if ye are indeed believers.
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Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
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Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
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ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1فَإِنfa-inAnd if
2لَّمۡlamnot
3تَفۡعَلُواْtafʿalūyou do
4فَأۡذَنُواْfadhanūthen be informed
5بِحَرۡبٖbiḥarbinof a war
6مِّنَminafrom
7ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
8وَرَسُولِهِۦۖwarasūlihiand His Messenger
9وَإِنwa-inAnd if
10تُبۡتُمۡtub'tumyou repent
11فَلَكُمۡfalakumthen for you
12رُءُوسُruūsu(is)
13أَمۡوَٰلِكُمۡamwālikumyour capital
14لَاlā(do) not
15تَظۡلِمُونَtaẓlimūnawrong
16وَلَاwalāand not
17تُظۡلَمُونَtuẓ'lamūnayou will be wronged
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary ·
And if you do not, then be informed of a war [against you] from Allāh and His Messenger. But if you repent, you may have your principal – [thus] you do no wrong, nor are you wronged.
Compare ·
And if ye do not, then be warned of war (against you) from Allah and His messenger. And if ye repent, then ye have your principal (without interest). Wrong not, and ye shall not be wronged.
Compare ·
If ye do it not, Take notice of war from Allah and His Messenger: But if ye turn back, ye shall have your capital sums: Deal not unjustly, and ye shall not be dealt with unjustly.
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Word audio and contextual glosses
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Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
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ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
2يَأۡكُلُونَyakulūnaconsume
3ٱلرِّبَوٰاْl-riba[the] usury
4لَاlānot
5يَقُومُونَyaqūmūnathey can stand
6إِلَّاillāexcept
7كَمَاkamālike
8يَقُومُyaqūmustands
9ٱلَّذِيalladhīthe one who
10يَتَخَبَّطُهُyatakhabbaṭuhuconfounds him
11ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُl-shayṭānuthe Shaitaan
12مِنَminawith
13ٱلۡمَسِّۚl-masi(his) touch
14ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
15بِأَنَّهُمۡbi-annahum(is) because they
16قَالُوٓاْqālūsay
17إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
18ٱلۡبَيۡعُl-bayʿuthe trade
19مِثۡلُmith'lu(is) like
20ٱلرِّبَوٰاْۗl-riba[the] usury
21وَأَحَلَّwa-aḥallaWhile has permitted
22ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
23ٱلۡبَيۡعَl-bayʿa[the] trade
24وَحَرَّمَwaḥarramabut (has) forbidden
25ٱلرِّبَوٰاْۚl-riba[the] usury
26فَمَنfamanThen whoever
27جَآءَهُۥjāahucomes to him
28مَوۡعِظَةٞmawʿiẓatun(the) admonition
29مِّنminfrom
30رَّبِّهِۦrabbihiHis Lord
31فَٱنتَهَىٰfa-intahāand he refrained
32فَلَهُۥfalahuthen for him
33مَاmāwhat
34سَلَفَsalafa(has) passed
35وَأَمۡرُهُۥٓwa-amruhuand his case
36إِلَىilā(is) with
37ٱللَّهِۖl-lahiAllah
38وَمَنۡwamanand whoever
39عَادَʿādarepeated
40فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen those
41أَصۡحَٰبُaṣḥābu(are the) companions
42ٱلنَّارِۖl-nāri(of) the Fire
43هُمۡhumthey
44فِيهَاfīhāin it
45خَٰلِدُونَkhālidūnawill abide forever
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
Those who consume interest cannot stand [on the Day of Resurrection] except as one stands who is being beaten by Satan into insanity. That is because they say, "Trade is [just] like interest." But Allāh has permitted trade and has forbidden interest. So whoever has received an admonition from his Lord and desists may have what is past, and his affair rests with Allāh. But whoever returns [to dealing in interest or usury] – those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide eternally therein.
Compare · M. Pickthall
Those who swallow usury cannot rise up save as he ariseth whom the devil hath prostrated by (his) touch. That is because they say: Trade is just like usury; whereas Allah permitteth trading and forbiddeth usury. He unto whom an admonition from his Lord cometh, and (he) refraineth (in obedience thereto), he shall keep (the profits of) that which is past, and his affair (henceforth) is with Allah. As for him who returneth (to usury) – Such are rightful owners of the Fire. They will abide therein.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
Those who devour usury will not stand except as stand one whom the Evil one by his touch Hath driven to madness. That is because they say: "Trade is like usury," but Allah hath permitted trade and forbidden usury. Those who after receiving direction from their Lord, desist, shall be pardoned for the past; their case is for Allah (to judge); but those who repeat (The offence) are companions of the Fire: They will abide therein (for ever).
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Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
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Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
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ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
2تَقۡفُtaqfupursue
3مَاmāwhat
4لَيۡسَlaysanot
5لَكَlakayou have
6بِهِۦbihiof it
7عِلۡمٌۚʿil'munany knowledge
8إِنَّinnaIndeed
9ٱلسَّمۡعَl-samʿathe hearing
10وَٱلۡبَصَرَwal-baṣaraand the sight
11وَٱلۡفُؤَادَwal-fuādaand the heart
12كُلُّkulluall
13أُوْلَٰٓئِكَulāikathose
14كَانَkānawill be
15عَنۡهُʿanhu[about it]
16مَسۡـُٔولٗاmasūlanquestioned
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
And do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge. Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the heart – about all those [one] will be questioned.
Compare · M. Pickthall
(O man), follow not that whereof thou hast no knowledge. Lo! the hearing and the sight and the heart – of each of these it will be asked.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
And pursue not that of which thou hast no knowledge; for every act of hearing, or of seeing or of (feeling in) the heart will be enquired into (on the Day of Reckoning).
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Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
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Riba al-fadl and riba an-nasi’ah are later juristic labels used to organise revealed evidence; they are not phrases displayed in the Qur’anic riba passage. The first commonly addresses prohibited excess in specified exchanges, while the second addresses prohibited deferment or increase connected with time. Their precise definitions, causes and extension beyond the named commodities require qualified study across recognised fiqh methods.
Jurists use riba al-fadl to describe the prohibited excess evidenced when specified ribawi items of the same kind are exchanged unequally. Record kind, quantity, quality, possession and any additional benefit before seeking classification. Keep Qur’anic wording, authenticated Sunnah, later juristic terminology, contemporary institutional conclusions and the facts of a modern product visibly separate.
A beginner needs a usable route and an honest boundary at the same time. Learn the shared practice first, record any circumstance that changes it, and take medical, financial, disability or school-specific questions to a qualified person who can examine the real case.
Read once for meaning and a second time for boundaries. On the second reading, test strong words such as always, never, invalid and required against the complete evidence shown.
Schools and specialists analyse the effective cause and scope; a learner must not extend the category to every unequal barter without qualified study.
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ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1فَإِنfa-inAnd if
2لَّمۡlamnot
3تَفۡعَلُواْtafʿalūyou do
4فَأۡذَنُواْfadhanūthen be informed
5بِحَرۡبٖbiḥarbinof a war
6مِّنَminafrom
7ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
8وَرَسُولِهِۦۖwarasūlihiand His Messenger
9وَإِنwa-inAnd if
10تُبۡتُمۡtub'tumyou repent
11فَلَكُمۡfalakumthen for you
12رُءُوسُruūsu(is)
13أَمۡوَٰلِكُمۡamwālikumyour capital
14لَاlā(do) not
15تَظۡلِمُونَtaẓlimūnawrong
16وَلَاwalāand not
17تُظۡلَمُونَtuẓ'lamūnayou will be wronged
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary ·
And if you do not, then be informed of a war [against you] from Allāh and His Messenger. But if you repent, you may have your principal – [thus] you do no wrong, nor are you wronged.
Compare ·
And if ye do not, then be warned of war (against you) from Allah and His messenger. And if ye repent, then ye have your principal (without interest). Wrong not, and ye shall not be wronged.
Compare ·
If ye do it not, Take notice of war from Allah and His Messenger: But if ye turn back, ye shall have your capital sums: Deal not unjustly, and ye shall not be dealt with unjustly.
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The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
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Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
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ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1وَإِنwa-inAnd if
2كَانَkānais
3ذُوdhūthe (debtor)
4عُسۡرَةٖʿus'ratinin difficulty
5فَنَظِرَةٌfanaẓiratunthen postponement
6إِلَىٰilāuntil
7مَيۡسَرَةٖۚmaysaratinease
8وَأَنwa-anAnd if
9تَصَدَّقُواْtaṣaddaqūyou remit as charity
10خَيۡرٞkhayrun(it is) better
11لَّكُمۡlakumfor you
12إِنinIf
13كُنتُمۡkuntumyou
14تَعۡلَمُونَtaʿlamūnaknow
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary ·
And if someone is in hardship, then [let there be] postponement until [a time of] ease. But if you give [from your right as] charity, then it is better for you, if you only knew.
Compare ·
And if the debtor is in straitened circumstances, then (let there be) postponement to (the time of) ease; and that ye remit the debt as almsgiving would be better for you if ye did but know.
Compare ·
If the debtor is in a difficulty, grant him time Till it is easy for him to repay. But if ye remit it by way of charity, that is best for you if ye only knew.
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Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 2:280. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
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The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
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Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
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ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1وَٱتَّقُواْwa-ittaqūAnd fear
2يَوۡمٗاyawmana Day
3تُرۡجَعُونَtur'jaʿūnayou will be brought back
4فِيهِfīhi[in it]
5إِلَىilāto
6ٱللَّهِۖl-lahiAllah
7ثُمَّthummaThen
8تُوَفَّىٰtuwaffā(will be) repaid in full
9كُلُّkulluevery
10نَفۡسٖnafsinsoul
11مَّاmāwhat
12كَسَبَتۡkasabatit earned
13وَهُمۡwahumand they
14لَاlānot
15يُظۡلَمُونَyuẓ'lamūnawill be wronged
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
And fear a Day when you will be returned to Allāh. Then every soul will be compensated for what it earned, and they will not be wronged [i.e., treated unjustly].
Compare · M. Pickthall
And guard yourselves against a day in which ye will be brought back to Allah. Then every soul will be paid in full that which it hath earned, and they will not be wronged.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
And fear the Day when ye shall be brought back to Allah. Then shall every soul be paid what it earned, and none shall be dealt with unjustly.
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Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
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Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
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ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1يَٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
2ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
3ءَامَنُوٓاْāmanūbelieve[d]
4إِذَاidhāWhen
5تَدَايَنتُمtadāyantumyou contract with one another
6بِدَيۡنٍbidayninany debt
7إِلَىٰٓilāfor
8أَجَلٖajalina term
9مُّسَمّٗىmusammanfixed
10فَٱكۡتُبُوهُۚfa-uk'tubūhuthen write it
11وَلۡيَكۡتُبwalyaktubAnd let write
12بَّيۡنَكُمۡbaynakumbetween you
13كَاتِبُۢkātibuna scribe
14بِٱلۡعَدۡلِۚbil-ʿadliin justice
15وَلَاwalāAnd not
16يَأۡبَyaba(should) refuse
17كَاتِبٌkātibuna scribe
18أَنanthat
19يَكۡتُبَyaktubahe writes
20كَمَاkamāas
21عَلَّمَهُʿallamahu(has) taught him
22ٱللَّهُۚl-lahuAllah
23فَلۡيَكۡتُبۡfalyaktubSo let him write
24وَلۡيُمۡلِلِwalyum'liliand let dictate
25ٱلَّذِيalladhīthe one
26عَلَيۡهِʿalayhion whom
27ٱلۡحَقُّl-ḥaqu(is) the right
28وَلۡيَتَّقِwalyattaqiand let him fear
29ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
30رَبَّهُۥrabbahuhis Lord
31وَلَاwalāand (let him) not
32يَبۡخَسۡyabkhasdiminish
33مِنۡهُmin'hufrom it
34شَيۡـٔٗاۚshayananything
35فَإِنfa-inThen if
36كَانَkānais
37ٱلَّذِيalladhīthe one
38عَلَيۡهِʿalayhion him
39ٱلۡحَقُّl-ḥaqu(is) the right
40سَفِيهًاsafīhan(of) limited understanding
41أَوۡawor
42ضَعِيفًاḍaʿīfanweak
43أَوۡawor
44لَاlānot
45يَسۡتَطِيعُyastaṭīʿucapable
46أَنanthat
47يُمِلَّyumilla(can) dictate
48هُوَhuwahe
49فَلۡيُمۡلِلۡfalyum'lilthen let dictate
50وَلِيُّهُۥwaliyyuhuhis guardian
51بِٱلۡعَدۡلِۚbil-ʿadliwith justice
52وَٱسۡتَشۡهِدُواْwa-is'tashhidūAnd call for evidence
53شَهِيدَيۡنِshahīdaynitwo witnesses
54مِنminamong
55رِّجَالِكُمۡۖrijālikumyour men
56فَإِنfa-inAnd if
57لَّمۡlamnot
58يَكُونَاyakūnāthere are
59رَجُلَيۡنِrajulaynitwo men
60فَرَجُلٞfarajulunthen one man
61وَٱمۡرَأَتَانِwa-im'ra-atāniand two women
62مِمَّنmimmanof whom
63تَرۡضَوۡنَtarḍawnayou agree
64مِنَminaof
65ٱلشُّهَدَآءِl-shuhadāi[the] witnesses
66أَنan(so) that (if)
67تَضِلَّtaḍilla[she] errs
68إِحۡدَىٰهُمَاiḥ'dāhumāone of the two
69فَتُذَكِّرَfatudhakkirathen will remind
70إِحۡدَىٰهُمَاiḥ'dāhumāone of the two
71ٱلۡأُخۡرَىٰۚl-ukh'rāthe other
72وَلَاwalāAnd not
73يَأۡبَyaba(should) refuse
74ٱلشُّهَدَآءُl-shuhadāuthe witnesses
75إِذَاidhāwhen
76مَاmāthat
77دُعُواْۚduʿūthey are called
78وَلَاwalāAnd not
79تَسۡـَٔمُوٓاْtasamū(be) weary
80أَنanthat
81تَكۡتُبُوهُtaktubūhuyou write it
82صَغِيرًاṣaghīransmall
83أَوۡawor
84كَبِيرًاkabīranlarge
85إِلَىٰٓilāfor
86أَجَلِهِۦۚajalihiits term
87ذَٰلِكُمۡdhālikumThat
88أَقۡسَطُaqsaṭu(is) more just
89عِندَʿindanear
90ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
91وَأَقۡوَمُwa-aqwamuand more upright
92لِلشَّهَٰدَةِlilshahādatifor evidence
93وَأَدۡنَىٰٓwa-adnāand nearer
94أَلَّاallāthat not
95تَرۡتَابُوٓاْtartābūyou (have) doubt
96إِلَّآillāexcept
97أَنanthat
98تَكُونَtakūnabe
99تِجَٰرَةًtijāratana transaction
100حَاضِرَةٗḥāḍiratanpresent
101تُدِيرُونَهَاtudīrūnahāyou carry out
102بَيۡنَكُمۡbaynakumamong you
103فَلَيۡسَfalaysathen not
104عَلَيۡكُمۡʿalaykumon you
105جُنَاحٌjunāḥunany sin
106أَلَّاallāthat not
107تَكۡتُبُوهَاۗtaktubūhāyou write it
108وَأَشۡهِدُوٓاْwa-ashhidūAnd take witness
109إِذَاidhāwhen
110تَبَايَعۡتُمۡۚtabāyaʿtumyou make commercial transaction
111وَلَاwalāAnd not
112يُضَآرَّyuḍārra(should) be harmed
113كَاتِبٞkātibun(the) scribe
114وَلَاwalāand not
115شَهِيدٞۚshahīdun(the) witness
116وَإِنwa-inand if
117تَفۡعَلُواْtafʿalūyou do
118فَإِنَّهُۥfa-innahuthen indeed it
119فُسُوقُۢfusūqun(is) sinful conduct
120بِكُمۡۗbikumfor you
121وَٱتَّقُواْwa-ittaqūand fear
122ٱللَّهَۖl-lahaAllah
123وَيُعَلِّمُكُمُwayuʿallimukumuAnd teaches
124ٱللَّهُۗl-lahuAllah
125وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
126بِكُلِّbikulliof every
127شَيۡءٍshayinthing
128عَلِيمٞʿalīmun(is) All-Knower
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
O you who have believed, when you contract a debt for a specified term, write it down. And let a scribe write [it] between you in justice. Let no scribe refuse to write as Allāh has taught him. So let him write and let the one who has the obligation [i.e., the debtor] dictate. And let him fear Allāh, his Lord, and not leave anything out of it. But if the one who has the obligation is of limited understanding or weak or unable to dictate himself, then let his guardian dictate in justice. And bring to witness two witnesses from among your men. And if there are not two men [available], then a man and two women from those whom you accept as witnesses – so that if one of them [i.e., the women] errs, then the other can remind her. And let not the witnesses refuse when they are called upon. And do not be [too] weary to write it, whether it is small or large, for its [specified] term. That is more just in the sight of Allāh and stronger as evidence and more likely to prevent doubt between you, except when it is an immediate transaction which you conduct among yourselves. For [then] there is no blame upon you if you do not write it. And take witnesses when you conclude a contract. Let no scribe be harmed or any witness. For if you do so, indeed, it is [grave] disobedience in you. And fear Allāh. And Allāh teaches you. And Allāh is Knowing of all things.
Compare · M. Pickthall
O ye who believe! When ye contract a debt for a fixed term, record it in writing. Let a scribe record it in writing between you in (terms of) equity. No scribe should refuse to write as Allah hath taught him, so let him write, and let him who incurreth the debt dictate, and let him observe his duty to Allah his Lord, and diminish naught thereof. But if he who oweth the debt is of low understanding, or weak, or unable himself to dictate, then let the guardian of his interests dictate in (terms of) equity. And call to witness, from among your men, two witnesses. And if two men be not (at hand) then a man and two women, of such as ye approve as witnesses, so that if the one erreth (through forgetfulness) the other will remember. And the witnesses must not refuse when they are summoned. Be not averse to writing down (the contract) whether it be small or great, with (record of) the term thereof. That is more equitable in the sight of Allah and more sure for testimony, and the best way of avoiding doubt between you; save only in the case when it is actual merchandise which ye transfer among yourselves from hand to hand. In that case it is no sin for you if ye write it not. And have witnesses when ye sell one to another, and let no harm be done to scribe or witness. If ye do (harm to them) lo! it is a sin in you. Observe your duty to Allah. Allah is teaching you. And Allah is knower of all things.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
O ye who believe! When ye deal with each other, in transactions involving future obligations in a fixed period of time, reduce them to writing Let a scribe write down faithfully as between the parties: let not the scribe refuse to write: as Allah Has taught him, so let him write. Let him who incurs the liability dictate, but let him fear His Lord Allah, and not diminish aught of what he owes. If they party liable is mentally deficient, or weak, or unable Himself to dictate, Let his guardian dictate faithfully, and get two witnesses, out of your own men, and if there are not two men, then a man and two women, such as ye choose, for witnesses, so that if one of them errs, the other can remind her. The witnesses should not refuse when they are called on (For evidence). Disdain not to reduce to writing (your contract) for a future period, whether it be small or big: it is juster in the sight of Allah, More suitable as evidence, and more convenient to prevent doubts among yourselves but if it be a transaction which ye carry out on the spot among yourselves, there is no blame on you if ye reduce it not to writing. But take witness whenever ye make a commercial contract; and let neither scribe nor witness suffer harm. If ye do (such harm), it would be wickedness in you. So fear Allah; For it is Good that teaches you. And Allah is well acquainted with all things. If ye are on a journey, and cannot find a scribe, a pledge with possession (may serve the purpose). And if one of you deposits a thing on trust with another, let the trustee (faithfully) discharge his trust, and let him Fear his Lord conceal not evidence; for whoever conceals it, – his heart is tainted with sin. And Allah knoweth all that ye do.
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Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
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Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
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لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم آكِلَ الرِّبَا وَمُوكِلَهُ وَكَاتِبَهُ وَشَاهِدَيْهِ وَقَالَ هُمْ سَوَاءٌ
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Meaning in English
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Editorial paraphrase
Jabir reported that Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him) pronounced a curse upon the receiver of riba, its payer, its recorder and its two witnesses, and said that they are alike.
Evidence use
The report communicates the gravity of knowingly participating in a riba transaction across several roles.
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Collection and locator
Sahih Muslim 1598; Book 22, Hadith 132
Chapter shown by source
The warning concerning the receiver and payer of riba
Narrator
Jabir ibn Abd Allah
Displayed grading
Sahih — Sahih Muslim collection. This records the named grading shown by the source; Tawheed Club does not silently present it as an unqualified editorial verdict.
Arabic scope
The direct report is retained; the transmission chain is omitted.
Evidence boundary
The report must not be used to declare a named person cursed, to ignore coercion or necessity, or to tell someone to breach an existing agreement. Individual responsibility, repentance and a safe exit plan require complete facts and qualified religious, financial and legal advice.
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Debt can meet a real need, but it can also expose a vulnerable person to pressure. The Qur’an preserves principal, rejects injustice, commands written records for deferred debt and requires respite for genuine hardship. Authenticated Sunnah communicates the gravity of participation in riba. Contemporary institutions apply these sources to stipulated increases and rescheduling, but an individual case still needs its complete agreement and circumstances.
Qur’an 2:281 recalls the return to اللّٰه(ALLAH) and complete repayment for every soul; Qur’an 2:282 then gives detailed attention to writing deferred debt, fair dictation, witnesses and preserving evidence. Let accountability support accurate records of parties, principal, due dates, currency, security, authorised changes and communication access in language the parties can understand. Keep Qur’anic wording, authenticated Sunnah, later juristic terminology, contemporary institutional conclusions and the facts of a modern product visibly separate.
Calm completeness is the goal. Repeating an action without evidence, rushing past a required distinction, or ignoring real harm can all move the learner away from careful worship. Work through the evidence once slowly, check once, and improve through reviewed teaching.
An adult guiding a child should praise careful attention and an honest “I need to ask” answer. The aim is worship with understanding, not performance for the teacher.
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
2تَقۡفُtaqfupursue
3مَاmāwhat
4لَيۡسَlaysanot
5لَكَlakayou have
6بِهِۦbihiof it
7عِلۡمٌۚʿil'munany knowledge
8إِنَّinnaIndeed
9ٱلسَّمۡعَl-samʿathe hearing
10وَٱلۡبَصَرَwal-baṣaraand the sight
11وَٱلۡفُؤَادَwal-fuādaand the heart
12كُلُّkulluall
13أُوْلَٰٓئِكَulāikathose
14كَانَkānawill be
15عَنۡهُʿanhu[about it]
16مَسۡـُٔولٗاmasūlanquestioned
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
And do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge. Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the heart – about all those [one] will be questioned.
Compare · M. Pickthall
(O man), follow not that whereof thou hast no knowledge. Lo! the hearing and the sight and the heart – of each of these it will be asked.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
And pursue not that of which thou hast no knowledge; for every act of hearing, or of seeing or of (feeling in) the heart will be enquired into (on the Day of Reckoning).
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Word audio and contextual glosses
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Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
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ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
2يَأۡكُلُونَyakulūnaconsume
3ٱلرِّبَوٰاْl-riba[the] usury
4لَاlānot
5يَقُومُونَyaqūmūnathey can stand
6إِلَّاillāexcept
7كَمَاkamālike
8يَقُومُyaqūmustands
9ٱلَّذِيalladhīthe one who
10يَتَخَبَّطُهُyatakhabbaṭuhuconfounds him
11ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُl-shayṭānuthe Shaitaan
12مِنَminawith
13ٱلۡمَسِّۚl-masi(his) touch
14ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
15بِأَنَّهُمۡbi-annahum(is) because they
16قَالُوٓاْqālūsay
17إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
18ٱلۡبَيۡعُl-bayʿuthe trade
19مِثۡلُmith'lu(is) like
20ٱلرِّبَوٰاْۗl-riba[the] usury
21وَأَحَلَّwa-aḥallaWhile has permitted
22ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
23ٱلۡبَيۡعَl-bayʿa[the] trade
24وَحَرَّمَwaḥarramabut (has) forbidden
25ٱلرِّبَوٰاْۚl-riba[the] usury
26فَمَنfamanThen whoever
27جَآءَهُۥjāahucomes to him
28مَوۡعِظَةٞmawʿiẓatun(the) admonition
29مِّنminfrom
30رَّبِّهِۦrabbihiHis Lord
31فَٱنتَهَىٰfa-intahāand he refrained
32فَلَهُۥfalahuthen for him
33مَاmāwhat
34سَلَفَsalafa(has) passed
35وَأَمۡرُهُۥٓwa-amruhuand his case
36إِلَىilā(is) with
37ٱللَّهِۖl-lahiAllah
38وَمَنۡwamanand whoever
39عَادَʿādarepeated
40فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen those
41أَصۡحَٰبُaṣḥābu(are the) companions
42ٱلنَّارِۖl-nāri(of) the Fire
43هُمۡhumthey
44فِيهَاfīhāin it
45خَٰلِدُونَkhālidūnawill abide forever
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
Those who consume interest cannot stand [on the Day of Resurrection] except as one stands who is being beaten by Satan into insanity. That is because they say, "Trade is [just] like interest." But Allāh has permitted trade and has forbidden interest. So whoever has received an admonition from his Lord and desists may have what is past, and his affair rests with Allāh. But whoever returns [to dealing in interest or usury] – those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide eternally therein.
Compare · M. Pickthall
Those who swallow usury cannot rise up save as he ariseth whom the devil hath prostrated by (his) touch. That is because they say: Trade is just like usury; whereas Allah permitteth trading and forbiddeth usury. He unto whom an admonition from his Lord cometh, and (he) refraineth (in obedience thereto), he shall keep (the profits of) that which is past, and his affair (henceforth) is with Allah. As for him who returneth (to usury) – Such are rightful owners of the Fire. They will abide therein.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
Those who devour usury will not stand except as stand one whom the Evil one by his touch Hath driven to madness. That is because they say: "Trade is like usury," but Allah hath permitted trade and forbidden usury. Those who after receiving direction from their Lord, desist, shall be pardoned for the past; their case is for Allah (to judge); but those who repeat (The offence) are companions of the Fire: They will abide therein (for ever).
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The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
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Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
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ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1فَإِنfa-inAnd if
2لَّمۡlamnot
3تَفۡعَلُواْtafʿalūyou do
4فَأۡذَنُواْfadhanūthen be informed
5بِحَرۡبٖbiḥarbinof a war
6مِّنَminafrom
7ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
8وَرَسُولِهِۦۖwarasūlihiand His Messenger
9وَإِنwa-inAnd if
10تُبۡتُمۡtub'tumyou repent
11فَلَكُمۡfalakumthen for you
12رُءُوسُruūsu(is)
13أَمۡوَٰلِكُمۡamwālikumyour capital
14لَاlā(do) not
15تَظۡلِمُونَtaẓlimūnawrong
16وَلَاwalāand not
17تُظۡلَمُونَtuẓ'lamūnayou will be wronged
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary ·
And if you do not, then be informed of a war [against you] from Allāh and His Messenger. But if you repent, you may have your principal – [thus] you do no wrong, nor are you wronged.
Compare ·
And if ye do not, then be warned of war (against you) from Allah and His messenger. And if ye repent, then ye have your principal (without interest). Wrong not, and ye shall not be wronged.
Compare ·
If ye do it not, Take notice of war from Allah and His Messenger: But if ye turn back, ye shall have your capital sums: Deal not unjustly, and ye shall not be dealt with unjustly.
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The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
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ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1يَٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
2ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
3ءَامَنُواْāmanūbelieve[d]
4لَاlā(Do) not
5تَأۡكُلُوٓاْtakulūeat
6أَمۡوَٰلَكُمamwālakumyour wealth
7بَيۡنَكُمbaynakumbetween yourselves
8بِٱلۡبَٰطِلِbil-bāṭiliunjustly
9إِلَّآillāBut
10أَنanthat
11تَكُونَtakūna(there) be
12تِجَٰرَةًtijāratanbusiness
13عَنʿanon
14تَرَاضٖtarāḍinmutual consent
15مِّنكُمۡۚminkumamong you
16وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
17تَقۡتُلُوٓاْtaqtulūkill
18أَنفُسَكُمۡۚanfusakumyourselves
19إِنَّinnaIndeed
20ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
21كَانَkānais
22بِكُمۡbikumto you
23رَحِيمٗاraḥīmanMost Merciful
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
O you who have believed, do not consume one another's wealth unjustly but only [in lawful] business by mutual consent. And do not kill yourselves [or one another]. Indeed, Allāh is to you ever Merciful.
Compare · M. Pickthall
O ye who believe! Squander not your wealth among yourselves in vanity, except it be a trade by mutual consent, and kill not one another. Lo! Allah is ever Merciful unto you.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
O ye who believe! Eat not up your property among yourselves in vanities: But let there be amongst you Traffic and trade by mutual good-will: Nor kill (or destroy) yourselves: for verily Allah hath been to you Most Merciful!
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 4:29. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
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Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1يَٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO
2ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnayou (who)
3ءَامَنُوٓاْāmanūbelieve
4أَوۡفُواْawfūFulfil
5بِٱلۡعُقُودِۚbil-ʿuqūdithe contracts
6أُحِلَّتۡuḥillatAre made lawful
7لَكُمlakumfor you
8بَهِيمَةُbahīmatuthe quadruped
9ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِl-anʿāmi(of) the grazing livestock
10إِلَّاillāexcept
11مَاmāwhat
12يُتۡلَىٰyut'lāis recited
13عَلَيۡكُمۡʿalaykumon you
14غَيۡرَghayranot
15مُحِلِّيmuḥillībeing permitted
16ٱلصَّيۡدِl-ṣaydi(to) hunt
17وَأَنتُمۡwa-antumwhile you
18حُرُمٌۗḥurumun(are in) Ihram
19إِنَّinnaIndeed
20ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
21يَحۡكُمُyaḥkumudecrees
22مَاmāwhat
23يُرِيدُyurīduHe wills
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
O you who have believed, fulfill [all] contracts.1 Lawful for you are the animals of grazing livestock except for that which is recited to you [in this Qur’ān] – hunting not being permitted while you are in the state of iḥrām.2 Indeed, Allāh ordains what He intends.
Compare · M. Pickthall
O ye who believe! Fulfil your indentures. The beast of cattle is made lawful unto you (for food) except that which is announced unto you (herein), game being unlawful when ye are on the pilgrimage. Lo! Allah ordaineth that which pleaseth Him.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
O ye who believe! fulfil (all) obligations. Lawful unto you (for food) are all four-footed animals, with the exceptions named: But animals of the chase are forbidden while ye are in the sacred precincts or in pilgrim garb: for Allah doth command according to His will and plan.
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Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 5:1. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
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Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 25 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1وَإِنwa-inAnd if
2كَانَkānais
3ذُوdhūthe (debtor)
4عُسۡرَةٖʿus'ratinin difficulty
5فَنَظِرَةٌfanaẓiratunthen postponement
6إِلَىٰilāuntil
7مَيۡسَرَةٖۚmaysaratinease
8وَأَنwa-anAnd if
9تَصَدَّقُواْtaṣaddaqūyou remit as charity
10خَيۡرٞkhayrun(it is) better
11لَّكُمۡlakumfor you
12إِنinIf
13كُنتُمۡkuntumyou
14تَعۡلَمُونَtaʿlamūnaknow
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary ·
And if someone is in hardship, then [let there be] postponement until [a time of] ease. But if you give [from your right as] charity, then it is better for you, if you only knew.
Compare ·
And if the debtor is in straitened circumstances, then (let there be) postponement to (the time of) ease; and that ye remit the debt as almsgiving would be better for you if ye did but know.
Compare ·
If the debtor is in a difficulty, grant him time Till it is easy for him to repay. But if ye remit it by way of charity, that is best for you if ye only knew.
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 2:280. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 30 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Modern products combine contracts, regulation, technology and marketing. Two products with the same label may create different ownership, guarantees, fees and risks; two products with different labels may produce similar economic effects. This lesson teaches a repeatable review method for accounts, finance, cards, investments and digital products while refusing to provide a named ruling or recommendation.
Qur’an 4:29 contrasts wrongful consumption with trade by mutual consent. Check whether risks, recurring costs, limitations, conflicts and cancellation consequences were understandable before agreement. Keep Qur’anic wording, authenticated Sunnah, later juristic terminology, contemporary institutional conclusions and the facts of a modern product visibly separate.
For a younger learner, use plain words, a visual sequence without animate imagery and one correction at a time. Adults should protect privacy, explain unfamiliar terms and never use religious teaching to shame a child.
If terminology becomes difficult, return to the practical question: what is the learner preparing to do, which step is established here, and what fact about the person or situation could change the answer?
A signature may not settle misrepresentation, vulnerability, capacity, unfair terms or regulatory duties.
Learning move: Open lesson 4, complete its practice move and save any referral question.
Keep revelation, demonstration and legal classification distinct
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1لَاlā(Does) not
2يُكَلِّفُyukallifuburden
3ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
4نَفۡسًاnafsanany soul
5إِلَّاillāexcept
6وُسۡعَهَاۚwus'ʿahāits capacity
7لَهَاlahāfor it
8مَاmāwhat
9كَسَبَتۡkasabatit earned
10وَعَلَيۡهَاwaʿalayhāand against it
11مَاmāwhat
12ٱكۡتَسَبَتۡۗik'tasabatit earned
13رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
14لَاlā(Do) not
15تُؤَاخِذۡنَآtuākhidh'nātake us to task
16إِنinif
17نَّسِينَآnasīnāwe forget
18أَوۡawor
19أَخۡطَأۡنَاۚakhṭanāwe err
20رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
21وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
22تَحۡمِلۡtaḥmillay
23عَلَيۡنَآʿalaynāupon us
24إِصۡرٗاiṣ'rana burden
25كَمَاkamālike that
26حَمَلۡتَهُۥḥamaltahu(which) You laid [it]
27عَلَىʿalāon
28ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
29مِنmin(were) from
30قَبۡلِنَاۚqablinābefore us
31رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
32وَلَاwalā[And] (do) not
33تُحَمِّلۡنَاtuḥammil'nālay on us
34مَاmāwhat
35لَاlānot
36طَاقَةَṭāqata(the) strength
37لَنَاlanāwe have
38بِهِۦۖbihi[of it] (to bear)
39وَٱعۡفُwa-uʿ'fuAnd pardon
40عَنَّاʿannā[from] us
41وَٱغۡفِرۡwa-igh'firand forgive
42لَنَاlanā[for] us
43وَٱرۡحَمۡنَآۚwa-ir'ḥamnāand have mercy on us
44أَنتَantaYou (are)
45مَوۡلَىٰنَاmawlānāour Protector
46فَٱنصُرۡنَاfa-unṣur'nāso help us
47عَلَىʿalāagainst
48ٱلۡقَوۡمِl-qawmithe people
49ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna[the] disbelievers
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
Allāh does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity. It will have [the consequence of] what [good] it has gained, and it will bear [the consequence of] what [evil] it has earned. "Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred. Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people."
Compare · M. Pickthall
Allah tasketh not a soul beyond its scope. For it (is only) that which it hath earned, and against it (only) that which it hath deserved. Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget, or miss the mark! Our Lord! Lay not on us such a burden as thou didst lay on those before us! Our Lord! Impose not on us that which we have not the strength to bear! Pardon us, absolve us and have mercy on us, Thou, our Protector, and give us victory over the disbelieving folk.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
On no soul doth Allah Place a burden greater than it can bear. It gets every good that it earns, and it suffers every ill that it earns. (Pray:) "Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget or fall into error; our Lord! Lay not on us a burden Like that which Thou didst lay on those before us; Our Lord! Lay not on us a burden greater than we have strength to bear. Blot out our sins, and grant us forgiveness. Have mercy on us. Thou art our Protector; Help us against those who stand against faith."
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 2:286. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 30 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1وَمَآwamāAnd not
2أَرۡسَلۡنَاarsalnāWe sent
3مِنminbefore you
4قَبۡلِكَqablikabefore you
5إِلَّاillāexcept
6رِجَالٗاrijālanmen
7نُّوحِيٓnūḥīWe revealed
8إِلَيۡهِمۡۖilayhimto them
9فَسۡـَٔلُوٓاْfasalūso ask
10أَهۡلَahla(the) people
11ٱلذِّكۡرِl-dhik'ri(of) the Reminder
12إِنinif
13كُنتُمۡkuntumyou
14لَاlā(do) not
15تَعۡلَمُونَtaʿlamūnaknow
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
And We sent not before you except men to whom We revealed [Our message]. So ask the people of the message [i.e., former scriptures] if you do not know.
Compare · M. Pickthall
And We sent not (as Our messengers) before thee other than men whom We inspired – Ask the followers of the Remembrance if ye know not! –
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
And before thee also the messengers We sent were but men, to whom We granted inspiration: if ye realise this not, ask of those who possess the Message.
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 16:43. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 30 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Read Qur’an 2:275–281 as a connected passage, then compare 3:130, 4:161 and 30:39 without isolating one phrase from the fuller prohibition. Study Sahih Muslim 1587a and 1598 with their exact scope. Attribute contemporary conclusions to the International Islamic Fiqh Academy rather than presenting them as revelation. For a real case, map principal, ownership, sale or loan, promised return, fees, delay, security, compulsion, hardship and governing law.
The course begins with the Qur’anic command, uses authenticated Prophetic teaching where relevant and labels later legal classifications. This gives a learner a usable route without pretending that a short page decides every recognised difference or personal case.
Distinguish a revealed command, an authenticated Prophetic demonstration and a later legal classification. They work together, but they are not interchangeable. Where recognised schools differ, this resource labels the difference instead of presenting one view as the only Islam.
A resume point can preserve more than scroll position. Save the last completed step, the unresolved question and the next safe action so the learner can continue without unnecessary repetition.
This is general education, not a personal fatwa, halal certification, banking or insurance recommendation, investment advice, debt instruction, tax opinion, contract review or legal answer. Never cancel cover, stop payment, conceal facts, ignore compulsory law or breach an agreement from this page. A named product, policy, account, transaction, dispute or necessity claim requires complete current documents and appropriately qualified commercial-fiqh, regulated-finance, accounting, safeguarding and governing-law review before indexing.
Learning move: Make three columns headed revelation, authenticated demonstration and qualified application.
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1لَاlā(Does) not
2يُكَلِّفُyukallifuburden
3ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
4نَفۡسًاnafsanany soul
5إِلَّاillāexcept
6وُسۡعَهَاۚwus'ʿahāits capacity
7لَهَاlahāfor it
8مَاmāwhat
9كَسَبَتۡkasabatit earned
10وَعَلَيۡهَاwaʿalayhāand against it
11مَاmāwhat
12ٱكۡتَسَبَتۡۗik'tasabatit earned
13رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
14لَاlā(Do) not
15تُؤَاخِذۡنَآtuākhidh'nātake us to task
16إِنinif
17نَّسِينَآnasīnāwe forget
18أَوۡawor
19أَخۡطَأۡنَاۚakhṭanāwe err
20رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
21وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
22تَحۡمِلۡtaḥmillay
23عَلَيۡنَآʿalaynāupon us
24إِصۡرٗاiṣ'rana burden
25كَمَاkamālike that
26حَمَلۡتَهُۥḥamaltahu(which) You laid [it]
27عَلَىʿalāon
28ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
29مِنmin(were) from
30قَبۡلِنَاۚqablinābefore us
31رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
32وَلَاwalā[And] (do) not
33تُحَمِّلۡنَاtuḥammil'nālay on us
34مَاmāwhat
35لَاlānot
36طَاقَةَṭāqata(the) strength
37لَنَاlanāwe have
38بِهِۦۖbihi[of it] (to bear)
39وَٱعۡفُwa-uʿ'fuAnd pardon
40عَنَّاʿannā[from] us
41وَٱغۡفِرۡwa-igh'firand forgive
42لَنَاlanā[for] us
43وَٱرۡحَمۡنَآۚwa-ir'ḥamnāand have mercy on us
44أَنتَantaYou (are)
45مَوۡلَىٰنَاmawlānāour Protector
46فَٱنصُرۡنَاfa-unṣur'nāso help us
47عَلَىʿalāagainst
48ٱلۡقَوۡمِl-qawmithe people
49ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna[the] disbelievers
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
Allāh does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity. It will have [the consequence of] what [good] it has gained, and it will bear [the consequence of] what [evil] it has earned. "Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred. Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people."
Compare · M. Pickthall
Allah tasketh not a soul beyond its scope. For it (is only) that which it hath earned, and against it (only) that which it hath deserved. Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget, or miss the mark! Our Lord! Lay not on us such a burden as thou didst lay on those before us! Our Lord! Impose not on us that which we have not the strength to bear! Pardon us, absolve us and have mercy on us, Thou, our Protector, and give us victory over the disbelieving folk.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
On no soul doth Allah Place a burden greater than it can bear. It gets every good that it earns, and it suffers every ill that it earns. (Pray:) "Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget or fall into error; our Lord! Lay not on us a burden Like that which Thou didst lay on those before us; Our Lord! Lay not on us a burden greater than we have strength to bear. Blot out our sins, and grant us forgiveness. Have mercy on us. Thou art our Protector; Help us against those who stand against faith."
How this ayah panel was sourced and checkedOpen the transparent evidence record
Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 2:286. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 30 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
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Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
2تَقۡفُtaqfupursue
3مَاmāwhat
4لَيۡسَlaysanot
5لَكَlakayou have
6بِهِۦbihiof it
7عِلۡمٌۚʿil'munany knowledge
8إِنَّinnaIndeed
9ٱلسَّمۡعَl-samʿathe hearing
10وَٱلۡبَصَرَwal-baṣaraand the sight
11وَٱلۡفُؤَادَwal-fuādaand the heart
12كُلُّkulluall
13أُوْلَٰٓئِكَulāikathose
14كَانَkānawill be
15عَنۡهُʿanhu[about it]
16مَسۡـُٔولٗاmasūlanquestioned
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
And do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge. Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the heart – about all those [one] will be questioned.
Compare · M. Pickthall
(O man), follow not that whereof thou hast no knowledge. Lo! the hearing and the sight and the heart – of each of these it will be asked.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
And pursue not that of which thou hast no knowledge; for every act of hearing, or of seeing or of (feeling in) the heart will be enquired into (on the Day of Reckoning).
How this ayah panel was sourced and checkedOpen the transparent evidence record
Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 17:36. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 30 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
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Help a learner master Riba: Foundations and Common Questions
Riba is not a marginal technical concern. The Qur’an distinguishes permitted trade from forbidden riba, commands believers to leave outstanding riba, preserves the lender’s principal and forbids both doing wrong and being wronged. This course begins with those texts, then introduces authenticated exchange reports and later juristic categories without pretending that a web page can classify a mortgage, bank account, credit card, pension, bond, buy-now-pay-later plan, business facility or digital product. Your role is to slow the learning down, keep the exact evidence visible and make it safe for the learner to say, “I am not sure yet.”
Begin with the source
Open the named ayah or hadith before explaining it. Tell the learner whether they are seeing Arabic revelation, a reading aid, a named translation, a hadith translation or editorial teaching.
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01Prepare a focused session
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Choose one realistic aim from the mastery statement. Do not try to teach the whole page in one sitting.
Test any Arabic audio. If a sound is outside your confidence, plan to listen together and seek correction from a capable teacher.
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02Use a source-led teaching conversation
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Apply: Choose one practice task. Keep everyday examples within the boundary of the source; do not invent promises, hidden causes or rulings.
Retrieve: Close the explanation and ask the learner to state the idea, evidence locator and one careful application in their own words.
03Questions for this exact resource
“What does What the Qur’an Says about Riba mean here, and which words or source locator support your answer (Qur'an 2:275)?”
“What does Riba al-Fadl and Riba an-Nasi’ah mean here, and which words or source locator support your answer (Qur'an 2:276)?”
“Which sentence is revelation or hadith, and which sentence is explanation?”
“What would be an overstatement that the cited source does not allow us to make?”
04Adapt the same truth for different ages
Ages 5–7
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Ages 8–11
Use two or three evidence cards and ask the learner to match each idea to its locator. Invite a short explanation in their own words, then reopen the source to correct it together.
Ages 12–15
Compare the named English translations where provided. Ask what wording differs, what remains constant, and why a translation must not be called the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Ages 16+ and adults
Require a precise claim, an exact source locator and a stated boundary. Invite the learner to distinguish established meaning from inference and to mark any unresolved question for qualified review.
05Support Arabic without creating false confidence
Listen to the whole ayah or supplication first.
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Treat transliteration as temporary scaffolding. It cannot reproduce every Arabic sound.
Let the learner echo a short unit, then return it to the full phrase so meaning and pronunciation remain connected.
If neither of you can hear or form a sound confidently, record it for a capable Qur’an or Arabic teacher. Do not manufacture an English substitute and call it exact.
Gentle correction: “Let us listen once more and notice where the sound begins,” protects both accuracy and confidence.
06Choose one useful follow-up
Study every controlled evidence panel in context.
Complete the learning move and resume from the saved position.
Complete one task independently before adding another. Adult support should reveal the route, not hide whether the learner can use it.
07Revisit for durable mastery
After 24 hours · five minutes
Ask for the central idea without showing the answer.
Ask the learner to find its source locator.
Replay one Arabic phrase and reconnect it to the complete meaning.
Correct by reopening the source, then end with one successful retrieval.
After seven days · eight minutes
Ask for the idea, source and boundary in the learner’s own words.
Retry the most difficult mastery question.
Apply the idea to one new but appropriate situation.
Record what is secure and what needs another supported attempt.
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