يَٰٓأَيُّهَا
ٱلَّذِينَ
ءَامَنُواْ
لَا
تَأۡكُلُوٓاْ
أَمۡوَٰلَكُم
بَيۡنَكُم
بِٱلۡبَٰطِلِ
إِلَّآ
أَن
تَكُونَ
تِجَٰرَةً
عَن
تَرَاضٖ
مِّنكُمۡۚ
وَلَا
تَقۡتُلُوٓاْ
أَنفُسَكُمۡۚ
إِنَّ
ٱللَّهَ
كَانَ
بِكُمۡ
رَحِيمٗا
٢٩
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.
— M. Pickthall
O you who have believed, do not consume one another's wealth unjustly1 but only [in lawful] business by mutual consent. And do not kill yourselves [or one another]. Indeed, Allāh is to you ever Merciful.
— Saheeh International
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!
— A. Yusuf Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Prohibiting Unlawfully Earned Money
Allah, the Exalted and Most Honored, prohibits His believing servants from illegally acquiring each other's property using various dishonest methods such as Riba, gambling and other wicked methods that appear to be legal, but Allah knows that, in reality, those inv
…Prohibiting Unlawfully Earned Money
Allah, the Exalted and Most Honored, prohibits His believing servants from illegally acquiring each other's propert
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