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 believers! Do not devour one another’s wealth illegally, but rather trade by mutual consent. And do not kill ˹each other or˺ yourselves. Surely Allah is ever Merciful to you.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
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
Lee Tafsir
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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