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Al-Baqarah 2:188

وَلَا تَأۡكُلُوٓاْ أَمۡوَٰلَكُم بَيۡنَكُم بِٱلۡبَٰطِلِ وَتُدۡلُواْ بِهَآ إِلَى ٱلۡحُكَّامِ لِتَأۡكُلُواْ فَرِيقٗا مِّنۡ أَمۡوَٰلِ ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلۡإِثۡمِ وَأَنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ

Do not consume one another’s wealth unjustly, nor deliberately bribe authorities in order to devour a portion of others’ property, knowing that it is a sin.

Word by word

وَلَا
walā
And (do) not
Vocabulary
تَأۡكُلُوٓاْ
takulū
eat
Vocabulary
Root: اكل
أَمۡوَٰلَكُم
amwālakum
your properties
Vocabulary
Root: مول
بَيۡنَكُم
baynakum
among yourselves
Vocabulary
Root: بين
بِٱلۡبَٰطِلِ
bil-bāṭili
wrongfully
Vocabulary
Root: بطل
وَتُدۡلُواْ
watud'lū
and present
Vocabulary
Root: دلو
بِهَآ
bihā
[with] it
Vocabulary
إِلَى
ilā
to
Vocabulary
ٱلۡحُكَّامِ
l-ḥukāmi
the authorities
Vocabulary
Root: حكم
لِتَأۡكُلُواْ
litakulū
so that you may eat
Vocabulary
Root: اكل
فَرِيقٗا
farīqan
a portion
Vocabulary
Root: فرق
مِّنۡ
min
from
Vocabulary
أَمۡوَٰلِ
amwāli
(the) wealth
Vocabulary
Root: مول
ٱلنَّاسِ
l-nāsi
(of) the people
Vocabulary
Root: نوس
بِٱلۡإِثۡمِ
bil-ith'mi
sinfully
Vocabulary
Root: اثم
وَأَنتُمۡ
wa-antum
while you
Vocabulary
تَعۡلَمُونَ
taʿlamūna
know
Vocabulary
Root: علم

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.