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An-Nisa 4:161

وَأَخۡذِهِمُ ٱلرِّبَوٰاْ وَقَدۡ نُهُواْ عَنۡهُ وَأَكۡلِهِمۡ أَمۡوَٰلَ ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلۡبَٰطِلِۚ وَأَعۡتَدۡنَا لِلۡكَٰفِرِينَ مِنۡهُمۡ عَذَابًا أَلِيمٗا

taking interest despite its prohibition, and consuming people’s wealth unjustly. We have prepared for the disbelievers among them a painful punishment.

Word by word

وَأَخۡذِهِمُ
wa-akhdhihimu
And for their taking
Vocabulary
Root: اخذ
ٱلرِّبَوٰاْ
l-riba
(of) [the] usury
Vocabulary
Root: ربو
وَقَدۡ
waqad
while certainly
Vocabulary
نُهُواْ
nuhū
they were forbidden
Vocabulary
Root: نهي
عَنۡهُ
ʿanhu
from it
Vocabulary
وَأَكۡلِهِمۡ
wa-aklihim
and (for) their consuming
Vocabulary
Root: اكل
أَمۡوَٰلَ
amwāla
wealth
Vocabulary
Root: مول
ٱلنَّاسِ
l-nāsi
(of) the people
Vocabulary
Root: نوس
بِٱلۡبَٰطِلِۚ
bil-bāṭili
wrongfully
Vocabulary
Root: بطل
وَأَعۡتَدۡنَا
wa-aʿtadnā
And We have prepared
Vocabulary
Root: عتد
لِلۡكَٰفِرِينَ
lil'kāfirīna
for the disbelievers
Vocabulary
Root: كفر
مِنۡهُمۡ
min'hum
among them
Vocabulary
عَذَابًا
ʿadhāban
a punishment
Vocabulary
Root: عذب
أَلِيمٗا
alīman
painful
Vocabulary
Root: الم

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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.