The Holy Quran 2:279 — Surah Al-Baqarah

Arabic text

فَإِن لَّمْ تَفْعَلُوا۟ فَأْذَنُوا۟ بِحَرْبٍ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ ۖ وَإِن تُبْتُمْ فَلَكُمْ رُءُوسُ أَمْوَٰلِكُمْ لَا تَظْلِمُونَ وَلَا تُظْلَمُونَ

Translation

If you do not (avoid interest), then be warned of war from Allaah and His Rasool ﷺ. If you repent then you may have (only) your principal amount (the amount that you lent). Oppress not and you shall not be oppressed.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Past usury is forgiven: that is, if the usury you have already taken were counted against your original capital and deducted from it, that would be a wrong done to you; and if you demand the usury that accrued after the prohibition, that would be a wrong done by you.

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