The Holy Quran 4:161 — Surah An-Nisa

Arabic text

وَأَخْذِهِمُ ٱلرِّبَوٰا۟ وَقَدْ نُهُوا۟ عَنْهُ وَأَكْلِهِمْ أَمْوَٰلَ ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ ۚ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَ مِنْهُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا

Translation

...because they accepted interest (usury) when they were prohibited from it and because they wrongfully ate (usurped) the wealth of others (using deceitful means). We have prepared an excruciating (extremely painful) punishment for the Kuffaar among them.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The reason for the severity of the shariah of Musa: having mentioned the grave misdeeds of the Jews, earlier and later, from which their rebelliousness and their boldness in sin became evident, [Allah] now says that it is for this very reason that We also kept the shariah strict for them — so that their rebelliousness would be broken.

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