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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Al-Baqarah 2:279

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

And if you do not, then be informed of a war [against you] from Allāh and His Messenger. But if you repent, you may have your principal - [thus] you do no wrong, nor are you wronged.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

فإن لم ترتدعوا عما نهاكم الله عنه فاستيقنوا بحرب من الله ورسوله، وإن رجعتم إلى ربكم وتركتم أَكْلَ الربا فلكم أَخْذُ ما لكم من ديون دون زيادة، لا تَظْلمون أحدًا بأخذ ما زاد على رؤوس أموالكم، ولا يظلمكم أحد بنقص ما أقرضتم.

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