The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 118
CH. 3 ĀL-E-‘IMRĀN forgives whomsoever He pleases and punishes whomsoever He pleases, and Allah is Most Forgiving, Merciful. 414 R. 14. PT. 4 وَاللهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمة يَايُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَأْكُلُوا الرَّبوا O ye who believe! devour. 131 not interest involving diverse أَضْعَافًا مُضْعَفَةً وَاتَّقُوا اللهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ additions; and fear Allah that تُفْلِحُونَ & you may prosper. 415 "2:276; 30:40. of genuine repentance, even when aches are not used here as a they utter unqualified predictions about the doom of their enemies. 414. Commentary: As Master and Owner, Allah is more inclined to forgiveness and mercy than to punishment, although He has sometimes resort to the latter for the ultimate good of mankind. 415. Important Words: (interest). See 2:276. (involving diverse qualifying phrase to restrict the meaning of (interest) so as to confine it to a particular kind of interest. They are used as a descriptive cause to point to the inherent nature of (interest) which involves a continual increase that never ends. Commentary: The charging of interest, although now legalized by Christian nations, was prohibited by Moses (see Exod. 22:25; Lev. 25:36, 37; Deut. 23:19). اضعافا مضاعفة ضعف is the plural of اضعاف. (additions rendered اضعافا مضاعفة | being which originally means, the like of a thing. In its wider significance, the word means the like of a thing or more than that indefinitely. Sol means, manifold or simply a great addition, the addition unlimited. is the infinitive of C. They say is i. e. he doubled it or trebled it, or redoubled it, or simply increased it indefinitely (Aqrab & Tāj). The expression ach would mean, increased manifold; or increased indefinitely. It should be noted that the words 558 The verse does not mean that usury is permissible at a moderate rate, only a high rate being disallowed. All interest is prohibited, whether moderate or excessive; and the words as, involving diverse additions, have been added only to point to the practice that was actually in vogue in the time of the Prophet. Thus the extreme limit has been mentioned merely to bring out its heinousness whereas, in fact, all interest is prohibited, as clearly stated in 2:276-281.