An-Nisa
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An-Nisa · Ayah 161

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Translation

And for their taking

Word Breakdown

وَأَخْذِهِمُ

And for their taking

Word Breakdown

وَHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

أَخْذِIsm · Noun
GenitiveMasculineVerbal noun
Rootاخذ
Very common

to take, seize, grasp; to punish, hold accountable

Lemmaأَخْذ

Verbal noun - taking, seizure

هِمُIsm · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (3rd person masculine plural)

them/their

3rd personMasculinePlural

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Grammar Rules

Conjunction وَ (and)
وَأَخْذِهِمُ (And for their taking) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.

Sahih International

And [for] their taking of usury while they had been forbidden from it, and their consuming of the people's wealth unjustly. And We have prepared for the disbelievers among them a painful punishment.

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