ٱلرُّوم : ٣٩

  • وَمَآ And what
  • ءَاتَيۡتُم you give
  • مِّن for
  • رِّبٗا usury
  • لِّيَرۡبُوَاْ to increase
  • فِيٓ in
  • أَمۡوَٰلِ (the) wealth
  • ٱلنَّاسِ (of) people
  • فَلَا not
  • يَرۡبُواْ (will) increase
  • عِندَ with
  • ٱللَّهِۖ Allah
  • وَمَآ But what
  • ءَاتَيۡتُم you give
  • مِّن of
  • زَكَوٰةٖ zakah
  • تُرِيدُونَ desiring
  • وَجۡهَ (the) Countenance
  • ٱللَّهِ (of) Allah
  • فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ then those
  • هُمُ [they]
  • ٱلۡمُضۡعِفُونَ (will) get manifold
And whatever you give for interest [i.e., advantage] to increase within the wealth of people1 will not increase with Allāh. But what you give in zakāh,2 desiring the face [i.e., approval] of Allāh - those are the multipliers.3
Footnotes
1 The phrase includes several connotations, among them: a) that which is given as usury or interest, b) that which is given on the condition that it be repaid with interest, and c) a gift given with the intention of obtaining from the recipient greater benefit or a larger gift.
2 The meaning of ṣadaqah (voluntary charity) is included here.
3 Of their blessings on earth and their rewards in the Hereafter.
And what you give in usury - such as when something is given as a gift or a present for the purpose of demanding more in return; it [the practice of usury] (ribaa) is referred to by the same noun denoting that [illicit] 'extra' (ziyaada) requested in the [financial] transaction - that it may increase the wealth of the people, giving it, does not increase with God - there is no reward in it for those who give it. But what you give as alms (zakaat), as voluntary alms (sadaqa), seeking, thereby, God's Countenance, such [of you who do so] - they are the receivers of manifold increase, in their reward for what they sought (there is here a shift of address away from the second person).