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Do the people of the cities feel secure against Our violent force
coming down on them in the night while they are asleep? Or do
the people of the cities feel secure against Our violent force
coming down on them in the day while they are playing games?
Do they feel secure against Allah's devising? No one feels secure
against Allah's devising except for those who are lost. Is it not
clear to those who have inherited the earth after these people
that, if We wanted to, We could strike them for their wrong
actions, sealing up their hearts so that they cannot hear? (Surat
al-A‘raf: 97-100)

What News Items About Usury Make One Think
Another topic frequently dealt with in the news is the decline of the
economy. In particular, a number of negative news items are reported
about usury each day. Someone who reads the
reports mentioning that usury is out of control,
You who believe! and causes downturns in the economy realizes
that in return for the wide adoption of such a
do not feed on
deeply abhorrent and forbidden act, Allah
usury, multiplied
depresses the productivity of people's earnings.
and then remulti- As stated in the verse, "Allah obliterates
plied. Have taqwa usury but makes charitable deeds grow in

of Allah so that value! Allah does not love any persistently
hopefully you will ungrateful wrongdoer" (Surat al-Baqara:
276), Allah eliminates the profit earned through
be successful.
usury, and decreases its productivity. This fact
(Surah Al 'Imran:
is stated in another verse as follows:
130) What you give with usurious intent, aiming

to get back a greater amount from people's
wealth, does not become greater with Allah.
But anything you give as charity, seeking the Face of Allah, all
who do that will get a recompense multiplied. (Surat ar-Rum: 39)

For a man who reflects, reports about usury, too, are examples that
Allah's verses are manifest among people.