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281. "and be in awe of a day in which you shall be returned to allah,
and every one shall be paid in full what the one has earned;
and they shall not be dealt with unjustly."

commentary:
after stating some particular characteristics of the divine
ordinances and islamic affairs, the normatic custom of the qur'an is that
it often brings a general, common and inclusive notification forth at the
end of a group of verses in order to emphasize and strengthen what has
been cited before, and in order that the senses penetrate in the mind
and spirit.

therefore, in this verse, having attracted the attentions of the
believers to the resurrection and the chastisement of the wrong doers
there, it warns them to be aware that there is a great day in front when
all the actions of every person, without anything less or more, totally will
be given to him.

" and be in awe of a day in which you shall be returned to allah, ..."

it is at that time that the one will terribly wonder about the
consequence of his evil deeds. they are the fruit of what he himself has
produced. no one has done unjust against him, but he himself has done
wrong against himself.

"... and every one shall be paid in full what the one has earned, and they
shall not be dealt with unjustly."

however, usury has ethically a very bad effect on the spirit of the
debtor so that he finds a special spite in his heart against the usurer. it
slackens the cord of social cooperation and mutual assistance amongst
the members of communities.

in islamic narrations it is cited upon the prohibition of usury that
husham-ibn-salim has narrated from imam sadiq (a.s.) who said:
"verily, allah, almighty and glorious, has forbidden usury so that people do
not avoid of doing good work."
1

1- ibn-mas`ud narrated from the messenger of allah (p.b.u.h.)
who said:
" there have not been usury and fornication in no community
save that they have incured the punishment of allah upon themselves."
2

2- imam amir-ul-mu'mineen ali (a.s.) said:
" o' people! learn the
jurisprudence and the laws of the religion at first, then go after trading. by
allah, usury is found in this so that it is more concealed than the movement
of an ant over a hard smooth stone."
3

3- imam sadiq (a.s.) said:
" on the day of judgement, three persons
are in the shelter of allah, almighty and glorious, until the one becomes
free from the divine reckoning: 1) the person who has never taken action in
fornication; 2) the person who has never mixed his property with usury;
and 3) the person who has never had any effort in usury and fornication."
4

4- the holy prophet (p.b.u.h.) said:
" the business being in usury is
the worst jobs."
5

5- imam rid¤a (a.s.) said:
" beware that certainly usury is an
unlawful job which causes shame and disgrace. it is among the great sins
for which allah has promised the fire of hell upon the executor, and we
refuge to allah from the fire of hell. and, according to all prophets and all
the heavenly books, usury is unlawful.
6

6- the messenger of allah (p.b.u.h.) said:
" most of my anxiety
about my ummah is for the unlawful jobs and unlawful incomes."
7

7- the holy prophet (p.b.u.h.) said:
" the worshipper who does not
avoid unlawful wealth and unlawful food, is like the one who builds upon a
sandy land."
8

8- jabir said that the prophet (p.b.u.h.) cursed the usurer, the
writer of it, and its witness."
9

9- a similar tradition to the above one is mentioned in sah¤ih-i-
bukhari, section 3, p. 78.


1 wasail-ush-shi`ah, vol. 12, p. 422.
2 kansul-`ummal, vol. 4, p. 107
3 bihar-ul-anwar, vol. 100, p. 117
4 ibid, p. 118
5 safinat-ul-bihar, vol. 1, p. 507
6 bihar-ul-anwar, vol. 100, p. 121
7 'usul-kafi, vol. 3, p. 178
8 bihar-ul-anwar, vol. 100, p. 157
9 sahih-i-muslim, vol. 3, tradition no. 106