يَا مَنْ يُرَابِي وَالرِّبَا بِالهُدَى

يَا مَنْ يُرَابِي وَالرِّبَا بِالهُدَى

يَحْسُنُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَفِي الدِّينِ

يَحْسُنُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَفِي الدِّينِ

O you who lend at interest—and usury, with right guidance,

O you who calculates interest and interest with guidance

is good in this world and in religion—

Acts righteously in the world and in religion

قَسِمَةُ الخَمْسَةِ لَوْ أُنْصِفَتْ

قَسِمَةُ الخَمْسَةِ لَوْ أُنْصِفَتْ

لَقَلَّ أَنْ تُوفَى بِخَمْسِينِ

لَقَلَّ أَنْ تُوفَى بِخَمْسِينِ

a share of five, if treated fairly,

If the 'Khoms' tax was done with justice

would scarcely be repaid in full with fifty.

It would seldom amount to a twentieth