۞ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا O you who believe yāayyuhā O you who believe alladhīna O you who believe āmanū Indeed inna many kathīran of mina the rabbis l-aḥbāri and the monks wal-ruh'bāni surely eat layakulūna (the) wealth amwāla (of) the people l-nāsi in falsehood bil-bāṭili and hinder wayaṣuddūna from ʿan (the) way sabīli (of) Allah l-lahi And those who wa-alladhīna hoard yaknizūna the gold l-dhahaba and the silver wal-fiḍata and (do) not walā spend it yunfiqūnahā in fī (the) way sabīli (of) Allah l-lahi [so] give them tidings fabashir'hum of a punishment biʿadhābin painful alīmin
O you who have believed, indeed many of the scholars and the monks devour the wealth of people unjustly1 and avert [them] from the way of Allāh. And those who hoard gold and silver and spend it not in the way of Allāh - give them tidings of a painful punishment.