Surah baqarah Ayat 188 Urdu translation

Surah baqarah Ayat 188 meaning in urdu

اور تم لوگ نہ تو آپس میں ایک دوسرے کے مال ناروا طریقہ سے کھاؤ اور نہ حاکموں کے آگے ان کو اس غرض کے لیے پیش کرو کہ تمہیں دوسروں کے مال کا کوئی حصہ قصداً ظالمانہ طریقے سے کھانے کا موقع مل جائے

Tafseer Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi

(2:188) Do not usurp one another's property by unjust means nor offer it to the judges so that you may devour knowingly and unjustly a portion of the goods of others. *197

And do not consume one another's wealth unjustly or send it [in meaning

*197). One meaning of this verse is that people should not try to seek illegitimate benefits by bribing magistrates. Another meaning is that when a person is aware that the property, he claims rightfully belongs to someone else, he should not file a judicial petition either because the other party lacks the evidence to support their case or because by trickery and cunning the petitioner can usurp that property. It is possible that the judicial authority would decide the case in favour of the false claimant on the basis of the formal strength of the claim, but as this judicial verdict would merely be the result of the chicanery to which the claimant had resorted he would not become its rightful owner. In spite of the judgement of the court the property would remain unlawful for him in the sight of God. It has been reported in a Tradition that the Prophet said: 'I am merely a human being and you bring to me your disputes. It is possible that some of you will be more impressive in argument than others, so that 1 may give judgement in favour of one on the basis of what 1 hear. Beware that if 1 award to someone what belongs to his brother, I will have assigned to him a lump of Fire.' (Bukhari, 'Shahadat', 27; Muslim, 'Aqdiayah', 4; Abu Da'ud , 'Aqdiayah', 7; Tirmidhi, 'Ahkam', 11, 18; Nasai 'Qudat', 12, 33; 1bn Majah, 'AhkAm', 5, etc. - Ed.)