29 Preface يا أَيُّهَا الَّذينَ آمَنوا لا تَأكُلوا أَموالَكُم بَينَكُم بِالباطِلِ إِلّا أَن تَكونَ تِجارَةً عَن تَراضٍ مِنكُم ۚ وَلا تَقتُلوا أَنفُسَكُم ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كانَ بِكُم رَحيمًاAli Quli QaraiO you who have faith! Do not eat up your wealth among yourselves unrightfully,1 but it should be trade by mutual consent. And do not kill yourselves.2 Indeed Allah is most merciful to you. That is, by way of usury, gambling, usurpation, false claim, or any other illegitimate means.That is, do not destroy yourselves by consuming wealth acquired through illegitimate means, such as usury, gambling, fraud, theft, bribery, usurpation and so on; or it means, do not commit suicide, or murder, or, do not expose yourselves recklessly to mortal danger.