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standing of a person beaten<br />
by Shaytan leading him to<br />
insanity.”<br />
Rashad Khaleefah says,<br />
"It is an established<br />
economic principle that excessive<br />
interest on loans can utterly destroy a whole country.<br />
During the last few years we have witnessed the<br />
devastation of the economies of many nations where<br />
excessive interest is charged. Normal interest - less<br />
than 20% - where no one is victimized and everyone<br />
is satisfied is not usury."<br />
The 20% condition is not mentioned in the Qur'aan.<br />
To emphasize that the Qur'aan does not need<br />
supplementary explanations, the Hadeeth-rejecters<br />
quote, "We have neglected nothing in the Book, then unto<br />
their Lord they (all) shall be gathered."<br />
38]<br />
"And We have sent down to you the Book (the Qur'aan)<br />
as an exposition of everything…"<br />
For the correct understanding, we refer to the<br />
complete verse, i.e., "There is not a moving (living)<br />
creature on earth, nor a bird that flies with its two wings,<br />
but are communities like you. We have neglected nothing<br />
in the Book, then unto their Lord they (all) shall be<br />
gathered."<br />
[Soorah al-An'aam (6):38]<br />
[Soorah al-An'am (6):<br />
[Soorah an-Nahl (16): 89]<br />
One interpretation is that 'the Book' in this verse<br />
refers to the preserved tablet in which Allah has recorded<br />
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