Riba [font, alqalamreg, (ربوٰ، ربا)

The Arabic word Riba theoretically refers to ‘grow’ and to ‘increase’. In the Holy Quran, it refers to the usury or the extra amount over the principle one which the lenders take from the borrowers on loan, for which several attractive words like interest, profit, mark up, dividends etc. are used today. It is illegitimate in Islamic Shariah in any way.