(Al-Baqara) 2 : 275
الَّذِينَ يَأْكُلُونَ الرِّبَا لَا يَقُومُونَ إِلَّا كَمَا يَقُومُ الَّذِي يَتَخَبَّطُهُ الشَّيْطَانُ مِنَ الْمَسِّ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا إِنَّمَا الْبَيْعُ مِثْلُ الرِّبَا ۗ وَأَحَلَّ اللَّهُ الْبَيْعَ وَحَرَّمَ الرِّبَا ۚ فَمَنْ جَاءَهُ مَوْعِظَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِ فَانْتَهَىٰ فَلَهُ مَا سَلَفَ وَأَمْرُهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ ۖ وَمَنْ عَادَ فَأُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ

Those who are eating usury are not standing up except like the one who is knocked down by Satan is standing up again; that is because indeed they are saying: “Indeed trading is just like usury”, while Lord Allah has permitted trading and has forbidden usury. Then anyone who received Admonition from his Lord and stopped, then he has what he earned before, and his case rests with Allah, whoever repeats, then those are the inmates of the Fire, they will remain in it forever.

Since the Three-Time-Knower Lord has prohibited usury (interest), those who are involved in it are serving Satan. Gathering interest encourages niggardliness and discourages spending in charity. Trade can be considered as a service for mankind to meet the necessities. In trade, there may be the remembrance of the Lord, prayers, and chance of loss in prices whereas in usury there will be no prayer and chance of loss. Usury causes increased arrogance, greediness, selfishness, and all such Satanic footsteps.

The Admonition is one among the forty names of Adhikr as told in verse 10: 57. Whoever eradicates usury after getting Adhikr, and propagates It to mankind aiming to eradicate such Satanic footsteps among them, then the Lord will erase his evils. It is told in verse 4: 29 by calling the believers: “You don’t consume others’ wealth unlawfully except through business in mutual consent”.

But the Arabic Quran reading Fujjar who read all these verses are engaged not only in usury, but also in black money, gambling, adulteration, smuggling, money laundering, and all such Satanic footsteps as explained in verses 2: 168-169. Thus, they have to bear the burden of difficulties borne by the thousand communities of Lord’s creatures as explained in verse 6: 26. See explanation 2: 168-169, 256-257, and 3: 128.