Riba in Lisan Al Arab/ translators Abdulkader Thomas and Ruba Alfattouh -- In the shadow of deuteronomy/ Vincent Cornell -- The juridical meaning of riba/ Sh. Wahba Al Zuhaili; translators, Iman Abdul Rahim and Abdulkader Thomas -- An overview of the sharia? a prohibition of riba/ Emad H. Khalil -- The modern debate over riba in Egypt/ Emad H. Khalil with Abdulkader Thomas -- Why has Islam prohibited interest/ M. Umer Chapra -- An attempt to understand the economic wisdom (hikma) in the prohibition Of riba/ Mahmoud A. El-Gamal -- What is riba/ Abdulkader Thomas