62 Preface وَتَرىٰ كَثيرًا مِنهُم يُسارِعونَ فِي الإِثمِ وَالعُدوانِ وَأَكلِهِمُ السُّحتَ ۚ لَبِئسَ ما كانوا يَعمَلونَYusuf AliMany of them dost thou see, racing each other in sin and rancour, and their eating of things1 forbidden. Evil indeed are the things that they do.Eating of things forbidden: maybe construed in a literal or a figurative sense. From its juxtaposition with sin and hatred, it is better to construe it in a figurative sense, as referring to their fraudulent misappropriations of other people’s property or trust property. “Eating” is used in 5:66 below in the general sense of enjoyment and happiness.