Surah Hud (11) — Ayah 84
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
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➋ { اِنِّيْۤ اَرٰىكُمْ :} That is, you are quite prosperous, so what is the need for such dishonesty and deceit?
➌ { عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ مُّحِيْطٍ :} That is, the punishment of the Hereafter, or the punishment of that day in this world from which no one will be able to escape.
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84. 2. After inviting to Tawheed, the prominent moral corruption in this nation—deficiency in measure and weight—was forbidden to them. It had become their habit that when a seller (ba'i) brought his goods to them, they would take more in measure and weight, and when they sold something to a buyer (mushtari), they would give less in measure and cheat in weight.
84. 3. This is the reason for forbidding: when Allah Almighty is bestowing His grace upon you and has blessed you with comfort and wealth, then why do you commit this vile act?
84. 4. This is the second reason: if you do not refrain from this act, then there is a fear that you will not be able to escape the punishment of the Day of Resurrection. The day that encompasses refers to the Day of Resurrection, when no sinner will be able to escape the reckoning of Allah, nor will anyone be able to run away and hide.
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Shirk is the Mother of All Diseases:
The story of Sayyiduna Shu‘ayb ؑ has also passed in Surah Al-A‘raf, verses 84 to 95, therefore those footnotes should also be kept in view. Shirk is such a disease that is found in almost every nation, and especially existed in those nations to whom prophets were sent. All other moral and social diseases and evils spring from this shirk. Just as in physical illnesses, constipation is considered the mother of all diseases, similarly in spiritual diseases, shirk is the mother of all diseases. How does abstaining from shirk and adopting the belief in tawheed reform society? This is the reason that the first target of the call of all prophets has been this very disease. Along with refuting shirk, the prophets would call towards tawheed and create the correct recognition of Allah among the believers, from which taqwa or the fear of Allah would arise in the hearts. And this taqwa is such a thing that it is considered a cure for all social and moral diseases. Besides shirk, some nations had certain specific evils, such as the people of Lut who were afflicted with the curse of homosexuality. The people of Shu‘ayb used to be dishonest in business dealings. The people of Pharaoh had unleashed calamity upon the Children of Israel. After shirk, the second target of the prophets’ call would be such specific diseases. The people of Madyan were situated at the intersection of two trade routes, and this area had thus become a very important commercial center. These people did not only show cleverness in the measures of weight and measure, but they knew every kind of dishonesty by which the rights of others could be usurped. That is why Shu‘ayb ؑ, after addressing shirk, advised them to abandon such commercial dishonesty, and these very actions of theirs were tantamount to spreading corruption in the land, through which they used to usurp the rights of others.
