سُوْرَةُ المُطَفِّفِيْنَ

Surah Al-Mutaffifin (83) — Ayah 3

Defrauding · Meccan · Juz 30 · Page 587

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وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ ﴿3﴾

Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

And when they have to give by measure or weight to (other) men, give less than due.

Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning

وَإِذَا wa-idhā But when
كَالُوهُمْ kālūhum they give by measure (to) them
أَو aw or
وَّزَنُوهُمْ wazanūhum they weigh (for) them
يُخْسِرُونَ yukh'sirūna they give less

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3. 1. That is, keeping separate measures for taking and giving, and thus cheating by reducing in measurement and weight, is a very grave moral disease, the result of which is destruction in religion and the Hereafter. There is a hadith: Whenever a nation reduces in measurement and weight, famine, hard labor, and the oppression of rulers are imposed upon them.

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3. But when they measure or weigh for others, they give less [3].

[3] That is, the fundamental reason for being involved in the crime of giving others less than their due or taking more than one's own right is that these people neither have faith in the Day of the Hereafter nor in being presented before Allah for accountability of their deeds. If they had faith in this reckoning, they would never commit such ill-intentioned and self-serving acts.
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