سُوْرَةُ هُوْدٍ
Surah Hud (11) — Ayah 84
۞ وَإِلَىٰ مَدْيَنَ أَخَاهُمْ شُعَيْبًا ۚ قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَـٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥ ۖ وَلَا تَنقُصُوا۟ ٱلْمِكْيَالَ وَٱلْمِيزَانَ ۚ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰكُم بِخَيْرٍ وَإِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ مُّحِيطٍ ﴿84﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And to the Madyan (Midian) people (We sent) their brother Shu‘aib. He said: "O my people! Worship Allâh, you have no other ilâh (god) but Him, and give not short measure or weight. I see you in prosperity and verily I fear for you the torment of a Day encompassing.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
۞ وَإِلَىٰ
wa-ilā
And to
مَدْيَنَ
madyana
Madyan
أَخَاهُمْ
akhāhum
their brother
شُعَيْبًۭا ۚ
shuʿayban
Shuaib
قَالَ
qāla
He said
يَـٰقَوْمِ
yāqawmi
O my people
ٱعْبُدُوا۟
uʿ'budū
Worship
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
مَا
mā
not
لَكُم
lakum
(is) for you
مِّنْ
min
any
إِلَـٰهٍ
ilāhin
god
غَيْرُهُۥ ۖ
ghayruhu
other than Him
وَلَا
walā
And (do) not
تَنقُصُوا۟
tanquṣū
decrease
ٱلْمِكْيَالَ
l-mik'yāla
(from) the measure
وَٱلْمِيزَانَ ۚ
wal-mīzāna
and the scale
إِنِّىٓ
innī
Indeed, I
أَرَىٰكُم
arākum
see you
بِخَيْرٍۢ
bikhayrin
in prosperity
وَإِنِّىٓ
wa-innī
but indeed, I
أَخَافُ
akhāfu
fear
عَلَيْكُمْ
ʿalaykum
for you
عَذَابَ
ʿadhāba
punishment
يَوْمٍۢ
yawmin
(of) a Day
مُّحِيطٍۢ
muḥīṭin
all-encompassing
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
84. 1. For the research of Madyan, see the footnote of Surah Al-A'raf, verse 85.
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.
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.
