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Surah Hud (11) — Ayah 85
وَيَـٰقَوْمِ أَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْمِكْيَالَ وَٱلْمِيزَانَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ ۖ وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشْيَآءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ ﴿85﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
"And O my people! Give full measure and weight in justice and reduce not the things that are due to the people, and do not commit mischief in the land, causing corruption.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَيَـٰقَوْمِ
wayāqawmi
And O my people
أَوْفُوا۟
awfū
Give full
ٱلْمِكْيَالَ
l-mik'yāla
measure
وَٱلْمِيزَانَ
wal-mīzāna
and weight
بِٱلْقِسْطِ ۖ
bil-qis'ṭi
in justice
وَلَا
walā
and (do) not
تَبْخَسُوا۟
tabkhasū
deprive
ٱلنَّاسَ
l-nāsa
the people
أَشْيَآءَهُمْ
ashyāahum
(of) their things
وَلَا
walā
and (do) not
تَعْثَوْا۟
taʿthaw
act wickedly
فِى
fī
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
مُفْسِدِينَ
muf'sidīna
spreading corruption
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.
85. 1. The call of the Prophets (peace be upon them) consists of two important foundations: 1. Fulfilling the rights of Allah, 2. Fulfilling the rights of the servants. The former is indicated by the word (اَعْبُدُو اللّٰہَ) and the latter by (وَلَا تَنْقُصُوا الْمِكْيَالَ وَالْمِيْزَانَ) (11. Hud:84), and now, as an emphasis, they are being commanded to give full measure and weight with justice and are being forbidden from giving people less than due, because this too is a great crime in the sight of Allah. Allah has described the heinousness and evil of this crime and its punishment in the Hereafter in an entire Surah. (وَيْلٌ لِّـلْمُطَفِّفِيْنَ ۙ الَّذِيْنَ اِذَا اكْتَالُوْا عَلَي النَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُوْنَ ڮ وَاِذَا كَالُوْهُمْ اَوْ وَّزَنُوْهُمْ يُخْسِرُوْنَ ۭ) (83. Al-Mutaffifin:1 to 3) Woe to those who give less in measure. These are the people who, when they take measure from people, take it in full, but when they give by measure or weight to others, they give less.
85. 2. Disobedience to Allah, especially when it relates to the rights of the servants, such as here in the matter of deficiency and excess in measure and weight, certainly causes corruption and disorder in the land, from which they have been forbidden.
85. 2. Disobedience to Allah, especially when it relates to the rights of the servants, such as here in the matter of deficiency and excess in measure and weight, certainly causes corruption and disorder in the land, from which they have been forbidden.
