سُوْرَةُ الْاَعْرَافِ
Surah Al-A'raaf (7) — Ayah 85
وَإِلَىٰ مَدْيَنَ أَخَاهُمْ شُعَيْبًا ۗ قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَـٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥ ۖ قَدْ جَآءَتْكُم بَيِّنَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ ۖ فَأَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْكَيْلَ وَٱلْمِيزَانَ وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشْيَآءَهُمْ وَلَا تُفْسِدُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بَعْدَ إِصْلَـٰحِهَا ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ﴿85﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And to (the people of) Madyan (Midian), (We sent) their brother Shu‘aib. He said: "O my people! Worship Allâh! You have no other Ilâh (God) but Him. [Lâ ilâha illallâh (none has the right to be worshipped but Allâh)]." Verily, a clear proof (sign) from your Lord has come unto you; so give full measure and full weight and wrong not men in their things, and do not do mischief on the earth after it has been set in order, that will be better for you, if you are believers.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَإِلَىٰ
wa-ilā
And to
مَدْيَنَ
madyana
Madyan
أَخَاهُمْ
akhāhum
his 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
for you
مِّنْ
min
any
إِلَـٰهٍ
ilāhin
god
غَيْرُهُۥ ۖ
ghayruhu
other than Him
قَدْ
qad
Verily
جَآءَتْكُم
jāatkum
has came to you
بَيِّنَةٌۭ
bayyinatun
a clear proof
مِّن
min
from
رَّبِّكُمْ ۖ
rabbikum
your Lord
فَأَوْفُوا۟
fa-awfū
So give full
ٱلْكَيْلَ
l-kayla
[the] measure
وَٱلْمِيزَانَ
wal-mīzāna
and the weight
وَلَا
walā
and (do) not
تَبْخَسُوا۟
tabkhasū
deprive
ٱلنَّاسَ
l-nāsa
[the] people
أَشْيَآءَهُمْ
ashyāahum
in their things
وَلَا
walā
and (do) not
تُفْسِدُوا۟
tuf'sidū
cause corruption
فِى
fī
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
بَعْدَ
baʿda
after
إِصْلَـٰحِهَا ۚ
iṣ'lāḥihā
its reformation
ذَٰلِكُمْ
dhālikum
That
خَيْرٌۭ
khayrun
(is) better
لَّكُمْ
lakum
for you
إِن
in
if
كُنتُم
kuntum
you are
مُّؤْمِنِينَ
mu'minīna
believers
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85. And to the people of Midian [90], We sent their brother Shu‘ayb [91]. He said: "O my people! Worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him. A clear proof has come to you from your Lord. So give full measure and weight, and do not deprive people of their belongings. And do not cause corruption in the land after it has been set right. That is better for you, if you are truly believers."
[90]
The Center of Shu‘ayb’s (علیہ السلام) Preaching:
The region of Madyan was located in the northwest of Hijaz and the south of Palestine, on the shores of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba. The trade caravans that traveled from Yemen along the coast to Syria and Palestine, as well as those that traveled from Egypt for the same purpose, would pass through this area. In fact, the settlements of this nation were situated at the crossroads of these two trade routes. Therefore, this entire region became a commercial center, and the people of Madyan were descendants of Sayyiduna Ibrahim’s (علیہ السلام) son, Madyan. Because of this relation, they were called the people of Madyan, and their region was called Madyan or Midian. These people claimed to be followers of the religion of Ibrahim (علیہ السلام). However, with the passage of time, many doctrinal and moral diseases had developed among them. The greatest doctrinal corruption was shirk, which has been found among most nations, and the real cause of shirk is ignorance of the true knowledge of Allah. The second moral disease was that they engaged in all kinds of fraud in their commercial dealings: selling goods by lying, taking advantage of someone’s compulsion, giving less when selling and taking more when buying—in short, they committed every kind of dishonesty in trade. There are various tricks that can be used in giving by measure or weight so that the recipient does not even realize that he has received less than what was due, and vice versa. These are such well-known methods that our own nation is also well acquainted with them, and there is no need to explain them.
[91]
Cheating in Transactions:
These are the same Sayyiduna Shu‘ayb (علیہ السلام) who was the father-in-law of Sayyiduna Musa (علیہ السلام), and Sayyiduna Musa (علیہ السلام) remained under his training for ten years. He was the first prophet who was sent to the people of Madyan approximately six hundred years after the death of Sayyiduna Ibrahim (علیہ السلام) (i.e., around 1500 BCE). Since these people considered themselves followers of the religion of Sayyiduna Ibrahim (علیہ السلام), Sayyiduna Shu‘ayb (علیہ السلام) addressed them with this in mind and said that clear proof, i.e., the scriptures or teachings of Sayyiduna Ibrahim (علیہ السلام), had already come to you, so how did you fall into shirk and why do you commit fraud in your commercial transactions? And by violating the rights of both Allah and His servants, you are causing corruption in the land?
[90]
The Center of Shu‘ayb’s (علیہ السلام) Preaching:
The region of Madyan was located in the northwest of Hijaz and the south of Palestine, on the shores of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba. The trade caravans that traveled from Yemen along the coast to Syria and Palestine, as well as those that traveled from Egypt for the same purpose, would pass through this area. In fact, the settlements of this nation were situated at the crossroads of these two trade routes. Therefore, this entire region became a commercial center, and the people of Madyan were descendants of Sayyiduna Ibrahim’s (علیہ السلام) son, Madyan. Because of this relation, they were called the people of Madyan, and their region was called Madyan or Midian. These people claimed to be followers of the religion of Ibrahim (علیہ السلام). However, with the passage of time, many doctrinal and moral diseases had developed among them. The greatest doctrinal corruption was shirk, which has been found among most nations, and the real cause of shirk is ignorance of the true knowledge of Allah. The second moral disease was that they engaged in all kinds of fraud in their commercial dealings: selling goods by lying, taking advantage of someone’s compulsion, giving less when selling and taking more when buying—in short, they committed every kind of dishonesty in trade. There are various tricks that can be used in giving by measure or weight so that the recipient does not even realize that he has received less than what was due, and vice versa. These are such well-known methods that our own nation is also well acquainted with them, and there is no need to explain them.
[91]
Cheating in Transactions:
These are the same Sayyiduna Shu‘ayb (علیہ السلام) who was the father-in-law of Sayyiduna Musa (علیہ السلام), and Sayyiduna Musa (علیہ السلام) remained under his training for ten years. He was the first prophet who was sent to the people of Madyan approximately six hundred years after the death of Sayyiduna Ibrahim (علیہ السلام) (i.e., around 1500 BCE). Since these people considered themselves followers of the religion of Sayyiduna Ibrahim (علیہ السلام), Sayyiduna Shu‘ayb (علیہ السلام) addressed them with this in mind and said that clear proof, i.e., the scriptures or teachings of Sayyiduna Ibrahim (علیہ السلام), had already come to you, so how did you fall into shirk and why do you commit fraud in your commercial transactions? And by violating the rights of both Allah and His servants, you are causing corruption in the land?
