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Hud 85

Ayah 85 of 123 · Meccan

وَيَٰقَوۡمِ أَوۡفُواْ ٱلۡمِكۡيَالَ وَٱلۡمِيزَانَ بِٱلۡقِسۡطِۖ وَلَا تَبۡخَسُواْ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشۡيَآءَهُمۡ وَلَا تَعۡثَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مُفۡسِدِينَ ٨٥

And O my people, give full measure and weight in justice and do not deprive the people of their due and do not commit abuse on the earth, spreading corruption.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَيَٰقَوۡمِAnd O my peoplewayāqawmi
  2. أَوۡفُواْGive fullawfū
  3. ٱلۡمِكۡيَالَmeasurel-mik'yāla
  4. وَٱلۡمِيزَانَand weightwal-mīzāna
  5. بِٱلۡقِسۡطِۖin justicebil-qis'ṭi
  6. وَلَاand (do) notwalā
  7. تَبۡخَسُواْdeprivetabkhasū
  8. ٱلنَّاسَthe peoplel-nāsa
  9. أَشۡيَآءَهُمۡ(of) their thingsashyāahum
  10. وَلَاand (do) notwalā
  11. تَعۡثَوۡاْact wickedlytaʿthaw
  12. فِيinfī
  13. ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe earthl-arḍi
  14. مُفۡسِدِينَspreading corruptionmuf'sidīna

Tafsir

He said: O my people, give complete and just measure of volume and weight when you measure for others. Do not cheat people of their rights by giving short measure and deceiving them. Do not spread corruption on earth by killing and committing other sins.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran