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Al-Isra 35

Ayah 35 of 111 · Meccan

وَأَوۡفُواْ ٱلۡكَيۡلَ إِذَا كِلۡتُمۡ وَزِنُواْ بِٱلۡقِسۡطَاسِ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِيمِۚ ذَٰلِكَ خَيۡرٞ وَأَحۡسَنُ تَأۡوِيلٗا ٣٥

And give full measure when you measure, and weigh with an even [i.e., honest] balance. That is the best [way] and best in result.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَأَوۡفُواْAnd give fullwa-awfū
  2. ٱلۡكَيۡلَ[the] measurel-kayla
  3. إِذَاwhenidhā
  4. كِلۡتُمۡyou measurekil'tum
  5. وَزِنُواْand weighwazinū
  6. بِٱلۡقِسۡطَاسِwith the balancebil-qis'ṭāsi
  7. ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِيمِۚthe straightl-mus'taqīmi
  8. ذَٰلِكَThatdhālika
  9. خَيۡرٞ(is) goodkhayrun
  10. وَأَحۡسَنُand bestwa-aḥsanu
  11. تَأۡوِيلٗا(in) resulttawīlan

Tafsir

Give full measure when you measure for others and do not cheat them. Weigh with an accurate scale that does not diminish or undervalue anything. That giving of full weight and measure is better for you in this world and the Hearafter, than giving short measure or weight.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran