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Al-A'raf 85

Ayah 85 of 206 · Meccan

وَإِلَىٰ مَدۡيَنَ أَخَاهُمۡ شُعَيۡبٗاۚ قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنۡ إِلَٰهٍ غَيۡرُهُۥۖ قَدۡ جَآءَتۡكُم بَيِّنَةٞ مِّن رَّبِّكُمۡۖ فَأَوۡفُواْ ٱلۡكَيۡلَ وَٱلۡمِيزَانَ وَلَا تَبۡخَسُواْ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشۡيَآءَهُمۡ وَلَا تُفۡسِدُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ بَعۡدَ إِصۡلَٰحِهَاۚ ذَٰلِكُمۡ خَيۡرٞ لَّكُمۡ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ٨٥

And to [the people of] Madyan [We sent] their brother Shuʿayb. He said, "O my people, worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him. There has come to you clear evidence from your Lord. So fulfill the measure and weight and do not deprive people of their due and cause not corruption upon the earth after its reformation. That is better for you, if you should be believers.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِلَىٰAnd towa-ilā
  2. مَدۡيَنَMadyanmadyana
  3. أَخَاهُمۡhis brotherakhāhum
  4. شُعَيۡبٗاۚShuaibshuʿayban
  5. قَالَHe saidqāla
  6. يَٰقَوۡمِO my peopleyāqawmi
  7. ٱعۡبُدُواْWorshipuʿ'budū
  8. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  9. مَاnotmā
  10. لَكُمfor youlakum
  11. مِّنۡanymin
  12. إِلَٰهٍgodilāhin
  13. غَيۡرُهُۥۖother than Himghayruhu
  14. قَدۡVerilyqad
  15. جَآءَتۡكُمhas came to youjāatkum
  16. بَيِّنَةٞa clear proofbayyinatun
  17. مِّنfrommin
  18. رَّبِّكُمۡۖyour Lordrabbikum
  19. فَأَوۡفُواْSo give fullfa-awfū
  20. ٱلۡكَيۡلَ[the] measurel-kayla
  21. وَٱلۡمِيزَانَand the weightwal-mīzāna
  22. وَلَاand (do) notwalā
  23. تَبۡخَسُواْdeprivetabkhasū
  24. ٱلنَّاسَ[the] peoplel-nāsa
  25. أَشۡيَآءَهُمۡin their thingsashyāahum
  26. وَلَاand (do) notwalā
  27. تُفۡسِدُواْcause corruptiontuf'sidū
  28. فِيinfī
  29. ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe earthl-arḍi
  30. بَعۡدَafterbaʿda
  31. إِصۡلَٰحِهَاۚits reformationiṣ'lāḥihā
  32. ذَٰلِكُمۡThatdhālikum
  33. خَيۡرٞ(is) betterkhayrun
  34. لَّكُمۡfor youlakum
  35. إِنifin
  36. كُنتُمyou arekuntum
  37. مُّؤۡمِنِينَbelieversmu'minīna

Tafsir

To the tribe of Midian Allah sent their brother Shu‘ayb (peace be upon him). He said: 'O people! Worship Allah alone for you have no God worthy of worship other than Him. A clear proof from Allah has come to you confirming what I bring to you from your Lord is the truth. Give people their rights, by measuring and weighing things correctly, not short-changing people by saying bad things about their goods, or by cheating them, and do not to cause corruption on earth through disbelief and disobedience after things have been set right through the sending of prophets. All of this is better for you and more beneficial if you are believers, because then you would leave disobedience, and draw close to Allah by doing what He has commanded.'

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran