Quran 11:85 — Hud, verse 85
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
My people, in fairness, give full measure and weight. Do not withhold from people things that are rightly theirs, and do not spread corruption in the land.
وَيَا قَوْمِ أَوْفُوا الْمِكْيَالَ وَالْمِيزَانَ بِالْقِسْطِ ۖ وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا النَّاسَ أَشْيَاءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا فِي الْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ
wayāqawmi awfū l-mik'yāla wal-mīzāna bil-qis'ṭi walā tabkhasū l-nāsa ashyāahum walā taʿthaw fī l-arḍi muf'sidīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- O my people, fill up the measure and the balance justly, and do not diminish the goods of the people, and do not mischief in the land, working corruption.
- Muhammad Asad
- Hence, O my people, [always] give full measure and weight, with equity, and do not deprive people of what is rightfully theirs, and do not act wickedly on earth by spreading corruption.
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَيَـٰقَوْمِwayāqawmi | And O my people | قوم |
| 2 | أَوْفُوا۟awfū | Give full | وفي |
| 3 | ٱلْمِكْيَالَl-mik'yāla | measure | كيل |
| 4 | وَٱلْمِيزَانَwal-mīzāna | and weight | وزن |
| 5 | بِٱلْقِسْطِ ۖbil-qis'ṭi | in justice | قسط |
| 6 | وَلَاwalā | and (do) not | — |
| 7 | تَبْخَسُوا۟tabkhasū | deprive | بخس |
| 8 | ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsa | the people | نوس |
| 9 | أَشْيَآءَهُمْashyāahum | (of) their things | شيأ |
| 10 | وَلَاwalā | and (do) not | — |
| 11 | تَعْثَوْا۟taʿthaw | act wickedly | عثو |
| 12 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 13 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 14 | مُفْسِدِينَmuf'sidīna | spreading corruption | فسد |