Quran 26:183 — Ash-Shu'araa, verse 183
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
do not deprive people of what is theirs. Do not spread corruption on earth.
وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا النَّاسَ أَشْيَاءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا فِي الْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ
walā tabkhasū l-nāsa ashyāahum walā taʿthaw fī l-arḍi muf'sidīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and diminish not the goods of the people, and do not mischief in the earth, working corruption.
- Muhammad Asad
- and do not deprive people of what is rightfully theirs; and do not act wickedly on earth by spreading corruption,
- Sahih International
- And do not deprive people of their due and do not commit abuse on earth, spreading corruption.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَاwalā | And (do) not | — |
| 2 | تَبْخَسُوا۟tabkhasū | deprive | بخس |
| 3 | ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsa | people | نوس |
| 4 | أَشْيَآءَهُمْashyāahum | (of) their things | شيأ |
| 5 | وَلَاwalā | and (do) not | — |
| 6 | تَعْثَوْا۟taʿthaw | commit evil | عثو |
| 7 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 8 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 9 | مُفْسِدِينَmuf'sidīna | spreading corruption | فسد |