Surah Hud 11:85 — translation and meaning

هود · Verse 85 / 123 · Page 231

ۖ وَيَا قَوْمِ أَوْفُوا الْمِكْيَالَ وَالْمِيزَانَ بِالْقِسْطِ وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا النَّاسَ أَشْيَاءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا فِي الْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ

Word by Word

ۖ
وَيَا قَوْمِ
wayaqawmi
And O my people!
أَوْفُوا
awfu
Give full
الْمِكْيَالَ
al-mik'yala
measure
وَالْمِيزَانَ
wal-mizana
and weight
بِالْقِسْطِ
bil-qis'ti
in justice
وَلَا
wala
and (do) not
تَبْخَسُوا
tabkhasu
deprive
النَّاسَ
al-nasa
the people
أَشْيَاءَهُمْ
ashyaahum
(of) their things
وَلَا
wala
and (do) not
تَعْثَوْا
ta'thaw
act wickedly
فِي
fi
in
الْأَرْضِ
al-ardi
the earth
مُفْسِدِينَ
muf'sidina
spreading corruption

Transliteration

Wa yaa qawmi awful mikyaala walmeezaana bilqisti wa laa tabkhasun naasa ashyaaa'ahum wa laa ta'saw fil ardi mufsideen

Translation

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.

Verse interpretation (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.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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