Surah Hud (هود) • Hud

Quran 11:85

11:85

وَيَـٰقَوْمِ أَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْمِكْيَالَ وَٱلْمِيزَانَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ ۖ وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشْيَآءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ

wayāqawmi awfū l-mik'yāla wal-mīzāna bil-qis'ṭi walā tabkhasū l-nāsa ashyāahum walā taʿthaw fī l-arḍi muf'sidīna

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.

— Saheeh International

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.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"And O my people! Give full measure and weight in justice and reduce not the things that are due to the people, and do not commit mischief in the land, causing corruption.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

وَيَـٰقَوْمِwayāqawmiAnd O my people
أَوْفُوا۟awfūGive full
ٱلْمِكْيَالَl-mik'yālameasure
وَٱلْمِيزَانَwal-mīzānaand weight
بِٱلْقِسْطِۖbil-qis'ṭiin justice
وَلَاwalāand (do) not
تَبْخَسُوا۟tabkhasūdeprive
ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsathe people
أَشْيَآءَهُمْashyāahum(of) their things
وَلَاwalāand (do) not
تَعْثَوْا۟taʿthawact wickedly
فِىfīin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
مُفْسِدِينَmuf'sidīnaspreading corruption