Surah Al-Isra (الإسراء) • The Night Journey

Quran 17:35

17:35

وَأَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْكَيْلَ إِذَا كِلْتُمْ وَزِنُوا۟ بِٱلْقِسْطَاسِ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ وَأَحْسَنُ تَأْوِيلًا

wa-awfū l-kayla idhā kil'tum wazinū bil-qis'ṭāsi l-mus'taqīmi dhālika khayrun wa-aḥsanu tawīlan

And give full measure when you measure, and weigh with an even [i.e., honest] balance. That is the best [way] and best in result.

— Saheeh International

Give full measure when you measure, and weigh with accurate scales: that is better and fairer in the end.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And give full measure when you measure, and weigh with a balance that is straight. That is good (advantageous) and better in the end.

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

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Word by Word

وَأَوْفُوا۟wa-awfūAnd give full
ٱلْكَيْلَl-kayla[the] measure
إِذَاidhāwhen
كِلْتُمْkil'tumyou measure
وَزِنُوا۟wazinūand weigh
بِٱلْقِسْطَاسِbil-qis'ṭāsiwith the balance
ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمِۚl-mus'taqīmithe straight
ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is) good
وَأَحْسَنُwa-aḥsanuand best
تَأْوِيلًۭاtawīlan(in) result