Condemnation of Al-Mutaffifin and the Importance of Fairness in Trade
Al-Mutaffifin — Verses 1–6 | Explore this Quran theme on Muallim
وَيْلٌ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ ١
Woe to Al-Mutaffifin [those who give less in measure and weight (decrease the rights of others)],
- وَيْلٌ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ
- Woe to Al-Mutaffifin
- those who give less in measure and weight
- (decrease the rights of others)
الَّذِينَ إِذَا اكْتَالُوا عَلَى النَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ ٢
Those who, when they have to receive by measure from men, demand full measure,
- الَّذِينَ
- Those who
- إِذَا اكْتَالُوا عَلَى النَّاسِ
- when they have to receive by measure from men
- يَسْتَوْفُونَ
- demand full measure
وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ ٣
And when they have to give by measure or weight to men, give less than due.
- وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ
- And when they have to give by measure
- أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ
- or weight to men
- يُخْسِرُونَ
- give less than due
أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُولَٰئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ ٤
Think they not that they will be resurrected (for reckoning),
- أَلَا يَظُنُّ
- Think they not
- أُولَٰئِكَ
- those
- أَنَّهُم
- that they
- مَّبْعُوثُونَ
- will be resurrected (for reckoning)
لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ ٥
On a Great Day,
- لِيَوْمٍ
- On a Day
- عَظِيمٍ
- Great
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ النَّاسُ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ ٦
The Day when (all) mankind will stand before the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinns and all that exists)?
- يَوْمَ
- The Day when
- يَقُومُ النَّاسُ
- (all) mankind will stand
- لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
- before the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinns and all that exists)