Surah Al-Mutaffifeen (Those Who Give Less) 83 : 3
Translations
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Yusuf Ali
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(83:3:1) wa-idhā But when |
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(83:3:2) kālūhum they give by measure (to) them |
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(83:3:4) wazanūhum they weigh (for) them |
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(83:3:5) yukh'sirūna they give less |
Explanatory Note
This verse suggests that the defrauders against whom war was declared belonged to the nobility and wielded much power and influence, enabling them to force others to succumb to their wishes. Several features of the Arabic wording used here connote that for some unspecified reason they were able to impose their will and exact in full. The meaning implied is not that they exacted their full due; for this would not justify a declaration of war against them. What is meant is that they obtained by sheer force what they had no right to demand. But when it was their turn to weigh or measure for others, they exercised their power by giving less than what was due. Indeed this warning, coming so early in the Makkan period, gives an idea of the nature of the religion of Islam. It demonstrates that Islam embraces all sides of life and aims to establish a firm moral code which accords with the basic principles of divine teachings.
At the time when this surah was revealed the Muslim community was still weak. The followers of Islam had not yet won power in order to organize society and the life of the community according to Islamic principles. Yet Islam demonstrated its opposition to those acts of flagrant injustice and unethical dealings. It declared war against stinters and threatened them with woe and destruction at a time when they were the powerful rulers of Makkah. It declared its uncompromising stand against the injustices suffered by the masses whom it has never sought to lull into a state of lethargy and apathy.
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