Surah 55. Ar-Rahman, Ayah 9
| وَأَقِيمُوا الْوَزْنَ بِالْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا الْمِيزَانَ |
| Asad | : | weigh, therefore, [your deeds] with equity, and cut not the measure short! |
| Pickthall | : | But observe the measure strictly, nor fall short thereof. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | So establish weight with justice and fall not short in the balance. 5178 |
| Transliteration | : | Waaqeemoo alwazna bialqisti wala tukhsiroo almeezana |
Note - 5178To be taken both literally and figuratively. A man should
be honest and straight in every daily matter, such as
weighing out things which he is selling: and he should be
straight, just and honest, in all the highest dealings,
not only with other people, but with himself and in his
obedience to Allah's Law. Not many do either the one or
the other when they have an opportunity of deceit.
Justice is the central virtue, and the avoidance of both
excess and defect in conduct keeps the human world
balanced just as the heavenly world is kept balanced by
mathematical order.
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To be taken both literally and figuratively. A man should be honest and straight in every daily matter, such as weighing out things which he is selling: and he should be straight, just and honest, in all the highest dealings, not only with other people, but with himself and in his obedience to Allah's Law. Not many do either the one or the other when they have an opportunity of deceit. Justice is the central virtue, and the avoidance of both excess and defect in conduct keeps the human world balanced just as the heavenly world is kept balanced by mathematical order. |
