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Surah 17. Al-Israa, Ayah 35

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وَأَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْكَيْلَ إِذَا كِلْتُمْ وَزِنُوا۟ بِٱلْقِسْطَاسِ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ وَأَحْسَنُ تَأْوِيلًا

Waawfoo alkayla i tha kiltum wazinoo bi a lqis ta si almustaqeemi tha lika khayrun waa h sanu taweel a n

And give full measure whenever you measure, and weigh with a balance that is true:⁴⁴ this will be [for your own] good, and best in the end.

- Mohammad Asad

You shall give full measure, when you measure, and weigh with even scale; this is the best way and will prove to be the best in the end.

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

Give in full when you measure, and weigh with an even balance. That is fairest and best in the end.

- Mustafa Khattab

Fill the measure when ye measure, and weigh with a right balance; that is meet, and better in the end.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

Give full measure when ye measure and weigh with a balance that is straight: that is the most fitting and the most advantageous in the final determination. ²²²¹

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali