Surah Al-A'raf, ayah 85
وَإِلَىٰ مَدْيَنَ أَخَاهُمْ شُعَيْبًا ۗ قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَـٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥ ۖ قَدْ جَآءَتْكُم بَيِّنَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ ۖ فَأَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْكَيْلَ وَٱلْمِيزَانَ وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشْيَآءَهُمْ وَلَا تُفْسِدُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بَعْدَ إِصْلَـٰحِهَا ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
And to [the people of] Madyan [We sent] their brother Shuʿayb. He said, "O my people, worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him. There has come to you clear evidence from your Lord. So fulfill the measure and weight and do not deprive people of their due and cause not corruption upon the earth after its reformation. That is better for you, if you should be believers.
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- وَإِلَىٰwa-ilāAnd to
- مَدْيَنَmadyanaMadyan
- أَخَاهُمْakhāhumhis brother
- شُعَيْبًۭا ۗshuʿaybanShuaib
- قَالَqālaHe said
- يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
- ٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budūWorship
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- مَاmānot
- لَكُمlakumfor you
- مِّنْminany
- إِلَـٰهٍilāhingod
- غَيْرُهُۥ ۖghayruhuother than Him
- قَدْqadVerily
- جَآءَتْكُمjāatkumhas came to you
- بَيِّنَةٌۭbayyinatuna clear proof
- مِّنminfrom
- رَّبِّكُمْ ۖrabbikumyour Lord
- فَأَوْفُوا۟fa-awfūSo give full
- ٱلْكَيْلَl-kayla[the] measure
- وَٱلْمِيزَانَwal-mīzānaand the weight
- وَلَاwalāand (do) not
- تَبْخَسُوا۟tabkhasūdeprive
- ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsa[the] people
- أَشْيَآءَهُمْashyāahumin their things
- وَلَاwalāand (do) not
- تُفْسِدُوا۟tuf'sidūcause corruption
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
- بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
- إِصْلَـٰحِهَا ۚiṣ'lāḥihāits reformation
- ذَٰلِكُمْdhālikumThat
- خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is) better
- لَّكُمْlakumfor you
- إِنinif
- كُنتُمkuntumyou are
- مُّؤْمِنِينَmu'minīnabelievers
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