Surah Shuara ayat 183 Tafsir Quran 26:183

﴿وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا النَّاسَ أَشْيَاءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا فِي الْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ﴾
[ الشعراء: 183]

26:183 And do not deprive people of their due and do not commit abuse on earth, spreading corruption.

and do not defraud people in their goods do not diminish anything of what is due to them and do not be degenerate in the earth seeking corruption by killing or otherwise ta‘thaw ‘degenerate’ derives from ‘athiya meaning afsada ‘to corrupt’; mufsidīna ‘seeking corruption’ is a circumstantial qualifier emphasising the import of its operator ta‘thaw.

And crown yourselves with equity, he said, and do not scant peoples goods and chattels, chattels personal and chattels real and

The Command to give Full Measure Allah commanded them to give full measure, and forbade them to give short measure.
He said: أَوْفُواْ الْكَيْلَ وَلاَ تَكُونُواْ مِنَ الْمُخْسِرِينَ ( Give full measure, and cause no loss. ) meaning, `when you give to people, give them full measure, and do not cause loss to them by giving them short measure, while taking full measure when you are the ones who are taking.
Give as you take, and take as you give.' وَزِنُواْ بِالْقِسْطَاسِ الْمُسْتَقِيمِ ( And weigh with the true and straight balance. ) The balance is the scales. وَلاَ تَبْخَسُواْ النَّاسَ أَشْيَاءَهُمْ ( And defraud not people by reducing their things, ) means, do not shortchange them. وَلاَ تَعْثَوْاْ فِى الاٌّرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ ( nor do evil, making corruption and mischief in the land. ) means, by engaging in banditry.
This is like the Ayah, وَلاَ تَقْعُدُواْ بِكُلِّ صِرَطٍ تُوعِدُونَ ( And sit not on every road, threatening ) ( 7:86 ). وَاتَّقُواْ الَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ وَالْجِبِلَّةَ الاٌّوَّلِينَ ( And have Taqwa of Him Who created you and the generations of the men of old.
) Here he is frightening them with the punishment of Allah Who created them and created their forefathers.
This is like when Musa, peace be upon him, said: رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ الاٌّوَّلِينَ ( Your Lord and the Lord of your ancient fathers! ) ( 26:26 ).
Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, As-Suddi, Sufyan bin `Uyaynah and `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam said: وَالْجِبِلَّةَ الاٌّوَّلِينَ ( the generations of the men of old. ) means, He created the early generations.
And Ibn Zayd recited: وَلَقَدْ أَضَلَّ مِنْكُمْ جِبِلاًّ كَثِيراً ( And indeed he (Shaytan ) did lead astray a great multitude of you) ( 36:62 ). قَالُواْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ الْمُسَحَّرِينَ وَمَآ أَنتَ إِلاَّ بَشَرٌ مّثْلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ الْكَـذِبِينَ- فَأَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفاً مّنَ السَّمَآء إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الصَّـدِقِينَ- قَالَ رَبّى أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ- فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ الظُّلَّةِ إِنَّهُ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ-

The Command to give Full Measure Allah commanded them to give full measure, and forbade them to give short measure.
He said: أَوْفُواْ الْكَيْلَ وَلاَ تَكُونُواْ مِنَ الْمُخْسِرِينَ ( Give full measure, and cause no loss. ) meaning, `when you give to people, give them full measure, and do not cause loss to them by giving them short measure, while taking full measure when you are the ones who are taking.
Give as you take, and take as you give.' وَزِنُواْ بِالْقِسْطَاسِ الْمُسْتَقِيمِ ( And weigh with the true and straight balance. ) The balance is the scales. وَلاَ تَبْخَسُواْ النَّاسَ أَشْيَاءَهُمْ ( And defraud not people by reducing their things, ) means, do not shortchange them. وَلاَ تَعْثَوْاْ فِى الاٌّرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ ( nor do evil, making corruption and mischief in the land. ) means, by engaging in banditry.
This is like the Ayah, وَلاَ تَقْعُدُواْ بِكُلِّ صِرَطٍ تُوعِدُونَ ( And sit not on every road, threatening ) ( 7:86 ). وَاتَّقُواْ الَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ وَالْجِبِلَّةَ الاٌّوَّلِينَ ( And have Taqwa of Him Who created you and the generations of the men of old.
) Here he is frightening them with the punishment of Allah Who created them and created their forefathers.
This is like when Musa, peace be upon him, said: رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ الاٌّوَّلِينَ ( Your Lord and the Lord of your ancient fathers! ) ( 26:26 ).
Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, As-Suddi, Sufyan bin `Uyaynah and `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam said: وَالْجِبِلَّةَ الاٌّوَّلِينَ ( the generations of the men of old. ) means, He created the early generations.
And Ibn Zayd recited: وَلَقَدْ أَضَلَّ مِنْكُمْ جِبِلاًّ كَثِيراً ( And indeed he (Shaytan ) did lead astray a great multitude of you) ( 36:62 ). قَالُواْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ الْمُسَحَّرِينَ وَمَآ أَنتَ إِلاَّ بَشَرٌ مّثْلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ الْكَـذِبِينَ- فَأَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفاً مّنَ السَّمَآء إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الصَّـدِقِينَ- قَالَ رَبّى أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ- فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ الظُّلَّةِ إِنَّهُ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ-

( Wrong not mankind in their goods ) do not diminish people’s due in measurement and weight, ( and do not evil, making mischief, in the earth ) do not commit transgressions and corruption in the land by giving less in measurement and weight and calling to the worship of other than Allah.

"And defraud not people by reducing their things, nor do evil, making corruption and mischief in the land.

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