Surah Hud ayat 85 Tafsir Quran 11:85

﴿وَيَا قَوْمِ أَوْفُوا الْمِكْيَالَ وَالْمِيزَانَ بِالْقِسْطِ ۖ وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا النَّاسَ أَشْيَاءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا فِي الْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ﴾
[ هود: 85]

11:85 And O my people, give full measure and weight in justice and do not deprive the people of their due and do not commit abuse on the earth, spreading corruption.

O my people give full measure and weight fulfil the due of both of these in justice and do not defraud people in respect of their goods do not diminish anything of their due and do not be degenerate in the land working corruption by killing or otherwise lā ta‘thaū derives from ‘athiya meaning afsada ‘he corrupted’; mufsidīn ‘working corruption’ is a circumstantial qualifier reiterating the import of the term operating it ta‘thaū ‘do not be degenerate’.

My people, he added, I advise you to dispense the measure and the weight equitably to the full and not to scant peoples goods and chattels, chattels personal and chattels real and chattels interest nor devalue what is valuable be it goods or possessions or an article of worth nor create discord or make mischief on earth

First, he ( Shu`ayb ) prohibited them from cheating in business by decreasing the weights whenever they gave ( products ) to people. He commanded them to give just measure and weight whether they were giving or receiving ( in transactions ).
He also forbade them from causing mischief and corruption in the land.
This was due to their practice of highway robbery along the roads.
Abu Ja`far bin Jarir said, بَقِيَّتُ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ ( That which is left by Allah (after giving the rights of the people ) is better for you,) "This means what you gain from your successful business dealings in which you have given just measure, is better for you than wrongfully taking the wealth of the people." Ibn Jarir said that this statement has been reported from Ibn `Abbas and I say it is similar to Allah's statement, قُل لاَّ يَسْتَوِى الْخَبِيثُ وَالطَّيِّبُ وَلَوْ أَعْجَبَكَ كَثْرَةُ الْخَبِيثِ ( Say: "Not equal are Khabith (all that is evil ) and Tayyib ( all that is good ), even though the abundance of Khabith may please you.")5:100 Allah then says, وَمَآ أَنَاْ عَلَيْكُمْ بِحَفِيظٍ ( And I am not a guardian over you. ) This means a watcher over you people.
In other words, "Do this for Allah and not to be seen by the people."

First, he ( Shu`ayb ) prohibited them from cheating in business by decreasing the weights whenever they gave ( products ) to people. He commanded them to give just measure and weight whether they were giving or receiving ( in transactions ).
He also forbade them from causing mischief and corruption in the land.
This was due to their practice of highway robbery along the roads.
Abu Ja`far bin Jarir said, بَقِيَّتُ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ ( That which is left by Allah (after giving the rights of the people ) is better for you,) "This means what you gain from your successful business dealings in which you have given just measure, is better for you than wrongfully taking the wealth of the people." Ibn Jarir said that this statement has been reported from Ibn `Abbas and I say it is similar to Allah's statement, قُل لاَّ يَسْتَوِى الْخَبِيثُ وَالطَّيِّبُ وَلَوْ أَعْجَبَكَ كَثْرَةُ الْخَبِيثِ ( Say: "Not equal are Khabith (all that is evil ) and Tayyib ( all that is good ), even though the abundance of Khabith may please you.")5:100 Allah then says, وَمَآ أَنَاْ عَلَيْكُمْ بِحَفِيظٍ ( And I am not a guardian over you. ) This means a watcher over you people.
In other words, "Do this for Allah and not to be seen by the people."

( O my people! Give full measure and full weight in justice, and wrong not people about their goods. And do not evil in the earth, causing corruption ) do not spread corruption in the earth nor worship idols nor invite people to it; and give people their due of right measure and weight.

"And O my people! Give full measure and weight in justice and reduce not the things that are due to the people, and do not commit mischief in the land, causing corruption.

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