Hud Verse 85 | 11:85

وَيٰقَوْمِ اَوْفُوا الْمِكْيَالَ وَالْمِيْزَانَ بِالْقِسْطِ وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا النَّاسَ اَشْيَاۤءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا فِى الْاَرْضِ مُفْسِدِيْنَ ( هود: ٨٥ )

wayāqawmi

وَيَٰقَوْمِ

And O my people!

awfū

أَوْفُوا۟

Give full

l-mik'yāla

ٱلْمِكْيَالَ

measure

wal-mīzāna

وَٱلْمِيزَانَ

and weight

bil-qis'ṭi

بِٱلْقِسْطِۖ

in justice

walā

وَلَا

and (do) not

tabkhasū

تَبْخَسُوا۟

deprive

l-nāsa

ٱلنَّاسَ

the people

ashyāahum

أَشْيَآءَهُمْ

(of) their things

walā

وَلَا

and (do) not

taʿthaw

تَعْثَوْا۟

act wickedly

fī

فِى

l-arḍi

ٱلْأَرْضِ

the earth

muf'sidīna

مُفْسِدِينَ

spreading corruption

Wa yaa qawmi awful mikyaala walmeezaana bilqisti wa laa tabkhasun naasa ashyaaa'ahum wa laa ta'saw fil ardi mufsideen (Hūd 11:85)

Sahih International:

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. (Hud [11] : 85)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

And O my people, perfect the measure and the balance with justice and do not make the people short of their things, and do not go about the earth spreading disorder.

2 Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

3 Ruwwad Translation Center

4 A. J. Arberry

5 Abdul Haleem

6 Abdul Majid Daryabadi

7 Abdullah Yusuf Ali

8 Abul Ala Maududi

9 Ahmed Ali

10 Ahmed Raza Khan

11 Ali Quli Qarai

12 Ali Ünal

13 Amatul Rahman Omar

14 English Literal

15 Faridul Haque

16 Hamid S. Aziz

17 Hilali & Khan

18 Maulana Mohammad Ali

19 Mohammad Habib Shakir

20 Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

21 Muhammad Sarwar

22 Qaribullah & Darwish

23 Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

24 Wahiduddin Khan

25 Talal Itani

26 Tafsir jalalayn

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 ([l ta`tha] derives from `athiya, meaning afsada, `he corrupted'; mufsidn, `working corruption', is a circumstantial qualifier reiterating the import of the term operating it, ta`tha, `[do not] be degenerate').

27 Tafseer Ibn Kathir

Shu`ayb says to his people;

وَيَا قَوْمِ أَوْفُواْ الْمِكْيَالَ وَالْمِيزَانَ بِالْقِسْطِ

وَلَا تَبْخَسُواْ النَّاسَ أَشْيَاءهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْاْ فِي الَارْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ

"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."

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