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Quran 55:9

Surah Ar-Rahmaan, Verse 9

Juz 27 · Page 531 · Ruku 466 · Medinan

وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلْوَزْنَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا۟ ٱلْمِيزَانَ

Word by word

وَأَقِيمُوا۟ wa-aqīmū And establish ٱلْوَزْنَ l-wazna the weight بِٱلْقِسْطِ bil-qis'ṭi in justice وَلَا walā and (do) not تُخْسِرُوا۟ tukh'sirū make deficient ٱلْمِيزَانَ l-mīzāna the balance

Transliteration

Waaqeemoo alwazna bilqisti walatukhsiroo almeezan

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

But observe the measure strictly, nor fall short thereof.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

So establish weight with justice and fall not short in the balance.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

( وأقيموا الوزن بالقسط ولا تخسروا الميزان ) أي : لا تبخسوا الوزن ، بل زنوا بالحق والقسط ، كما قال [ تعالى ] ( وزنوا بالقسطاس المستقيم ) [ الشعراء : 182 ] .

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.