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Surah Ar-Rahman, Verse 9

سورة الرحمن، الآية ٩

55:9 Juz 27 Hizb 54 Page 531 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 55:9

وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلْوَزْنَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا۟ ٱلْمِيزَانَ ۝٩

Transliteration

wa-aqīmū l-wazna bil-qis'ṭi walā tukh'sirū l-mīzāna

Translation

And establish weight in justice and do not make deficient the balance.

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Verse 9 of Surah Ar-Rahman (55:9), a Medinan surah, is in juz 27, on page 531 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 9

Al-Mukhtasar

Maintain the weighing justly between yourselves and do not give short weight or measure when you measure or weigh for others.

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Other translations of verse 9

Therefore establish weights in justice, and do not give short measure.

And observe the weight with equity and do not make the balance deficient.

But observe the measure strictly, nor fall short thereof.

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

And keep up the balance with equity and do not make the measure deficient.

And keep up the weight with equity, and do not cause loss in the Balance.

Verse 9 word by word

وَأَقِيمُوا۟ wa-aqīmū And establish ق و م
ٱلْوَزْنَ l-wazna the weight و ز ن
بِٱلْقِسْطِ bil-qis'ṭi in justice ق س ط
وَلَا walā and (do) not
تُخْسِرُوا۟ tukh'sirū make deficient خ س ر
ٱلْمِيزَانَ l-mīzāna the balance و ز ن

Verses related to verse 9

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

Ash-Shu’ara 26:182
وَزِنُوا۟ بِٱلْقِسْطَاسِ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمِ

And weigh with an even [i.e., honest] balance.

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