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Surah Ash-Shu’ara, Verse 181

سورة الشعراء، الآية ١٨١

26:181 Juz 19 Hizb 38 Page 374 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 26:181

أَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْكَيْلَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْمُخْسِرِينَ ۝١٨١

Transliteration

awfū l-kayla walā takūnū mina l-mukh'sirīna

Translation

Give full measure and do not be of those who cause loss.

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Verse 181 of Surah Ash-Shu’ara (26:181), a Meccan surah, is in juz 19, on page 374 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 181

Al-Mukhtasar

“When you sell to the people, measure for them properly. Do not be people who reduce measure when selling to people.”

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Other translations of verse 181

Give full measure and do not be of those who defraud others,

"Give full measure, and cause no loss (to others).

Give full measure, and be not of those who give less (than the due).

"Give just measure, and cause no loss (to others by fraud).

Give a full measure and be not of those who diminish;

Fill up the measure, and do not be of them who make others losers.

Verse 181 word by word

أَوْفُوا۟ awfū Give full و ف ي
ٱلْكَيْلَ l-kayla measure ك ي ل
وَلَا walā and (do) not
تَكُونُوا۟ takūnū be ك و ن
مِنَ mina of
ٱلْمُخْسِرِينَ l-mukh'sirīna those who cause loss خ س ر

Verses related to verse 181

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

Qaf 50:12
كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلرَّسِّ وَثَمُودُ

The people of Noah denied before them, and the companions of the well and Thamūd
Qaf 50:14
وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْأَيْكَةِ وَقَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ كُلٌّ كَذَّبَ ٱلرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ وَعِيدِ

And the companions of the thicket and the people of Tubbaʿ. All denied the messengers, so My threat was justly fulfilled.

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