Translation:
Give full measure when you measure, and weigh with a balance that is straight: that is the most fitting and the most advantageous in the final determination. 2221
Give full measure when you measure, and weigh with a balance that is straight: that is the most fitting and the most advantageous in the final determination. 2221
Translation:
And give full measure whenever you measure, and weigh with a balance that is true: 44 this will be [for your own] good, and best in the end.
And give full measure whenever you measure, and weigh with a balance that is true: 44 this will be [for your own] good, and best in the end.
Commentary:
44 Lit., "straight" (mustaqim)-a term which in the Qur'an has invariably a spiritual or moral connotation. Hence, as in the similar phrase in 6:152, the above injunction applies not merely to commercial transactions but to all dealings between man and man.
44 Lit., "straight" (mustaqim)-a term which in the Qur'an has invariably a spiritual or moral connotation. Hence, as in the similar phrase in 6:152, the above injunction applies not merely to commercial transactions but to all dealings between man and man.
2221 Givingjust measure and weight is not only right in itself but is ultimately to the best spiritual and material advantage of the person who gives it.