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Qur’an 83:3 Al-Mutaffifin, verse 3

وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ

But if they give by measure or by weight to them, they cause loss.

Translation: Saheeh International. Brackets mark words added for clarity.

Surah
Al-Mutaffifin (83)
Verse
3 of 36
Revealed
Makki
Juz
30
Mushaf page
587

Word by word

ArabicTransliterationMeaningRoot
وَإِذَاwa-idhāBut when
كَالُوهُمْkālūhumthey give by measure (to) themك ي ل
أَوawor
وَّزَنُوهُمْwazanūhumthey weigh (for) themو ز ن
يُخْسِرُونَyukh'sirūnathey give lessخ س ر

Tap a root to see every word built from it. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources.

In context

The verses around 83:3 in Al-Mutaffifin.

  • 83:1وَيْلٌۭ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَWoe to those who give less [than due],
  • 83:2ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكْتَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَWho, when they take a measure from people, take in full.
  • 83:4أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَDo they not think that they will be resurrected
  • 83:5لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍۢFor a tremendous Day -

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