Surah 11 Hud — Ayah 84
۞ وَإِلَىٰ مَدْيَنَ أَخَاهُمْ شُعَيْبًۭا ۚ قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥ ۖ وَلَا تَنقُصُوا۟ ٱلْمِكْيَالَ وَٱلْمِيزَانَ ۚ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰكُم بِخَيْرٍۢ وَإِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍۢ مُّحِيطٍۢ
മദ്യങ്കാരിലേക്ക് അവരുടെ സഹോദരനായ ശുഐബിനേയും (നാം നിയോഗിക്കുകയുണ്ടായി.) അദ്ദേഹം പറഞ്ഞു: എന്റെ ജനങ്ങളേ, നിങ്ങള് അല്ലാഹുവിനെ ആരാധിക്കുക. നിങ്ങള്ക്ക് അവനല്ലാതെ യാതൊരു ദൈവവുമില്ല. അളവിലും തൂക്കത്തിലും നിങ്ങള് കുറവ് വരുത്തരുത്. തീര്ച്ചയായും നിങ്ങളെ ഞാന് കാണുന്നത് ക്ഷേമത്തിലായിട്ടാണ്. നിങ്ങളെ ആകെ വലയം ചെയ്യുന്ന ഒരു ദിവസത്തെ ശിക്ഷ നിങ്ങളുടെ മേല് തീര്ച്ചയായും ഞാന് ഭയപ്പെടുന്നു.
wa-ilā madyana akhāhum shuʿayban qāla yāqawmi uʿ'budū l-laha mā lakum min ilāhin ghayruhu walā tanquṣū l-mik'yāla wal-mīzāna innī arākum bikhayrin wa-innī akhāfu ʿalaykum ʿadhāba yawmin muḥīṭin
Word by word
- ۞ وَإِلَىٰ wa-ilā And to
- مَدْيَنَ madyana Madyan
- أَخَاهُمْ akhāhum their brother
- شُعَيْبًۭا ۚ shuʿayban Shuaib
- قَالَ qāla He said
- يَـٰقَوْمِ yāqawmi O my people
- ٱعْبُدُوا۟ uʿ'budū Worship
- ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah
- مَا mā not
- لَكُم lakum (is) for you
- مِّنْ min any
- إِلَـٰهٍ ilāhin god
- غَيْرُهُۥ ۖ ghayruhu other than Him
- وَلَا walā And (do) not
- تَنقُصُوا۟ tanquṣū decrease
- ٱلْمِكْيَالَ l-mik'yāla (from) the measure
- وَٱلْمِيزَانَ ۚ wal-mīzāna and the scale
- إِنِّىٓ innī Indeed, I
- أَرَىٰكُم arākum see you
- بِخَيْرٍۢ bikhayrin in prosperity
- وَإِنِّىٓ wa-innī but indeed, I
- أَخَافُ akhāfu fear
- عَلَيْكُمْ ʿalaykum for you
- عَذَابَ ʿadhāba punishment
- يَوْمٍۢ yawmin (of) a Day
- مُّحِيطٍۢ muḥīṭin all-encompassing
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Story of the People of Madyan and the Call of Shu`ayb
Allah, the Exalted, says, `We sent a Messenger to the people of Madyan.' They were a tribe of Arabs who lived between the land of the Al-Hijaz and Ash-Sham, close to the land of Ma`an. Their land was known by the name of their tribe and was thus, called Madyan. Allah sent unto them the Prophet Shu`ayb and he was of the noblest of them in lineage. For this reason, Allah said,
(their brother Shu`ayb.) Shu`ayb commanded them to worship Allah alone without associating any partners with him. He also prohibited them from cheating in their weights and measures (for business transactions).
(I see you in prosperity) meaning, `in your livelihood and your provisions. And verily, I fear that you will be deprived of this bounty that you are enjoying by violating Allah's prohibitions.'
(and verily, I fear for you the torment of a Day encompassing.) This means the abode of the Hereafter.