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Verse 85of 206

وَإِلَىٰ مَدْيَنَ أَخَاهُمْ شُعَيْبًۭا ۗ قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥ ۖ قَدْ جَآءَتْكُم بَيِّنَةٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ ۖ فَأَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْكَيْلَ وَٱلْمِيزَانَ وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشْيَآءَهُمْ وَلَا تُفْسِدُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بَعْدَ إِصْلَٰحِهَا ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ خَيْرٌۭ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ﴿٨٥

Translation (Sahih International)

And to [the people of] Madyan [We sent] their brother Shu'ayb. He said, "O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him. There has come to you clear evidence from your Lord. So fulfill the measure and weight and do not deprive people of their due and cause not corruption upon the earth after its reformation. That is better for you, if you should be believers.

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِلَىٰwa-ilāAnd to
مَدْيَنَmadyanaMadyan
أَخَاهُمْakhāhumhis brother
شُعَيْبًۭا ۗshuʿaybanShuaib
قَالَqālaHe said
يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
ٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budūWorship
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
مَاnot
لَكُمlakumfor you
مِّنْminany
إِلَـٰهٍilāhingod
غَيْرُهُۥ ۖghayruhuother than Him
قَدْqadVerily
جَآءَتْكُمjāatkumhas came to you
بَيِّنَةٌۭbayyinatuna clear proof
مِّنminfrom
رَّبِّكُمْ ۖrabbikumyour Lord
فَأَوْفُوا۟fa-awfūSo give full
ٱلْكَيْلَl-kayla[the] measure
وَٱلْمِيزَانَwal-mīzānaand the weight
وَلَاwalāand (do) not
تَبْخَسُوا۟tabkhasūdeprive
ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsa[the] people
أَشْيَآءَهُمْashyāahumin their things
وَلَاwalāand (do) not
تُفْسِدُوا۟tuf'sidūcause corruption
فِىin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
إِصْلَـٰحِهَا ۚiṣ'lāḥihāits reformation
ذَٰلِكُمْdhālikumThat
خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is) better
لَّكُمْlakumfor you
إِنinif
كُنتُمkuntumyou are
مُّؤْمِنِينَmu'minīnabelievers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Story of Shu`ayb, upon him be Peace, and the Land of MadyanMuhammad bin Ishaq said, "They (the people of Madyan) are the descendents of Madyan, son of Midyan, son of Ibrahim. Shu`ayb was the son of Mikil bin Yashjur. And in the Syrian language, his name was Yathrun (Jethro)". I (Ibn Kathir) say, Madyan was the name of the tribe and also a city that is close to Ma`an on route to the Hijaz (from Ash-Sham).

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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