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۞ 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﴿٨٤

Translation (Sahih International)

And to Madyan [We sent] their brother Shu'ayb. He said, "O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him. And do not decrease from the measure and the scale. Indeed, I see you in prosperity, but indeed, I fear for you the punishment of an all-encompassing Day.

Word-by-word meaning

۞ وَإِلَىٰwa-ilāAnd to
مَدْيَنَmadyanaMadyan
أَخَاهُمْakhāhumtheir brother
شُعَيْبًۭا ۚshuʿaybanShuaib
قَالَqālaHe said
يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
ٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budūWorship
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
مَاnot
لَكُمlakum(is) for you
مِّنْminany
إِلَـٰهٍilāhingod
غَيْرُهُۥ ۖghayruhuother than Him
وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
تَنقُصُوا۟tanquṣūdecrease
ٱلْمِكْيَالَl-mik'yāla(from) the measure
وَٱلْمِيزَانَ ۚwal-mīzānaand the scale
إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I
أَرَىٰكُمarākumsee you
بِخَيْرٍۢbikhayrinin prosperity
وَإِنِّىٓwa-innībut indeed, I
أَخَافُakhāfufear
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumfor you
عَذَابَʿadhābapunishment
يَوْمٍۢyawmin(of) a Day
مُّحِيطٍۢmuḥīṭinall-encompassing

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Story of the People of Madyan and the Call of Shu`aybAllah, 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, أَخَاهُمْ شُعَيْبًا(their brother Shu`ayb.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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