Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Ash-Shu'araa, Ayah 183

Ash-Shu'araa · Ayah 183 · View Ayah
وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشْيَآءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ
And do not deprive people of their due and do not commit abuse on earth, spreading corruption.

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Al-Jalalayn Commentary

and do not defraud people in their goods do not diminish anything of what is due to them and do not be degenerate in the earth seeking corruption by killing or otherwise ta‘thaw ‘degenerate’ derives from ‘athiya meaning afsada ‘to corrupt’; mufsidīna ‘seeking corruption’ is a circumstantial qualifier emphasising the import of its operator ta‘thaw.

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(Wrong not mankind in their goods) do not diminish people's due in measurement and weight, (and do not evil, making mischief, in the earth) do not commit transgressions and corruption in the land by giving less in measurement and weight and calling to the worship of other than Allah.

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Abu Salama, abstain from getting this land, for Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: He who usurps even a span of land would be made to wear around his neck seven earths.

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Do not withhold excess of water, so that you may prevent the growth of herbage.

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“No one of you should withhold surplus water from common pastureland.”

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