The Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam — Page 60
54 60 اِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ الْخَابِنِيْنَ وَاَوْفُوا الْكَيْلَ إِذَا كِلْتُمْ وَزِنُوا بِالْقِسْطَاسِ الْمُسْتَقِيمِ وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا النَّاسَ أَشْيَاءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا فِي الْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ وَلَا تَتَبَدَّلُوا الْخَبِيثَ بِالطَّيِّبِ 61 62 63 Do not devour each other's substance through deceit and falsehood, nor offer your wealth as a bribe to the authorities, that you may deliberately acquire a part of other people's wealth through injustice. Make over the trusts to those entitled to them. Allah does not love those who are dishonest. Give full measure when you measure out, and weigh out with a true balance. Do not deliver short, and do not go about creating disorder in the land. This means that should not go you about in the land with an evil intent, to commit theft or robbery or to pick pockets or to acquire the property of other people through unlawful means. Then it is said: do not give that which is defective in exchange for that which is good; that is to say, as embezzlement is unlawful, so the sale of defective articles representing them as being in good condition, and the exchange 60. Surely, Allāh loves not the treacherous. (The Holy Quran, al-Anfāl 8:59) 61. And give full measure when you measure, and weigh with a right balance; (The Holy Quran, Banī Isrā'īl 17:36) 62. 'And diminish not unto people their things, nor act corruptly in the earth, making mischief. (The Holy Quran, ash-Shu'arā' 26:184) 63. And exchange not the bad for the good. (The Holy Quran, an-Nisa' 4:3)