The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 438
CH. 83 PT. 30 ۳۷ ركوعها سُورَةُ التَّطْفِيف مكية ٨٣ بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ (AT-TAṬFIF) 1. "In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. 2. "Woe unto those who give short measure;4626 وَيْلٌ لِلْمُطَفِّفِينَ ) الَّذِينَ إِذَا اكْتَالُوا عَلَى النَّاسِ Those who, when they take. 3 يَسْتَوْفُونَ by measure from other people, take it full; وَ إِذَا كَالُوهُمْ اَوْ وَزَنُوهُمْ But when they give by. 4 يُخْسِرُونَ أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُولَكَ أَنَّهُمْ مَّبْعُوثُونَ ) لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيون measure to others or weigh to them, they give them less. 5. Do not such people know that they will be raised again4627 6. Unto an awful day, 4628 "See 1:1. 11:85; 26:182-184; 55:9. 55:10. 4626. Important Words: المطففين (those who give short measure) is derived from which means, he made defective and means, he was طفف على عياله. deficient niggardly to his family. means, he gave short measure and short weight. means, little in prosperity nations, like individuals, are apt to forget the most sure and certain truth writ large on the face of history that sin and injustice never go unpunished. There is a Day of Reckoning in the afterlife, when men shall have to render account of their actions to their Lord and Master, but a day of reckoning comes upon a quantity; also base, low, vile, mean; people in this very life, when their paltry or contemptible (Lane). Commentary: The word has been used here in a general sense. Stress is laid on honesty, justice and equity in all sorts of dealings with men. See Introduction to the Surah. 4627. Commentary: evil doings exceed legitimate bounds and they meet their nemesis. 4628. Commentary: "An awful day", besides referring to the Last Day of Judgement, signifies the day of reckoning when a whole people are punished for their sins of omission and commission. Their power In the heyday of their power and and glory depart and they sink into 3334