Surah Ar-Rahman
Quran 55:9
Read Quran 55:9 from Surah Ar-Rahman (The Beneficent) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.
Quran verse
Qur'an 55:9
وَأَقِيمُوا الْوَزْنَ بِالْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا الْمِيزَانَ٩
But observe the measure strictly, nor fall short thereof.
English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.
- Surah
- 55. Ar-Rahman (The Beneficent)
- Ayah
- 9 of 78
- Revelation
- Medinan (revealed in Medina)
- Reference
- 55:9
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 55:9
Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic.
{ وَأَقِيمُوا الْوَزْنَ بِالْقِسْطِ } أي: اجعلوه قائما بالعدل، الذي تصل إليه مقدرتكم وإمكانكم، { وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا الْمِيزَانَ } أي: لا تنقصوه وتعملوا بضده، وهو الجور والظلم والطغيان.