Surah Mutaffifin Ttranslation And Explanation
According to Sayyidna ` Abdullah Ibn Masud (رض) ، Surah Tatfif was revealed in Makkah. Therefore, most of the copies of the Qur’an refer to it as the Makki Surah. According to Sayyidna Ibn ` Abbas (رض) ، Qatadah, Muqatil and Dahhak رحمة الله عليهم، it is a Madani Surah, but only about eight verses are Makki. Imam Nasa’i (رح) transmits a narrative from Sayyidna Ibn ` Abbas (رض) that when the Holy Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) arrived in Madinah, the people of Madinah whose most transactions were based on measurements used to cheat and short measure. For this reason, Allah revealed the Surah.
It is reported from Sayyidna Ibn ` Abbas (رض) that this is the first Surah that was revealed as soon as the Holy Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) arrived at Madinah. The reason is that it was a common practice in Madinah that the people used to be very strict in measuring when they had to receive something from others, but when they sold something, they used to cheat the buyers. After the revelation of this Surah, all of them abandoned this bad custom totally, and mended themselves in a way that they are now well-known in their honesty in weighing and measuring. (Reported by Hakim, Nasa’i, and Ibn Majah, with sound chain of narrators)
وَيْلٌ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ (Woe to the curtailers…83:1) The word mutaffifin ‘those who give short measure or weight’ is derived from Tatfif ‘to give short measure or short weight’. The Qur’anic expression ‘Woe to the curtailers’ is indicative of the injunction that this practice is prohibited.
Surah Mutaffifin Ttranslation And Explanation
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