The Poets — Verse 182
26:182 · ash-Shu`ara`
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وَزِنُوا۟ بِٱلۡقِسۡطَاسِ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِیمِ ١٨٢
wazinū bil-qis'ṭāsi l-mus'taqīm
The Poets / ash-Shu`ara` (26:182)
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Weigh with correct scales
wazinū bil-qis'ṭāsi l-mus'taqīm
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Tafsir Commentary
The Command to give Full Measure
Allah commanded them to give full measure, and forbade them to give short measure. He said:
أَوْفُواْ الْكَيْلَ وَلاَ تَكُونُواْ مِنَ الْمُخْسِرِينَ
(Give full measure, and cause no loss.) meaning, `when you give to people, give them full measure, and do not cause loss to them by giving them short measure, while taking full measure when you are the ones who are taking. Give as you take, and take as you give.'
وَزِنُواْ بِالْقِسْطَاسِ الْمُسْتَقِيمِ
(And weigh with the true and straight balance.) The balance is the scales.
وَلاَ تَبْخَسُواْ النَّاسَ أَشْيَاءَهُمْ
(And defraud not people by reducing their things,) means, do not shortchange them.
وَلاَ تَعْثَوْاْ فِى الاٌّرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ
(nor do evil, making corruption and mischief in the land.) means, by engaging in banditry. This is like the Ayah,
وَلاَ تَقْعُدُواْ بِكُلِّ صِرَطٍ تُوعِدُونَ
(And sit not on every road, threatening) (7:86).
وَاتَّقُواْ الَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ وَالْجِبِلَّةَ الاٌّوَّلِينَ
(And have Taqwa of Him Who created you and the generations of the men of old. ) Here he is frightening them with the punishment of Allah Who created them and created their forefathers. This is like when Musa, peace be upon him, said:
رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ الاٌّوَّلِينَ
(Your Lord and the Lord of your ancient fathers!) (26:26). Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, As-Suddi, Sufyan bin `Uyaynah and `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam said:
وَالْجِبِلَّةَ الاٌّوَّلِينَ
(the generations of the men of old.) means, He created the early generations. And Ibn Zayd recited:
وَلَقَدْ أَضَلَّ مِنْكُمْ جِبِلاًّ كَثِيراً
(And indeed he (Shaytan) did lead astray a great multitude of you) (36:62).
قَالُواْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ الْمُسَحَّرِينَ
وَمَآ أَنتَ إِلاَّ بَشَرٌ مّثْلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ الْكَـذِبِينَ-
فَأَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفاً مّنَ السَّمَآء إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الصَّـدِقِينَ-
قَالَ رَبّى أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ-
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ الظُّلَّةِ إِنَّهُ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ-
and weigh with an even balance
قال لهم شعيب- وقد كانوا يُنْقِصون الكيل والميزان-: أتمُّوا الكيل للناس وافيًا لهم، ولا تكونوا ممن يُنْقِصون الناس حقوقهم، وَزِنوا بالميزان العدل المستقيم، ولا تنقصوا الناس شيئًا مِن حقوقهم في كيل أو وزن أو غير ذلك، ولا تكثروا في الأرض الفساد، بالشرك والقتل والنهب وتخويف الناس وارتكاب المعاصي.
"وزنوا بالقسطاس المستقيم" والقسطاس هو الميزان وقيل هو القبان قال بعضهم هو معرب من الرومية قال مجاهد القسطاس المستقيم هو العدل بالرومية وقال قتادة القسطاس العدل.
ثم أكد نصحه هذا بنصح آخر فقال : ( وَزِنُواْ ) للناس الذين تتعاملون معهم ( بالقسطاس المستقيم ) أى : بالعدل الذى لا جور معه ولا ظلم .
يعني بقوله ( وَزِنُوا بِالْقِسْطَاسِ ) وزنوا بالميزان ( الْمُسْتقِيمِ ) الذي لا بخس فيه على من وزنتم له.
"وزنوا بالقسطاس المستقيم".
وَزِنُوا بِالْقِسْطَاسِ الْمُسْتَقِيمِ (182) وتقدم في قوله تعالى : { وزِنُوا بالقسطاس المستقيم ذلك خيرٌ وأحسن تأويلاً } في سورة الإسراء ( 35 ) ، حمل على المعنيين هنا كما هنالك وإن كان الوصف ب { المستقيم } يرجح أن المقصود به الميزان ، وتقدم تفصيل ما يرجع إليه هذا التشريع في قصته في الأعراف .وقرأ الجمهور : { بالقُسطاس } بضم القاف . وقرأه حمزة والكسائي وحفص عن عاصم وخَلَفٌ بكسر القاف .وبخس أشياء الناس : غبن منافعها وذمُّها بغير ما فيها ليضطروهم إلى بيعها بغبن . وأما الفساد فيقع على جميع المعاملات الضارة .
وَزِنُوا بِالْقِسْطَاسِ الْمُسْتَقِيمِ أي: بالميزان العادل, الذي لا يميل.
أي أعطوا الحق .وقد مضى في " سبحان " وغيرها
Shu‘ayb’s community was the progeny of Abraham. The central city of the area which they inhabited was Tabuk. The old name of Tabuk was Ayka, which literally means ‘the forest.’ That is why, in the Quran, it is called Ashab al-Ayka (the dwellers of the forest). The root cause of all moral and social evils is setting double standards. Just conduct for a man is to give others their rightful due, and take for himself what rightfully belongs to him. This is the Divine ‘balance’. When this is upset, disturbance occurs in collective social life. The secret of maintaining this balance is the fear of God. If the fear of God goes out of the heart, nothing can make a man keep his moral equilibrium. All the prophets who had appeared on behalf of God had told their addressee communities: ‘I am a trustworthy Messenger to you.’ This shows that a preacher should necessarily have the quality of trustworthiness. One aspect of this trustworthiness is that he should not raise any material or economic issue with his addressee community, so that there should never be any doubt about the selflessness of his purpose. This trustworthiness is so important that it should be fostered at any cost, even if the preacher of truth has, voluntarily, to forego his material rights for its sake.
Commentary
وَزِنُوا بِالْقِسْطَاسِ الْمُسْتَقِيمِ
And weigh with an even balance. - 26:182
Some scholars have held the word Quistas as a Roman word, which means justice, while others have taken it as an Arabic word, derived from Qist, which is also used for justice. It means to make use of the scale and other measuring tools in a straight and correct manner, where there is no possibility of weighing less.
(And weigh with the true balance) and weigh with the balance of justice.