Surah Mutaffifeen Flashcards
What is meaning of mutaffifeen?
What is the root?
Those who take more, but give less.
Taffif
Unequal weight
defrauders
What number surah is it? How many verses?
Surah 83
Verse 36
What number surah to be revealed?
86th
How did the surah come about?
Prophet came to Al-Madinah, the people of Al-Madinah were the most terrible people in giving measurement (i.e., they used to cheat). Thus, Allah revealed, “Woe to Al-Mutaffifeen.” After this, they began to give good measure.
Three key summary points of surah mutaffifeen?
- The surah seriously warns and threatens those that commit fraud
- It points to the lack of strong belief in the resurrection as being the origin of corruption and great sins
- Mentions the end of the wicked on the great Day
- It points to some of the great gifts and delightful blessings of the righteous in the garden of bliss
What does the first line say?
Wailul lil mutaffifeen
Woe to those that deal in fraud
What does the 2nd and 3rd line talk about?
Allazeena izak taaloo ‘alan naasi yastawfoon
Wa izaa kaaloohum aw wazanoohum yukhsiroon
Those who, when they have to receive by measure from men, exact full measure
( even though they cheat others, they make sure that they are not cheated themselves).
But when they have to give by measure or weight to men, give less than due.
Meaning of yastawfoon
Take in full
Meaning of idha and wa idha
when
but when
Meaning of
(1) wazanoohum
(2) yukhsiroon
- When they weight
- They give less
What does the next three lines (4-6 say)
Mentions that do they not think that they will be called to account?
On a Mighty Day,
A Day when (all) mankind will stand before the Lord of the Worlds?
Meaning of mab’oosoon?
will be resurrected
meaning of li Rabbil ‘aalameen
The Lord of the Worlds
What do the next few lines talk of?
Line 7-11
Talk about the of the disbelievers & the wicked
Meaning of sijjin?
Prison
Meaning of fujjaar ?
The evil /the wicked
emphasis on how Allah swt dislikes this
Meaning of marqoom?
Marqoom means to write something in thick clear writing and to imprint it so that it cannot be erased nor easily missed like something written in small print.
Thus, marqoom implies that not only will this data be recorded accurately it is protected and cannot be erased.
Difference between lil mukazzibeen and yukazziboona meaning?
to the Deniers
Deny