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Surah 083 · Makkah

Al-Muṭaffifīn

المطففين

"The Defrauders"

Number
83 of 114
Verses
36
Revealed
Makkah

The ones who cheat on the scale — and the register of the wicked.

In the classical library

3 passages reference this surah

From 3 books in our audiobook library. Each passage is also spoken aloud in the app.

Book 13: Etiquettes of Earning and Living
Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din
  1. "the defrauders, and any butcher who weighs with bones not customary is among the defrauders in weight. This also applies to other measurements, even in measure used by fabric traders. If"

Book 15: Friendship and Brotherhood
Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din
  1. "to do for his sake. Woe to him based on the clear words of Allah Almighty. Woe to the defrauders who, when they take a measure from people, take in full, but if they give by measure or by weight to them, they cause loss."

Book 4: The Book of Prayer
Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din
  1. "fulfills it, it is fulfilled for him and whoever cheats knows what God says about the defrauders. The virtue of the congregation, he said, the congregation prayer is superior to the prayer"

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