Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Ayah 183 (26:183)

ٱلشُّعَرَاء

وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشْيَآءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ

Quran 26:183 is ayah 183 of Surah Ash-Shu'ara (“The Poets”), a Meccan surah of 227 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 374 of the Madani Mushaf.

26:183
وَلَاتَبْخَسُوا۟ٱلنَّاسَأَشْيَآءَهُمْوَلَاتَعْثَوْا۟فِىٱلْأَرْضِمُفْسِدِينَ١٨٣
walā tabkhasū l-nāsa ashyāahum walā taʿthaw fī l-arḍi muf'sidīna

And do not deprive people of their due and do not commit abuse on earth, spreading corruption.(183)

Word by word

  1. وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
  2. تَبْخَسُوا۟tabkhasūdeprive
  3. ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsapeople
  4. أَشْيَآءَهُمْashyāahum(of) their things
  5. وَلَاwalāand (do) not
  6. تَعْثَوْا۟taʿthawcommit evil
  7. فِىfīin
  8. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
  9. مُفْسِدِينَmuf'sidīnaspreading corruption

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