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Surah Hud, Ayah 84 (11:84)

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۞ وَإِلَىٰ مَدْيَنَ أَخَاهُمْ شُعَيْبًا ۚ قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ …

Quran 11:84 is ayah 84 of Surah Hud (“Hud”), a Meccan surah of 123 ayahs. It is in Juz 12, on page 231 of the Madani Mushaf.

11:84
۞ وَإِلَىٰمَدْيَنَأَخَاهُمْشُعَيْبًا ۚقَالَيَٰقَوْمِٱعْبُدُوا۟ٱللَّهَمَالَكُممِّنْإِلَٰهٍغَيْرُهُۥ ۖوَلَاتَنقُصُوا۟ٱلْمِكْيَالَوَٱلْمِيزَانَ ۚإِنِّىٓأَرَىٰكُمبِخَيْرٍوَإِنِّىٓأَخَافُعَلَيْكُمْعَذَابَيَوْمٍمُّحِيطٍ٨٤
wa-ilā madyana akhāhum shuʿayban qāla yāqawmi uʿ'budū l-laha mā lakum min ilāhin ghayruhu walā tanquṣū l-mik'yāla wal-mīzāna innī arākum bikhayrin wa-innī akhāfu ʿalaykum ʿadhāba yawmin muḥīṭin

And to Madyan [We sent] their brother Shuʿayb. He said, "O my people, worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him. And do not decrease from the measure and the scale. Indeed, I see you in prosperity, but indeed, I fear for you the punishment of an all-encompassing Day.(84)

Word by word

  1. ۞ وَإِلَىٰwa-ilāAnd to
  2. مَدْيَنَmadyanaMadyan
  3. أَخَاهُمْakhāhumtheir brother
  4. شُعَيْبًا ۚshuʿaybanShuaib
  5. قَالَqālaHe said
  6. يَٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
  7. ٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budūWorship
  8. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  9. مَاmānot
  10. لَكُمlakum(is) for you
  11. مِّنْminany
  12. إِلَٰهٍilāhingod
  13. غَيْرُهُۥ ۖghayruhuother than Him
  14. وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
  15. تَنقُصُوا۟tanquṣūdecrease
  16. ٱلْمِكْيَالَl-mik'yāla(from) the measure
  17. وَٱلْمِيزَانَ ۚwal-mīzānaand the scale
  18. إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I
  19. أَرَىٰكُمarākumsee you
  20. بِخَيْرٍbikhayrinin prosperity
  21. وَإِنِّىٓwa-innībut indeed, I
  22. أَخَافُakhāfufear
  23. عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumfor you
  24. عَذَابَʿadhābapunishment
  25. يَوْمٍyawmin(of) a Day
  26. مُّحِيطٍmuḥīṭinall-encompassing

Tafsir (commentary) of 11:84

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English · EnglishTafsir Ibn Kathir (Abridged) — Hafiz Ibn Kathir

The Story of the People of Madyan and the Call of Shu`ayb

Allah, the Exalted, says, `We sent a Messenger to the people of Madyan.' They were a tribe of Arabs who lived between the land of the Al-Hijaz and Ash-Sham, close to the land of Ma`an. Their land was known by the name of their tribe and was thus, called Madyan. Allah sent unto them the Prophet Shu`ayb and he was of the noblest of them in lineage. For this reason, Allah said,

أَخَاهُمْ شُعَيْبًا

(their brother Shu`ayb.) Shu`ayb commanded them to worship Allah alone without associating any partners with him. He also prohibited them from cheating in their weights and measures (for business transactions).

إِنِّى أَرَاكُمْ بِخَيْرٍ

(I see you in prosperity) meaning, `in your livelihood and your provisions. And verily, I fear that you will be deprived of this bounty that you are enjoying by violating Allah's prohibitions.'

وَإِنِّى أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ مُّحِيطٍ

(and verily, I fear for you the torment of a Day encompassing.) This means the abode of the Hereafter.

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