17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 35
وَاَوْفُوا الْكَيْلَ اِذَا كِلْتُمْ وَزِنُوا بِالْقِسْطَاسِ الْمُسْتَق۪يمِۜ ذٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ وَاَحْسَنُ تَأْو۪يلاً
Waawfoo alkayla itha kiltum wazinoobilqistasi almustaqeemi thalika khayrun waahsanuta/weela
Give full measure when you measure and weigh with a level balance. That is better and gives the best result.
- Progressive Muslims
And give full measure when you deal, and weigh with a balance that is straight. That is good and better in the end.
- Shabbir Ahmed
(Always be mindful of just dealings. ) Give full measure when you measure, and weigh with even scale. This is the best way and will prove to be best in the end. (81:1-3).
- Sam Gerrans
And fulfil the measure when you measure, and weigh with the straight balance; that is better, and best in respect of result.
- The Monotheist Group
And give full measure when you deal, and weigh with a balance that is straight. That is good and better in the end.
- Edip-Layth
Give full measure when you deal, and weigh with a balance that is straight. That is good and better in the end.
- Aisha Bewley
Give full measure when you measure and weigh with a level balance. That is better and gives the best result.
- Rashad Khalifa
You shall give full measure when you trade, and weigh equitably. This is better and more righteous.
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
Give full measure when you are measuring, and weigh on a balanced scale. This is better, and excellent its consequence.
- Sahih International
And give full measure when you measure, and weigh with an even balance. That is the best [way] and best in result.
- Muhammad Asad
And give full measure whenever you measure, and weigh with a balance that is true: this will be [for your own] good, and best in the end.
- Marmaduke Pickthall
Fill the measure when ye measure, and weigh with a right balance; that is meet, and better in the end.
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
Dispense the quantity ascertained by measuring to the full if you happen to sell by a standard measure. And if you are using the method of weighing then you are enjoined to use an accurate and precise balance conforming to a standard, and an exemplar of truth and equity. This is a wise course of action ensuring safety and leading to the intended purpose.
- Bijan Moeinian
You shall give full measure when you measure, and weigh with a correct scale. You will find such practice the most profitable at the end.
- Al-Hilali & Khan
And give full measure when you measure, and weigh with a balance that is straight. That is good (advantageous) and better in the end.
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Give full measure when ye measure, and weigh with a balance that is straight: that is the most fitting and the most advantageous in the final determination.
- Mustafa Khattab
Give in full when you measure, and weigh with an even balance. That is fairest and best in the end.
- Taqi Usmani
And give full measure when you measure, and weigh with a straight balance. That is fair, and better at the end.
- Abdul Haleem
Give full measure when you measure, and weigh with accurate scales: that is better and fairer in the end.
- Arthur John Arberry
And fill up the measure when you measure, and weigh with the straight balance; that is better and fairer in the issue.
- E. Henry Palmer
And give full measure when ye measure out, and weigh with a right balance; that is better and a fairer determination.
- Hamid S. Aziz
And give full measure when you measure out, and weigh with a right balance; that is better and fairer in the final determination.
- Mahmoud Ghali
And fill up the measure when you measure, and weigh with the straight equitableness; that is more charitable and fairest in interpretation (Or: determination, outcome).
- George Sale
And give full measure, when you measure ought; and weigh with a just balance. This will be better, and more easy for determining every man's due.
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
And give full measure when you measure, and weigh with a balance that is (correct and) straight. That is the most suitable and most helpful in the final evaluation.
- Amatul Rahman Omar
And give full measure when you measure out, and weigh with a right (and even) balance. That is best and most commendable in the long run.
- Ali Quli Qarai
When you measure, observe fully the measure, [and] weigh with an even balance. That is better and fairer in outcome.