Tafsir for verse: 83:3
وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمۡ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمۡ يُخۡسِرُونَ ٣ ﴿3﴾
3and when they measure or weigh something to give it to them, give less than due.
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Commentary
And when he understood the precedence of the specific neighbor, he understood that if they acted from themselves, it would not be like that. He stated it clearly and said: ﴿And when they measure for them﴾ meaning they measure for the people, meaning their rights, meaning what is due to them [from the right -] ﴿or weigh for them﴾ meaning they weigh what is due to them of the right. It is said: he measured from the man and upon him, and he measured food for him [and the food was measured for him -], and I weighed the man the thing and I weighed for him the thing. And perhaps he, glorified and exalted is He, chose
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