83:1 Woe to the defrauders!
83:2 Those who take full measure when they buy from people,
83:3 and when they measure or weigh for them, they give less than due.
83:4 Do they not think that they will be resurrected
83:5 on a great day,
83:6 the day when people will stand before the Lord of the worlds?
Tafsir
Abdul Allah bin Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him said, ‘When Messenger Muhammad came to al-Madinah, its inhabitants were the worst people concerning giving people less than their dues when dealing. Then surah al-Mutaffifin was revealed and then they began to give people their rights and not cheat them.
83:1 Woe to the defrauders!
The Arabic version says, ‘Waylun lilmutaffifin.’ Waylun is a word that indicates severe warning and destruction. Al-Mutaffifin is the plural of mutaffif, which is derived from tafif, i.e. a trivial thing as the amount taken from people’s rights is insignificant no matter how great it may be. Tafafa means to give less than due when weighing. In other words, the ayah threatens the defrauders with destruction and loss.
83:2 Those who take full measure when they buy from people,
83:3 and when they measure or weigh for them, they give less than due.
The defrauders take full measure when they buy from people. However, when they measure or weigh for people, they give them less than their dues. This shows their corruption and deviation. They do not accept being cheated, but they allow themselves to consume people’s rights unlawfully and they do not consider that wrong.
In sum, destruction and painful torment will be for the defrauders. They consume people’s rights unlawfully when they deal with people in selling and the like transactions, but they insist on taking their rights in full when they buy from people.
83:4 Do they not think that they will be resurrected
83:5 on a great day,
83:6 the day when people will stand before the Lord of the worlds?
The interrogation is for astonishment at the behavior of the defrauders. They act as if they will not be punished for consuming people’s rights unlawfully.
The defrauders reach a great degree of indifference that they do not fear the reckoning and punishment in the Hereafter. They do not think that painful torment will befall them for consuming people’s rights unlawfully on the Day of Judgment when people will stand before Allah, the Lord of the worlds. Allah will call them to account for their cheat and recompense them justly.
The Day of Judgment is described as a great day because of its grave horrors. Indeed, Allah is the Lord of the worlds. His wisdom and justice necessitate that the sinners must be punished for their sins.
Confronting the evil practice of cheating in dealings in the Quran indicates that Islam is a comprehensive religion that seeks to tackle all life problems, whether religious or mundane matters.
Learned Lessons from Surah al-Mutaffifin Ayah 1-6
• It is prohibited to consume people’s rights unlawfully whether by giving them less than their dues when selling to them or any other means.
• Consuming people’s rights unlawfully deserves painful torment in the Hereafter.
• Consuming people’s rights unlawfully is a vice that makes people shun its perpetrator and avoid dealing with him.
• Those who consume people’s rights unlawfully are indifferent to the fact that they will be resurrected on the Day of Judgment for the reckoning. Their conduct indicates that they are not afraid of standing before Allah, the Lord of worlds, Who will recompense them for their sins.
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