Al-Mutaffifin 83:2

Al-Mutaffifin 83:2 - Linguistic Miracle

ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكْتَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ

“Who, when they take a measure from people, take in full.”

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Who, when they take a measure from people, take in full


When taking for himself, he would fill the rim completely. Now, the standard is to use the preposition min (from) instead of ( عَلَىٰ ʿalā) with the word ( اكتالوا take measure). Since their taking of measure from people involved harm to them and an unjust imposition upon them, ( عَلَىٰ ʿalā) was placed in the position of ( مِنْ min) to indicate that.