Al-Mutaffifin 83:2 - Linguistic Miracle
ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكْتَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ
“Who, when they take a measure from people, take in full.”
Linguistic Miracle
ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكْتَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ
“Who, when they take a measure from people, take in full.”
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.