Surah's In Qur'an The Lesson's And Hadith's

83: (Al-Mutaffiffin)- Those who give short measure

Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim.

In the Name of Allâh, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. All the praises and thanks be to Allâh, the Lord of the 'Alamîn . The Only Owner of the Day of Recompense. You (Alone) we worship, and You (Alone) we ask for help. Guide us to the Straight Way. The Way of those on whom You have bestowed Your Grace , not (the way) of those who earned Your Anger, nor of those who went astray .

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83: (Al-Mutaffiffin)- Those who give short measure

(Defrauders)

Number of Verses: 36

Sūra al-Muṭaffifīn (Arabic: سورة المُطَفِّفین) is the eighty third sura of the quran and the last makki sura, in the thirtieth juz of the Qur'an. "Mutaffifin" means fraudulent dealers, especially in measures and weights. In this sura, god reproaches such people, saying that it is as though they think that there is no afterlife. The sura is concerned with events of the resurrection and characteristics of good people (benefactors) and bad people (sinners). According to exegetical books, the thirtieth verse of this sura is about amir al-mu'minin (a).

With respect to the virtues of reciting this sura, there are hadiths according to which if someone recites this sura, god will saturate him with a pure, clean drink never seen by anyone. According to another hadith, if someone recites it in his prayers, he will be immune from the fire of the hell.

Opinions are divided about this Surah on whether it is a Meccan Surah or a Medinan one.

One of the occasions of revelation of the Surah denotes that the beginning verses of the Surah, which are about shortchanging, can be about those tradesmen who dealt in fraud in Medina.

Other verses of the Surah mostly resemble, from the point of tone, the Meccan Surahs, whose short and meaningful verses warn of the Resurrection and the horrible events of the Hereafter. Particularly, the last verses of the Surah, which speak about the mockings of the disbelievers at the believers, match the earlier environment of Mecca where Muslims were in a minority and unbelievers were in a majority.

Perhaps, it is for this reason that some commentators consider a part of the Surah Meccan and another part of it belonging to the Medina period. But, on the whole, this Surah seems chronologically close to the Meccan period.

In any case, the theme of the Surah is divided into five categories:

1. It seriously warns and threatens the defrauders.

2. It points to the lack of strong belief in the Resurrection as being the origin of corruption and great sins.

3. There are some hints in this Surah showing the end of the Wicked on That Great Day.

4. It points to some of the great gifts and delightful blessings of the Righteous in the Garden of Bliss.

5. The unbelievers, foolishly mocking at the believers, in this life, and the reverse situation, in the Hereafter is briefly referred to in the Surah.

There is a tradition from the holy Prophet (S) that says:

"The person who studies Surah Mutaffifin (Defrauders), Allah will make him drink of the pure, sealed drink on That Day 8."

And there is also a narration from Imam Sadiq (as) which says:

"The person who recites Surah Mutaffffin (Defrauders) in his obligatory prayers, Allah will keep him safe from fire on the Day of Judgement. Then, neither the fire will meet him nor will he meet the fire."