The word ''measurement'' in Quran

The uses of the word'' measurement'' in Quran
1. Scale
After Hazrat Shoayb invited people to monotheism, he stated
وَإِلَىٰ مَدْیَنَ أَخَاهُمْ شُعَیْبًا ۚ قَالَ یَا قَوْمِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَیْرُهُ ۖ وَلَا تَنقُصُوا الْمِكْیَالَ وَالْمِیزَانَ ۚ إِنِّی أَرَاكُم بِخَیْرٍ وَإِنِّی أَخَافُ عَلَیْكُمْ عَذَابَ یَوْمٍ مُّحِیطٍ
To the Madyan People (We sent) Shu´aib, one of their own brethren: he said: "O my people! worship Allah: Ye have no other god but Him. And give not short measure or weight: I see you in prosperity, but I fear for you the penalty of a day that will compass (you) all round.
وَیَا قَوْمِ أَوْفُوا الْمِكْیَالَ وَالْمِیزَانَ بِالْقِسْطِ ۖ وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا النَّاسَ أَشْیَاءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا فِی الْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِینَ
And O my people! give just measure and weight, nor withhold from the people the things that are their due: commit not evil in the land with intent to do mischief.
وَإِلَىٰ مَدْیَنَ أَخَاهُمْ شُعَیْبًا ۗ قَالَ یَا قَوْمِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَیْرُهُ ۖ قَدْ جَاءَتْكُم بَیِّنَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ ۖ فَأَوْفُوا الْكَیْلَ وَالْمِیزَانَ وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا النَّاسَ أَشْیَاءَهُمْ وَلَا تُفْسِدُوا فِی الْأَرْضِ بَعْدَ إِصْلَاحِهَا ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ خَیْرٌ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِینَ
To the Madyan people We sent Shu´aib, one of their own brethren: he said: "O my people! worship Allah; Ye have no other god but Him. Now hath come unto you a clear (Sign) from your Lord! Give just measure and weight, nor withhold from the people the things that are their due; and do no mischief on the earth after it has been set in order: that will be best for you, if ye have Faith.
وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا مَالَ الْیَتِیمِ إِلَّا بِالَّتِی هِیَ أَحْسَنُ حَتَّىٰ یَبْلُغَ أَشُدَّهُ ۖ وَأَوْفُوا الْكَیْلَ وَالْمِیزَانَ بِالْقِسْطِ ۖ لَا نُكَلِّفُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا ۖ وَإِذَا قُلْتُمْ فَاعْدِلُوا وَلَوْ كَانَ ذَا قُرْبَىٰ ۖ وَبِعَهْدِ اللَّهِ أَوْفُوا ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ وَصَّاكُم بِهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ
And come not nigh to the orphan´s property, except to improve it, until he attain the age of full strength; give measure and weight with (full) justice;- no burden do We place on any soul, but that which it can bear;- whenever ye speak, speak justly, even if a near relative is concerned; and fulfil the covenant of Allah: thus doth He command you, that ye may remember.
2. The means of measuring deeds in the doomsday
Exalted God states
نَضَعُ الْمَوَازِینَ الْقِسْطَ لِیَوْمِ الْقِیَامَةِ فَلَا تُظْلَمُ نَفْسٌ شَیْئًا ۖ وَإِن كَانَ مِثْقَالَ حَبَّةٍ مِّنْ خَرْدَلٍ أَتَیْنَا بِهَا ۗ وَكَفَىٰ بِنَا حَاسِبِینَ
We shall set up scales of justice for the Day of Judgment, so that not a soul will be dealt with unjustly in the least, and if there be (no more than) the weight of a mustard seed, We will bring it (to account): and enough are We to take account.
یَوْمَ یَكُونُ النَّاسُ كَالْفَرَاشِ الْمَبْثُوثِ
It is) a Day whereon men will be like moths scattered about.)
وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ الْمَنفُوشِ
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِینُهُ
. Then, he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) heavy
فَهُوَ فِی عِیشَةٍ رَّاضِیَةٍ
. Will be in a life of good pleasure and satisfaction
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِینُهُ
But he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) light.
وَالْوَزْنُ یَوْمَئِذٍ الْحَقُّ ۚ فَمَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِینُهُ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ
The balance that day will be true (to nicety): those whose scale (of good) will be heavy, will prosper.
وَمَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِینُهُ فَأُولَٰئِكَ الَّذِینَ خَسِرُوا أَنفُسَهُم بِمَا كَانُوا بِآیَاتِنَا یَظْلِمُونَ
Those whose scale will be light, will be their souls in perdition, for that they wrongfully treated Our signs.
فَمَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِینُهُ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ
.Then those whose balance (of good deeds) is heavy,- they will attain salvation
وَمَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِینُهُ فَأُولَٰئِكَ الَّذِینَ خَسِرُوا أَنفُسَهُمْ فِی جَهَنَّمَ خَالِدُونَ
But those whose balance is light, will be those who have lost their souls, in Hell will they abide.
3. Fairness
Quran states
اللَّهُ الَّذِی أَنزَلَ الْكِتَابَ بِالْحَقِّ وَالْمِیزَانَ ۗ وَمَا یُدْرِیكَ لَعَلَّ السَّاعَةَ قَرِیبٌ
It is Allah Who has sent down the Book in Truth, and the Balance (by which to weigh conduct). And what will make thee realise that perhaps the Hour is close at hand.
إِنَّ اللَّهَ یَأْمُرُ بِالْعَدْلِ وَالْإِحْسَانِ وَإِیتَاءِ ذِی الْقُرْبَىٰ وَیَنْهَىٰ عَنِ الْفَحْشَاءِ وَالْمُنكَرِ وَالْبَغْیِ ۚ یَعِظُكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ
Allah commands justice, the doing of good, and liberality to kith and kin, and He forbids all shameful deeds, and injustice and rebellion: He instructs you, that ye may receive admonition.
إِنَّ اللَّهَ یَأْمُرُكُمْ أَن تُؤَدُّوا الْأَمَانَاتِ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهَا وَإِذَا حَكَمْتُم بَیْنَ النَّاسِ أَن تَحْكُمُوا بِالْعَدْلِ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ نِعِمَّا یَعِظُكُم بِهِ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ سَمِیعًا بَصِیرًا
Allah doth command you to render back your Trusts to those to whom they are due; And when ye judge between man and man, that ye judge with justice: Verily how excellent is the teaching which He giveth you! For Allah is He Who heareth and seeth all things.
لَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلَنَا بِالْبَیِّنَاتِ وَأَنزَلْنَا مَعَهُمُ الْكِتَابَ وَالْمِیزَانَ لِیَقُومَ النَّاسُ بِالْقِسْطِ ۖ وَأَنزَلْنَا الْحَدِیدَ فِیهِ بَأْسٌ شَدِیدٌ وَمَنَافِعُ لِلنَّاسِ وَلِیَعْلَمَ اللَّهُ مَن یَنصُرُهُ وَرُسُلَهُ بِالْغَیْبِ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَوِیٌّ عَزِیزٌ
We sent aforetime our messengers with Clear Signs and sent down with them the Book and the Balance (of Right and Wrong), that men may stand forth in justice; and We sent down Iron, in which is (material for) mighty war, as well as many benefits for mankind, that Allah may test who it is that will help, Unseen, Him and His messengers: For Allah is Full of Strength, Exalted in Might (and able to enforce His Will).
ثُمَّ قَفَّیْنَا عَلَىٰ آثَارِهِم بِرُسُلِنَا وَقَفَّیْنَا بِعِیسَى ابْنِ مَرْیَمَ وَآتَیْنَاهُ الْإِنجِیلَ وَجَعَلْنَا فِی قُلُوبِ الَّذِینَ اتَّبَعُوهُ رَأْفَةً وَرَحْمَةً وَرَهْبَانِیَّةً ابْتَدَعُوهَا مَا كَتَبْنَاهَا عَلَیْهِمْ إِلَّا ابْتِغَاءَ رِضْوَانِ اللَّهِ فَمَا رَعَوْهَا حَقَّ رِعَایَتِهَا ۖ فَآتَیْنَا الَّذِینَ آمَنُوا مِنْهُمْ أَجْرَهُمْ ۖ وَكَثِیرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَاسِقُونَ
Then, in their wake, We followed them up with (others of) Our messengers: We sent after them Jesus the son of Mary, and bestowed on him the Gospel; and We ordained in the hearts of those who followed him Compassion and Mercy. But the Monasticism which they invented for themselves, We did not prescribe for them: (We commanded) only the seeking for the Good Pleasure of Allah; but that they did not foster as they should have done. Yet We bestowed, on those among them who believed, their (due) reward, but many of them are rebellious transgressors.
اعْلَمُوا أَنَّمَا الْحَیَاةُ الدُّنْیَا لَعِبٌ وَلَهْوٌ وَزِینَةٌ وَتَفَاخُرٌ بَیْنَكُمْ وَتَكَاثُرٌ فِی الْأَمْوَالِ وَالْأَوْلَادِ ۖ كَمَثَلِ غَیْثٍ أَعْجَبَ الْكُفَّارَ نَبَاتُهُ ثُمَّ یَهِیجُ فَتَرَاهُ مُصْفَرًّا ثُمَّ یَكُونُ حُطَامًا ۖ وَفِی الْآخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ شَدِیدٌ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ مِّنَ اللَّهِ وَرِضْوَانٌ ۚ وَمَا الْحَیَاةُ الدُّنْیَا إِلَّا مَتَاعُ الْغُرُورِ
Know ye (all), that the life of this world is but play and amusement, pomp and mutual boasting and multiplying, (in rivalry) among yourselves, riches and children. Here is a similitude: How rain and the growth which it brings forth, delight (the hearts of) the tillers; soon it withers; thou wilt see it grow yellow; then it becomes dry and crumbles away. But in the Hereafter is a Penalty severe (for the devotees of wrong). And Forgiveness from Allah and (His) Good Pleasure (for the devotees of Allah). And what is the life of this world, but goods and chattels of deception.
یَوْمَ یَقُولُ الْمُنَافِقُونَ وَالْمُنَافِقَاتُ لِلَّذِینَ آمَنُوا انظُرُونَا نَقْتَبِسْ مِن نُّورِكُمْ قِیلَ ارْجِعُوا وَرَاءَكُمْ فَالْتَمِسُوا نُورًا فَضُرِبَ بَیْنَهُم بِسُورٍ لَّهُ بَابٌ بَاطِنُهُ فِیهِ الرَّحْمَةُ وَظَاهِرُهُ مِن قِبَلِهِ الْعَذَابُ
One Day will the Hypocrites- men and women - say to the Believers: "Wait for us! Let us borrow (a Light) from your Light!" It will be said: "Turn ye back to your rear! then seek a Light (where ye can)!" So a wall will be put up betwixt them, with a gate therein. Within it will be Mercy throughout, and without it, all alongside, will be (Wrath and) Punishment.
یُنَادُونَهُمْ أَلَمْ نَكُن مَّعَكُمْ ۖ قَالُوا بَلَىٰ وَلَٰكِنَّكُمْ فَتَنتُمْ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَتَرَبَّصْتُمْ وَارْتَبْتُمْ وَغَرَّتْكُمُ الْأَمَانِیُّ حَتَّىٰ جَاءَ أَمْرُ اللَّهِ وَغَرَّكُم بِاللَّهِ الْغَرُور
Those without) will call out, "Were we not with you?" (The others) will reply, "True! but ye led yourselves into temptation; ye looked forward (to our ruin); ye doubted (Allah´s Promise); and (your false) desires deceived you; until there issued the Command of Allah. And the Deceiver deceived you in respect of Allah.
وَ الَّذِی خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ فِی سِتَّةِ أَیَّامٍ ثُمَّ اسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ ۚ یَعْلَمُ مَا یَلِجُ فِی الْأَرْضِ وَمَا یَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا وَمَا یَنزِلُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَمَا یَعْرُجُ فِیهَا ۖ وَهُوَ مَعَكُمْ أَیْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ ۚ وَاللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِیرٌ
He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in Six Days, and is moreover firmly established on the Throne (of Authority). He knows what enters within the earth and what comes forth out of it, what comes down from heaven and what mounts up to it. And He is with you wheresoever ye may be. And Allah sees well all that ye do.
لْ مَنْ حَرَّمَ زِینَةَ اللَّهِ الَّتِی أَخْرَجَ لِعِبَادِهِ وَالطَّیِّبَاتِ مِنَ الرِّزْقِ ۚ قُلْ هِیَ لِلَّذِینَ آمَنُوا فِی الْحَیَاةِ الدُّنْیَا خَالِصَةً یَوْمَ الْقِیَامَةِ ۗ كَذَٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ الْآیَاتِ لِقَوْمٍ یَعْلَمُونَ
Say: Who hath forbidden the beautiful (gifts) of Allah, which He hath produced for His servants, and the things, clean and pure, (which He hath provided) for sustenance? Say: They are, in the life of this world, for those who believe, (and) purely for them on the Day of Judgment. Thus do We explain the signs in detail for those who understand.
وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِی صُدُورِهِم مِّنْ غِلٍّ تَجْرِی مِن تَحْتِهِمُ الْأَنْهَارُ ۖ وَقَالُوا الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِی هَدَانَا لِهَٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لِنَهْتَدِیَ لَوْلَا أَنْ هَدَانَا اللَّهُ ۖ لَقَدْ جَاءَتْ رُسُلُ رَبِّنَا بِالْحَقِّ ۖ وَنُودُوا أَن تِلْكُمُ الْجَنَّةُ أُورِثْتُمُوهَا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
And We shall remove from their hearts any lurking sense of injury;- beneath them will be rivers flowing;- and they shall say: "Praise be to Allah, who hath guided us to this (felicity): never could we have found guidance, had it not been for the guidance of Allah: indeed it was the truth, that the messengers of our Lord brought unto us." And they shall hear the cry: "Behold! the garden before you! Ye have been made its inheritors, for your deeds (of righteousness).
هَلْ یَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا تَأْوِیلَهُ ۚ یَوْمَ یَأْتِی تَأْوِیلُهُ یَقُولُ الَّذِینَ نَسُوهُ مِن قَبْلُ قَدْ جَاءَتْ رُسُلُ رَبِّنَا بِالْحَقِّ فَهَل لَّنَا مِن شُفَعَاءَ فَیَشْفَعُوا لَنَا أَوْ نُرَدُّ فَنَعْمَلَ غَیْرَ الَّذِی كُنَّا نَعْمَلُ ۚ قَدْ خَسِرُوا أَنفُسَهُمْ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا یَفْتَرُونَ
Do they just wait for the final fulfilment of the event? On the day the event is finally fulfilled, those who disregarded it before will say: "The messengers of our Lord did indeed bring true (tidings). Have we no intercessors now to intercede on our behalf? Or could we be sent back? then should we behave differently from our behaviour in the past." In fact they will have lost their souls, and the things they invented will leave them in the lurch.
وَلَمَّا جَاءَ مُوسَىٰ لِمِیقَاتِنَا وَكَلَّمَهُ رَبُّهُ قَالَ رَبِّ أَرِنِی أَنظُرْ إِلَیْكَ ۚ قَالَ لَن تَرَانِی وَلَٰكِنِ انظُرْ إِلَى الْجَبَلِ فَإِنِ اسْتَقَرَّ مَكَانَهُ فَسَوْفَ تَرَانِی ۚ فَلَمَّا تَجَلَّىٰ رَبُّهُ لِلْجَبَلِ جَعَلَهُ دَكًّا وَخَرَّ مُوسَىٰ صَعِقًا ۚ فَلَمَّا أَفَاقَ قَالَ سُبْحَانَكَ تُبْتُ إِلَیْكَ وَأَنَا أَوَّلُ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ
When Moses came to the place appointed by Us, and his Lord addressed him, He said: "O my Lord! show (Thyself) to me, that I may look upon thee." Allah said: "By no means canst thou see Me (direct); But look upon the mount; if it abide in its place, then shalt thou see Me." When his Lord manifested His glory on the Mount, He made it as dust. And Moses fell down in a swoon. When he recovered his senses he said: "Glory be to Thee! to Thee I turn in repentance, and I am the first to believe.
وَوَاعَدْنَا مُوسَىٰ ثَلَاثِینَ لَیْلَةً وَأَتْمَمْنَاهَا بِعَشْرٍ فَتَمَّ مِیقَاتُ رَبِّهِ أَرْبَعِینَ لَیْلَةً ۚ وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِأَخِیهِ هَارُونَ اخْلُفْنِی فِی قَوْمِی وَأَصْلِحْ وَلَا تَتَّبِعْ سَبِیلَ الْمُفْسِدِینَ
We appointed for Moses thirty nights, and completed (the period) with ten (more): thus was completed the term (of communion) with his Lord, forty nights. And Moses had charged his brother Aaron (before he went up): "Act for me amongst my people: Do right, and follow not the way of those who do mischief.
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