83 The Defrauders ۞ Al-Muṭaffifīn
The Qurʾān - A New Annotated Translation - Arthur Droge
A. J. Droge [+ ]
A. J. Droge is the author of Homer or Moses? Early Christian Interpretations of the History of Culture and, with James Tabor, of A Noble Death: Suicide and Martyrdom among Christians and Jews in Antiquity.
Description
This sūra opens with a denunciation of those who cheat others by giving ‘short measure.’ Their punishment is contrasted with the fate the righteous.