Names
This surah is called Surat Al-Mutaffifin. [484] See: Al-Fayruzabadi: Basa?ir Dhawi At-Tamyiz, 1/506.
Makki or Madani?
There is a difference of opinion regarding Surat Al-Mutaffifin; it was said that it is Makki [485] Those who favoured the view that it is Makki include: Az-Zajjaj, Ibn Abi Zamanin and Ibn Juzay. See: Az-Zajjaj: Ma?ani Al-Qur?an wa I?rabuhu, 5/297; Tafsir Ibn Abi Zaminin, 5/105; Tafsir Ibn Juzay, 2/460. and it was said that it is Madani. [486] Those who favoured the view that it is Madani include: Muqatil ibn Sulayman, Al-Baghawi and Ibn Kathir. See: Tafsir Muqatil ibn Sulayman, 4/619; Tafsir Al-Baghawi, 5/221; Tafsir Ibn Kathir, 8/346.
Objectives
The most important objectives of this surah include:
Warning against giving less than due. [487] See: Tafsir Ibn ?Ashur, 30/188. See also: Al-Fayruzabadi: Basa?ir Dhawi At-Tamyiz, 1/506.
Topics?????
The most significant topics addressed in Surat Al-Mutaffifin include:
Warning against giving less than due in weight and measure, issuing a warning to those who do that and reminding them of the Day of Resurrection, the reckoning and the requital.
Highlighting the bad fate of the evildoers and the good fate of the righteous; explaining that the records of deeds of the evildoers will be in the lowest of the low and the records of deeds of the righteous will be in the highest of the high.
What the polytheists used to do to the believers of mocking them and causing trouble and annoyance to them.
Glad tidings to the believers that on the Day of Resurrection, they will be laughing at the disbelievers as the disbelievers laughed at them in this world.