85 Preface وَيا قَومِ أَوفُوا المِكيالَ وَالميزانَ بِالقِسطِ ۖ وَلا تَبخَسُوا النّاسَ أَشياءَهُم وَلا تَعثَوا فِي الأَرضِ مُفسِدينَYusuf Ali“And O my people! give just measure and weight, nor withhold from the people the things that are their due:1 commit not evil in the land with intent to do mischief.Both Plato and Aristotle define justice as the virtue which gives everyone his due. From this point of view Justice becomes the master virtue, and includes most other virtues. It was the lack of this that ruined the Midianites. Their selfishness was “intent on mischief,” i.e., spoiling other people’s business by not giving them their just dues.