Surah 83 · 36 ayahs · Meccan Surah Al-Mutaffifin — The Defrauding

وَيْلٌۭ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ

Wailul lil mutaffifeen

Woe to those that deal in fraud,-

ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكْتَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ

Allazeena izak taaloo 'alan naasi yastawfoon

Those who, when they have to receive by measure from men, exact full measure,

وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ

Wa izaa kaaloohum aw wazanoohum yukhsiroon

But when they have to give by measure or weight to men, give less than due.

أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ

Alaa yazunnu ulaaa'ika annahum mab'oosoon

Do they not think that they will be called to account?-

لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍۢ

Li Yawmin 'Azeem

On a Mighty Day,

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

Yawma yaqoomun naasu li Rabbil 'aalameen

A Day when (all) mankind will stand before the Lord of the Worlds?

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلْفُجَّارِ لَفِى سِجِّينٍۢ

Kallaaa inna kitaabal fujjaari lafee Sijjeen

Nay! Surely the record of the wicked is (preserved) in Sijjin.

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٌۭ

Wa maa adraaka maa Sijjeen

And what will explain to thee what Sijjin is?

كِتَٰبٌۭ مَّرْقُومٌۭ

Kitaabum marqoom

(There is) a Register (fully) inscribed.

وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Wailuny yawma'izil lil mukazzibeen

Woe, that Day, to those that deny-

ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

Allazeena yukazziboona bi yawmid deen

Those that deny the Day of Judgment.

وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ

Wa maa yukazzibu biheee illaa kullu mu'tadin aseem

And none can deny it but the Transgressor beyond bounds the Sinner!

إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Izaa tutlaa'alaihi aayaatunaa qaala asaateerul awwaleen

When Our Signs are rehearsed to him, he says, "Tales of the ancients!"

كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ

Kallaa bal raana 'alaa quloobihim maa kaanoo yaksiboon

By no means! but on their hearts is the stain of the (ill) which they do!

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ

Kallaaa innahum 'ar Rabbihim yawma'izil lamah jooboon

Verily, from (the Light of) their Lord, that Day, will they be veiled.

ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُوا۟ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

Summa innahum lasaa lul jaheem

Further, they will enter the Fire of Hell.

ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ

Summa yuqaalu haazal lazee kuntum bihee tukazziboon

Further, it will be said to them: "This is the (reality) which ye rejected as false!

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلْأَبْرَارِ لَفِى عِلِّيِّينَ

Kallaaa inna kitaabal abraari lafee'Illiyyeen

Nay, verily the record of the Righteous is (preserved) in 'Illiyin.

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ

Wa maaa adraaka maa 'Illiyyoon

And what will explain to thee what 'Illiyun is?

كِتَٰبٌۭ مَّرْقُومٌۭ

Kitaabum marqoom

(There is) a Register (fully) inscribed,

يَشْهَدُهُ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ

Yashhadu hul muqarra boon

To which bear witness those Nearest (to Allah).

إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ

Innal abraara lafee Na'eem

Truly the Righteous will be in Bliss:

عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ

'Alal araaa'iki yanzuroon

On Thrones (of Dignity) will they command a sight (of all things):

تَعْرِفُ فِى وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

Ta'rifu fee wujoohihim nadratan na'eem

Thou wilt recognise in their faces the beaming brightness of Bliss.

يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍۢ مَّخْتُومٍ

Yusqawna mir raheeqim makhtoom

Their thirst will be slaked with Pure Wine sealed:

خِتَٰمُهُۥ مِسْكٌۭ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلْمُتَنَٰفِسُونَ

Khitaamuhoo misk; wa fee zaalika falyatanaafasil Mutanaafisoon

The seal thereof will be Musk: And for this let those aspire, who have aspirations:

وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ

Wa mizaajuhoo min Tasneem

With it will be (given) a mixture of Tasnim:

عَيْنًۭا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ

'Ainaiy yashrabu bihal muqarraboon

A spring, from (the waters) whereof drink those Nearest to Allah.

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا۟ كَانُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ يَضْحَكُونَ

Innal lazeena ajramoo kaanoo minal lazeena aamanoo yadhakoon

Those in sin used to laugh at those who believed,

وَإِذَا مَرُّوا۟ بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ

Wa izaa marroo bihim yataghaamazoon

And whenever they passed by them, used to wink at each other (in mockery);

وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُوا۟ فَكِهِينَ

Wa izan qalabooo ilaaa ahlihimun qalaboo fakiheen

And when they returned to their own people, they would return jesting;

وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ

Wa izaa ra awhum qaalooo inna haaa'ulaaa'i ladaaal loon

And whenever they saw them, they would say, "Behold! These are the people truly astray!"

وَمَآ أُرْسِلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ حَٰفِظِينَ

Wa maaa ursiloo 'alaihim haafizeen

But they had not been sent as keepers over them!

فَٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ

Fal yawmal lazeena aamanoo minal kuffaari yadhakoon

But on this Day the Believers will laugh at the Unbelievers:

عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ

'Alal araaa'iki yanzuroon

On Thrones (of Dignity) they will command (a sight) (of all things).

هَلْ ثُوِّبَ ٱلْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ

Hal suwwibal kuffaaru maa kaanoo yaf'aloon

Will not the Unbelievers have been paid back for what they did?