Chapter 83, 36 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ويل للمطففين
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Woe unto the defrauders:
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Woe to Al-Mutaffifun (those who give less in measure and weight).
الذين إذا اكتالوا على الناس يستوفون
Those who when they take the measure from mankind demand it full,
Those who, when they have to receive by measure from men, demand full measure,
وإذا كالوهم أو وزنوهم يخسرون
But if they measure unto them or weight for them, they cause them loss.
And when they have to give by measure or weight to (other) men, give less than due.
ألا يظن أولئك أنهم مبعوثون
Do such (men) not consider that they will be raised again
Do they not think that they will be resurrected (for reckoning),
ليوم عظيم
Unto an Awful Day,
On a Great Day?
يوم يقوم الناس لرب العالمين
The day when (all) mankind stand before the Lord of the Worlds ?
The Day when (all) mankind will stand before the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinn and all that exists)?
كلا إن كتاب الفجار لفي سجين
Nay, but the record of the vile is in Sijjin -
Nay! Truly, the Record (writing of the deeds) of the Fujjar (disbelievers, polytheists, sinners, evil-doers and the wicked) is (preserved) in Sijjin.
وما أدراك ما سجين
Ah! what will convey unto thee what Sijjin is! -
And what will make you know what Sijjin is?
كتاب مرقوم
A written record.
A Register inscribed.
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Woe, that Day, to those who deny.
الذين يكذبون بيوم الدين
Those who deny the Day of Judgment
Those who deny the Day of Recompense.
وما يكذب به إلا كل معتد أثيم
Which none denieth save each criminal transgressor,
And none can deny it except every transgressor beyond bounds, (in disbelief, oppression and disobedience to Allah) the sinner!
إذا تتلى عليه آياتنا قال أساطير الأولين
Who, when thou readest unto him Our revelations, saith: (Mere) fables of the men of old.
When Our Verses (of the Qur'an) are recited to him he says: "Tales of the ancients!"
كلا ۖ بل ۜ ران على قلوبهم ما كانوا يكسبون
Nay, but that which they have earned is rust upon their hearts.
Nay! But on their hearts is the Ran (covering of sins and evil deeds) which they used to earn.
كلا إنهم عن ربهم يومئذ لمحجوبون
Nay, but surely on that day they will be covered from (the mercy of) their Lord.
Nay! Surely they (evil-doers) will be veiled from seeing their Lord that Day.
ثم إنهم لصالو الجحيم
Then lo! they verily will burn in hell,
Then, verily, they will indeed enter (and taste) the burning flame of Hell.
ثم يقال هذا الذي كنتم به تكذبون
And it will be said (unto them): This is that which ye used to deny.
Then, it will be said to them: "This is what you used to deny!"
كلا إن كتاب الأبرار لفي عليين
Nay, but the record of the righteous is in 'Illiyin -
Nay! Verily, the Record (writing of the deeds) of Al-Abrar (the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism) is (preserved) in 'Illiyyun
وما أدراك ما عليون
Ah, what will convey unto thee what 'Illiyin is! -
And what will make you know what 'Illiyyun is?
كتاب مرقوم
A written record,
A Register inscribed,
يشهده المقربون
Attested by those who are brought near (unto their Lord).
To which bear witness those nearest (to Allah, i.e. the angels).
إن الأبرار لفي نعيم
Lo! the righteous verily are in delight,
Verily, Al-Abrar (the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism) will be in Delight (Paradise).
على الأرائك ينظرون
On couches, gazing,
On thrones, looking (at all things).
تعرف في وجوههم نضرة النعيم
Thou wilt know in their faces the radiance of delight.
You will recognise in their faces the brightness of delight.
يسقون من رحيق مختوم
They are given to drink of a pure wine, sealed,
They will be given to drink of pure sealed wine.
ختامه مسك ۚ وفي ذلك فليتنافس المتنافسون
Whose seal is musk - for this let (all) those strive who strive for bliss -
The last thereof (that wine) will be the smell of Musk, and for this let (all) those strive who want to strive (i.e. hasten earnestly to the obedience of Allah).
ومزاجه من تسنيم
And mixed with water of Tasnim,
It (that wine) will be mixed with Tasnim:
عينا يشرب بها المقربون
A spring whence those brought near (to Allah) drink.
A spring whereof drink those nearest to Allah.
إن الذين أجرموا كانوا من الذين آمنوا يضحكون
Lo! the guilty used to laugh at those who believed,
Verily, (during the worldly life) those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed.
وإذا مروا بهم يتغامزون
And wink one to another when they passed them;
And, whenever they passed by them, used to wink one to another (in mockery).
وإذا انقلبوا إلى أهلهم انقلبوا فكهين
And when they returned to their own folk, they returned jesting;
And when they returned to their own people, they would return jesting;
وإذا رأوهم قالوا إن هؤلاء لضالون
And when they saw them they said: Lo! these have gone astray.
And when they saw them, they said: "Verily these have indeed gone astray!"
وما أرسلوا عليهم حافظين
Yet they were not sent as guardians over them.
But they (disbelievers, sinners) had not been sent as watchers over them (the believers).
فاليوم الذين آمنوا من الكفار يضحكون
This day it is those who believe who have the laugh of disbelievers,
But this Day (the Day of Resurrection) those who believe will laugh at the disbelievers
على الأرائك ينظرون
On high couches, gazing.
On (high) thrones, looking (at all things).
هل ثوب الكفار ما كانوا يفعلون
Are not the disbelievers paid for what they used to do ?
Are not the disbelievers paid (fully) for what they used to do?