Chapter 83, 36 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ويل للمطففين
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Woe unto the defrauders:
Woe to those who give less [than due],
وَيْلٌ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ
الذين إذا اكتالوا على الناس يستوفون
Those who when they take the measure from mankind demand it full,
Who, when they take a measure from people, take in full.
ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكْتَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ
وإذا كالوهم أو وزنوهم يخسرون
But if they measure unto them or weight for them, they cause them loss.
But if they give by measure or by weight to them, they cause loss.
وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ
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
أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ
ليوم عظيم
Unto an Awful Day,
For a tremendous Day -
لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
يوم يقوم الناس لرب العالمين
The day when (all) mankind stand before the Lord of the Worlds ?
The Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of the worlds?
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
كلا إن كتاب الفجار لفي سجين
Nay, but the record of the vile is in Sijjin -
No! Indeed, the record of the wicked is in sijjeen.
كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلْفُجَّارِ لَفِى سِجِّينٍ
وما أدراك ما سجين
Ah! what will convey unto thee what Sijjin is! -
And what can make you know what is sijjeen?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ
كتاب مرقوم
A written record.
It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed.
كِتَٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Woe, that Day, to the deniers,
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
الذين يكذبون بيوم الدين
Those who deny the Day of Judgment
Who deny the Day of Recompense.
ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
وما يكذب به إلا كل معتد أثيم
Which none denieth save each criminal transgressor,
And none deny it except every sinful transgressor.
وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
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 are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."
إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
كلا ۖ بل ۜ ران على قلوبهم ما كانوا يكسبون
Nay, but that which they have earned is rust upon their hearts.
No! Rather, the stain has covered their hearts of that which they were earning.
كَلَّا بَلْ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ
كلا إنهم عن ربهم يومئذ لمحجوبون
Nay, but surely on that day they will be covered from (the mercy of) their Lord.
No! Indeed, from their Lord, that Day, they will be partitioned.
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ
ثم إنهم لصالو الجحيم
Then lo! they verily will burn in hell,
Then indeed, they will [enter and] burn in Hellfire.
ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُوا۟ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
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."
ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ
كلا إن كتاب الأبرار لفي عليين
Nay, but the record of the righteous is in 'Illiyin -
No! Indeed, the record of the righteous is in 'illiyyun.
كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلْأَبْرَارِ لَفِى عِلِّيِّينَ
وما أدراك ما عليون
Ah, what will convey unto thee what 'Illiyin is! -
And what can make you know what is 'illiyyun?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ
كتاب مرقوم
A written record,
It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed
كِتَٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ
يشهده المقربون
Attested by those who are brought near (unto their Lord).
Which is witnessed by those brought near [to Allah].
يَشْهَدُهُ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ
إن الأبرار لفي نعيم
Lo! the righteous verily are in delight,
Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure
إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ
على الأرائك ينظرون
On couches, gazing,
On adorned couches, observing.
عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ
تعرف في وجوههم نضرة النعيم
Thou wilt know in their faces the radiance of delight.
You will recognize in their faces the radiance of pleasure.
تَعْرِفُ فِى وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
يسقون من رحيق مختوم
They are given to drink of a pure wine, sealed,
They will be given to drink [pure] wine [which was] sealed.
يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍ مَّخْتُومٍ
ختامه مسك ۚ وفي ذلك فليتنافس المتنافسون
Whose seal is musk - for this let (all) those strive who strive for bliss -
The last of it is musk. So for this let the competitors compete.
خِتَٰمُهُۥ مِسْكٌ وَفِى ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلْمُتَنَٰفِسُونَ
ومزاجه من تسنيم
And mixed with water of Tasnim,
And its mixture is of Tasneem,
وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ
عينا يشرب بها المقربون
A spring whence those brought near (to Allah) drink.
A spring from which those near [to Allah] drink.
عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ
إن الذين أجرموا كانوا من الذين آمنوا يضحكون
Lo! the guilty used to laugh at those who believed,
Indeed, those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا۟ كَانُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ يَضْحَكُونَ
وإذا مروا بهم يتغامزون
And wink one to another when they passed them;
And when they passed by them, they would exchange derisive glances.
وَإِذَا مَرُّوا۟ بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ
وإذا انقلبوا إلى أهلهم انقلبوا فكهين
And when they returned to their own folk, they returned jesting;
And when they returned to their people, they would return jesting.
وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُوا۟ فَكِهِينَ
وإذا رأوهم قالوا إن هؤلاء لضالون
And when they saw them they said: Lo! these have gone astray.
And when they saw them, they would say, "Indeed, those are truly lost."
وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ
وما أرسلوا عليهم حافظين
Yet they were not sent as guardians over them.
But they had not been sent as guardians over them.
وَمَآ أُرْسِلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ حَٰفِظِينَ
فاليوم الذين آمنوا من الكفار يضحكون
This day it is those who believe who have the laugh of disbelievers,
So Today those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers,
فَٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ
على الأرائك ينظرون
On high couches, gazing.
On adorned couches, observing.
عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ
هل ثوب الكفار ما كانوا يفعلون
Are not the disbelievers paid for what they used to do ?
Have the disbelievers [not] been rewarded [this Day] for what they used to do?
هَلْ ثُوِّبَ ٱلْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ