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],
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.
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.
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
ليوم عظيم
Unto an Awful Day,
For a tremendous Day -
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?
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.
وما أدراك ما سجين
Ah! what will convey unto thee what Sijjin is! -
And what can make you know what is sijjeen?
كتاب مرقوم
A written record.
It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed.
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Woe, that Day, to the deniers,
الذين يكذبون بيوم الدين
Those who deny the Day of Judgment
Who deny the Day of Recompense.
وما يكذب به إلا كل معتد أثيم
Which none denieth save each criminal transgressor,
And none deny it except every sinful transgressor.
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."
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.
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.
ثم إنهم لصالو الجحيم
Then lo! they verily will burn in hell,
Then indeed, they will [enter and] burn in Hellfire.
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 -
No! Indeed, the record of the righteous is in 'illiyyun.
وما أدراك ما عليون
Ah, what will convey unto thee what 'Illiyin is! -
And what can make you know what is 'illiyyun?
كتاب مرقوم
A written record,
It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed
يشهده المقربون
Attested by those who are brought near (unto their Lord).
Which is witnessed by those brought near [to Allah].
إن الأبرار لفي نعيم
Lo! the righteous verily are in delight,
Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure
على الأرائك ينظرون
On couches, gazing,
On adorned couches, observing.
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.
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.
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.
ومزاجه من تسنيم
And mixed with water of Tasnim,
And its mixture is of Tasneem,
عينا يشرب بها المقربون
A spring whence those brought near (to Allah) drink.
A spring from which those near [to Allah] drink.
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.
وإذا مروا بهم يتغامزون
And wink one to another when they passed them;
And when they passed by them, they would exchange derisive glances.
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.
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."
وما أرسلوا عليهم حافظين
Yet they were not sent as guardians over them.
But they had not been sent as guardians over them.
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,
على الأرائك ينظرون
On high couches, gazing.
On adorned couches, observing.
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?