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 that deal in fraud, -
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, exact full measure,
وإذا كالوهم أو وزنوهم يخسرون
But if they measure unto them or weight for them, they cause them loss.
But when they have to give by measure or weight to 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 called to account? -
ليوم عظيم
Unto an Awful Day,
On a Mighty Day,
يوم يقوم الناس لرب العالمين
The day when (all) mankind stand before the Lord of the Worlds ?
A Day when (all) 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 -
Nay! Surely the record of the wicked is (preserved) in Sijjin.
وما أدراك ما سجين
Ah! what will convey unto thee what Sijjin is! -
And what will explain to thee what Sijjin is?
كتاب مرقوم
A written record.
(There is) a Register (fully) inscribed.
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Woe, that Day, to those that deny -
الذين يكذبون بيوم الدين
Those who deny the Day of Judgment
Those that deny the Day of Judgment.
وما يكذب به إلا كل معتد أثيم
Which none denieth save each criminal transgressor,
And none can deny it but the Transgressor beyond bounds 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 Signs are rehearsed 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.
By no means! but on their hearts is the stain of the (ill) which they do!
كلا إنهم عن ربهم يومئذ لمحجوبون
Nay, but surely on that day they will be covered from (the mercy of) their Lord.
Verily, from (the Light of) their Lord, that Day, will they be veiled.
ثم إنهم لصالو الجحيم
Then lo! they verily will burn in hell,
Further, they will enter the Fire of Hell.
ثم يقال هذا الذي كنتم به تكذبون
And it will be said (unto them): This is that which ye used to deny.
Further, it will be said to them: "This is the (reality) which ye rejected as false!
كلا إن كتاب الأبرار لفي عليين
Nay, but the record of the righteous is in 'Illiyin -
Nay, verily the record of the Righteous is (preserved) in 'Illiyin.
وما أدراك ما عليون
Ah, what will convey unto thee what 'Illiyin is! -
And what will explain to thee what 'Illiyun is?
كتاب مرقوم
A written record,
(There is) a Register (fully) inscribed,
يشهده المقربون
Attested by those who are brought near (unto their Lord).
To which bear witness those Nearest (to Allah).
إن الأبرار لفي نعيم
Lo! the righteous verily are in delight,
Truly the Righteous will be in Bliss:
على الأرائك ينظرون
On couches, gazing,
On Thrones (of Dignity) will they command a sight (of all things):
تعرف في وجوههم نضرة النعيم
Thou wilt know in their faces the radiance of delight.
Thou wilt recognise in their faces the beaming brightness of Bliss.
يسقون من رحيق مختوم
They are given to drink of a pure wine, sealed,
Their thirst will be slaked with Pure Wine sealed:
ختامه مسك ۚ وفي ذلك فليتنافس المتنافسون
Whose seal is musk - for this let (all) those strive who strive for bliss -
The seal thereof will be Musk: And for this let those aspire, who have aspirations:
ومزاجه من تسنيم
And mixed with water of Tasnim,
With it will be (given) a mixture of Tasnim:
عينا يشرب بها المقربون
A spring whence those brought near (to Allah) drink.
A spring, from (the waters) whereof drink those Nearest to Allah.
إن الذين أجرموا كانوا من الذين آمنوا يضحكون
Lo! the guilty used to laugh at those who believed,
Those in sin 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 at each other (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 whenever they saw them, they would say, "Behold! These are the people truly astray!"
وما أرسلوا عليهم حافظين
Yet they were not sent as guardians over them.
But they had not been sent as keepers over them!
فاليوم الذين آمنوا من الكفار يضحكون
This day it is those who believe who have the laugh of disbelievers,
But on this Day the Believers will laugh at the Unbelievers:
على الأرائك ينظرون
On high couches, gazing.
On Thrones (of Dignity) they will command (a sight) (of all things).
هل ثوب الكفار ما كانوا يفعلون
Are not the disbelievers paid for what they used to do ?
Will not the Unbelievers have been paid back for what they did?