Chapter 83, 36 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ويل للمطففين
Woe to the defrauders,
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
Who, when they take the measure (of their dues) from men take it fully,
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 when they measure out to others or weigh out for them, they are deficient.
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 not these think that they shall be raised again
Do such (men) not consider that they will be raised again
Do they not think that they will be resurrected
ليوم عظيم
For a mighty day,
Unto an Awful Day,
For a tremendous Day -
يوم يقوم الناس لرب العالمين
The day on which men shall stand before the Lord of the worlds?
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! most surely the record of the wicked is in the Sijjin.
Nay, but the record of the vile is in Sijjin -
No! Indeed, the record of the wicked is in sijjeen.
وما أدراك ما سجين
And what will make you know what the Sijjin is?
Ah! what will convey unto thee what Sijjin is! -
And what can make you know what is sijjeen?
كتاب مرقوم
It is a written book.
A written record.
It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed.
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe on that day to the rejecters,
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Woe, that Day, to the deniers,
الذين يكذبون بيوم الدين
Who give the lie to the day of judgment.
Those who deny the Day of Judgment
Who deny the Day of Recompense.
وما يكذب به إلا كل معتد أثيم
And none gives the lie to it but every exceeder of limits, sinful one
Which none denieth save each criminal transgressor,
And none deny it except every sinful transgressor.
إذا تتلى عليه آياتنا قال أساطير الأولين
When Our communications are recited to him, he says: Stories of those of yore.
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! rather, what they used to do has become like rust upon their hearts.
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! most surely they shall on that day be debarred from their Lord.
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 most surely they shall enter the burning fire.
Then lo! they verily will burn in hell,
Then indeed, they will [enter and] burn in Hellfire.
ثم يقال هذا الذي كنتم به تكذبون
Then shall it be said: This is what you gave the lie to.
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! Most surely the record of the righteous shall be in the Iliyin.
Nay, but the record of the righteous is in 'Illiyin -
No! Indeed, the record of the righteous is in 'illiyyun.
وما أدراك ما عليون
And what will make you know what the highest Iliyin is?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what 'Illiyin is! -
And what can make you know what is 'illiyyun?
كتاب مرقوم
It is a written book,
A written record,
It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed
يشهده المقربون
Those who are drawn near (to Allah) shall witness it.
Attested by those who are brought near (unto their Lord).
Which is witnessed by those brought near [to Allah].
إن الأبرار لفي نعيم
Most surely the righteous shall be in bliss,
Lo! the righteous verily are in delight,
Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure
على الأرائك ينظرون
On thrones, they shall gaze;
On couches, gazing,
On adorned couches, observing.
تعرف في وجوههم نضرة النعيم
You will recognize in their faces the brightness of bliss.
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 made to quaff of a pure drink that is sealed (to others).
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
The sealing of it is (with) musk; and for that let the aspirers aspire.
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 the admixture of it is a water of Tasnim,
And mixed with water of Tasnim,
And its mixture is of Tasneem,
عينا يشرب بها المقربون
A fountain from which drink they who are drawn near (to Allah).
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
Surely they who are guilty used to laugh at those who believe.
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 when they passed by them, they winked at one another.
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 followers they returned exulting.
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: Most surely these are in error;
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
And they were not sent to be keepers over them.
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
So today those who believe shall laugh at the unbelievers;
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 thrones, they will look.
On high couches, gazing.
On adorned couches, observing.
هل ثوب الكفار ما كانوا يفعلون
Surely the disbelievers are rewarded as they did.
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?