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