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