Chapter 83, 36 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Woe unto the defrauders:
Woe to the defrauders,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ويل للمطففين
Those who when they take the measure from mankind demand it full,
Who, when they take the measure (of their dues) from men take it fully,
الذين إذا اكتالوا على الناس يستوفون
But if they measure unto them or weight for them, they cause them loss.
But when they measure out to others or weigh out for them, they are deficient.
وإذا كالوهم أو وزنوهم يخسرون
Do such (men) not consider that they will be raised again
Do not these think that they shall be raised again
ألا يظن أولئك أنهم مبعوثون
Unto an Awful Day,
For a mighty day,
ليوم عظيم
The day when (all) mankind stand before the Lord of the Worlds ?
The day on which men shall stand before the Lord of the worlds?
يوم يقوم الناس لرب العالمين
Nay, but the record of the vile is in Sijjin -
Nay! most surely the record of the wicked is in the Sijjin.
كلا إن كتاب الفجار لفي سجين
Ah! what will convey unto thee what Sijjin is! -
And what will make you know what the Sijjin is?
وما أدراك ما سجين
A written record.
It is a written book.
كتاب مرقوم
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Woe on that day to the rejecters,
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Those who deny the Day of Judgment
Who give the lie to the day of judgment.
الذين يكذبون بيوم الدين
Which none denieth save each criminal transgressor,
And none gives the lie to it but every exceeder of limits, sinful one
وما يكذب به إلا كل معتد أثيم
Who, when thou readest unto him Our revelations, saith: (Mere) fables of the men of old.
When Our communications are recited to him, he says: Stories of those of yore.
إذا تتلى عليه آياتنا قال أساطير الأولين
Nay, but that which they have earned is rust upon their hearts.
Nay! rather, what they used to do has become like rust upon their hearts.
كلا ۖ بل ۜ ران على قلوبهم ما كانوا يكسبون
Nay, but surely on that day they will be covered from (the mercy of) their Lord.
Nay! most surely they shall on that day be debarred from their Lord.
كلا إنهم عن ربهم يومئذ لمحجوبون
Then lo! they verily will burn in hell,
Then most surely they shall enter the burning fire.
ثم إنهم لصالو الجحيم
And it will be said (unto them): This is that which ye used to deny.
Then shall it be said: This is what you gave the lie to.
ثم يقال هذا الذي كنتم به تكذبون
Nay, but the record of the righteous is in 'Illiyin -
Nay! Most surely the record of the righteous shall be in the Iliyin.
كلا إن كتاب الأبرار لفي عليين
Ah, what will convey unto thee what 'Illiyin is! -
And what will make you know what the highest Iliyin is?
وما أدراك ما عليون
A written record,
It is a written book,
كتاب مرقوم
Attested by those who are brought near (unto their Lord).
Those who are drawn near (to Allah) shall witness it.
يشهده المقربون
Lo! the righteous verily are in delight,
Most surely the righteous shall be in bliss,
إن الأبرار لفي نعيم
On couches, gazing,
On thrones, they shall gaze;
على الأرائك ينظرون
Thou wilt know in their faces the radiance of delight.
You will recognize in their faces the brightness of bliss.
تعرف في وجوههم نضرة النعيم
They are given to drink of a pure wine, sealed,
They are made to quaff of a pure drink that is sealed (to others).
يسقون من رحيق مختوم
Whose seal is musk - for this let (all) those strive who strive for bliss -
The sealing of it is (with) musk; and for that let the aspirers aspire.
ختامه مسك ۚ وفي ذلك فليتنافس المتنافسون
And mixed with water of Tasnim,
And the admixture of it is a water of Tasnim,
ومزاجه من تسنيم
A spring whence those brought near (to Allah) drink.
A fountain from which drink they who are drawn near (to Allah).
عينا يشرب بها المقربون
Lo! the guilty used to laugh at those who believed,
Surely they who are guilty used to laugh at those who believe.
إن الذين أجرموا كانوا من الذين آمنوا يضحكون
And wink one to another when they passed them;
And when they passed by them, they winked at one another.
وإذا مروا بهم يتغامزون
And when they returned to their own folk, they returned jesting;
And when they returned to their own followers they returned exulting.
وإذا انقلبوا إلى أهلهم انقلبوا فكهين
And when they saw them they said: Lo! these have gone astray.
And when they saw them, they said: Most surely these are in error;
وإذا رأوهم قالوا إن هؤلاء لضالون
Yet they were not sent as guardians over them.
And they were not sent to be keepers over them.
وما أرسلوا عليهم حافظين
This day it is those who believe who have the laugh of disbelievers,
So today those who believe shall laugh at the unbelievers;
فاليوم الذين آمنوا من الكفار يضحكون
On high couches, gazing.
On thrones, they will look.
على الأرائك ينظرون
Are not the disbelievers paid for what they used to do ?
Surely the disbelievers are rewarded as they did.
هل ثوب الكفار ما كانوا يفعلون