Chapter 83, 36 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Woe unto the defrauders:
Woe to those who give less [than due],
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ويل للمطففين
Waylun lilmutaffifeena
Those who when they take the measure from mankind demand it full,
Who, when they take a measure from people, take in full.
الذين إذا اكتالوا على الناس يستوفون
Allatheena itha iktaloo AAala alnnasi yastawfoona
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.
وإذا كالوهم أو وزنوهم يخسرون
Waitha kaloohum aw wazanoohum yukhsiroona
Do such (men) not consider that they will be raised again
Do they not think that they will be resurrected
ألا يظن أولئك أنهم مبعوثون
Ala yathunnu olaika annahum mabAAoothoona
Unto an Awful Day,
For a tremendous Day -
ليوم عظيم
Liyawmin AAatheemin
The day when (all) mankind stand before the Lord of the Worlds ?
The Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of the worlds?
يوم يقوم الناس لرب العالمين
Yawma yaqoomu alnnasu lirabbi alAAalameena
Nay, but the record of the vile is in Sijjin -
No! Indeed, the record of the wicked is in sijjeen.
كلا إن كتاب الفجار لفي سجين
Kalla inna kitaba alfujjari lafee sijjeenin
Ah! what will convey unto thee what Sijjin is! -
And what can make you know what is sijjeen?
وما أدراك ما سجين
Wama adraka ma sijjeenun
A written record.
It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed.
كتاب مرقوم
Kitabun marqoomun
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Woe, that Day, to the deniers,
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena
Those who deny the Day of Judgment
Who deny the Day of Recompense.
الذين يكذبون بيوم الدين
Allatheena yukaththiboona biyawmi alddeeni
Which none denieth save each criminal transgressor,
And none deny it except every sinful transgressor.
وما يكذب به إلا كل معتد أثيم
Wama yukaththibu bihi illa kullu muAAtadin atheemin
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."
إذا تتلى عليه آياتنا قال أساطير الأولين
Itha tutla AAalayhi ayatuna qala asateeru alawwaleena
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 ۖ بل ۜ ران على قلوبهم ما كانوا يكسبون
Kalla bal rana AAala quloobihim ma kanoo yaksiboona
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.
كلا إنهم عن ربهم يومئذ لمحجوبون
Kalla innahum AAan rabbihim yawmaithin lamahjooboona
Then lo! they verily will burn in hell,
Then indeed, they will [enter and] burn in Hellfire.
ثم إنهم لصالو الجحيم
Thumma innahum lasaloo aljaheemi
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."
ثم يقال هذا الذي كنتم به تكذبون
Thumma yuqalu hatha allathee kuntum bihi tukaththiboona
Nay, but the record of the righteous is in 'Illiyin -
No! Indeed, the record of the righteous is in 'illiyyun.
كلا إن كتاب الأبرار لفي عليين
Kalla inna kitaba alabrari lafee AAilliyyeena
Ah, what will convey unto thee what 'Illiyin is! -
And what can make you know what is 'illiyyun?
وما أدراك ما عليون
Wama adraka ma AAilliyyoona
A written record,
It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed
كتاب مرقوم
Kitabun marqoomun
Attested by those who are brought near (unto their Lord).
Which is witnessed by those brought near [to Allah].
يشهده المقربون
Yashhaduhu almuqarraboona
Lo! the righteous verily are in delight,
Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure
إن الأبرار لفي نعيم
Inna alabrara lafee naAAeemin
On couches, gazing,
On adorned couches, observing.
على الأرائك ينظرون
AAala alaraiki yanthuroona
Thou wilt know in their faces the radiance of delight.
You will recognize in their faces the radiance of pleasure.
تعرف في وجوههم نضرة النعيم
TaAArifu fee wujoohihim nadrata alnnaAAeemi
They are given to drink of a pure wine, sealed,
They will be given to drink [pure] wine [which was] sealed.
يسقون من رحيق مختوم
Yusqawna min raheeqin makhtoomin
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.
ختامه مسك ۚ وفي ذلك فليتنافس المتنافسون
Khitamuhu miskun wafee thalika falyatanafasi almutanafisoona
And mixed with water of Tasnim,
And its mixture is of Tasneem,
ومزاجه من تسنيم
Wamizajuhu min tasneemin
A spring whence those brought near (to Allah) drink.
A spring from which those near [to Allah] drink.
عينا يشرب بها المقربون
AAaynan yashrabu biha almuqarraboona
Lo! the guilty used to laugh at those who believed,
Indeed, those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed.
إن الذين أجرموا كانوا من الذين آمنوا يضحكون
Inna allatheena ajramoo kanoo mina allatheena amanoo yadhakoona
And wink one to another when they passed them;
And when they passed by them, they would exchange derisive glances.
وإذا مروا بهم يتغامزون
Waitha marroo bihim yataghamazoona
And when they returned to their own folk, they returned jesting;
And when they returned to their people, they would return jesting.
وإذا انقلبوا إلى أهلهم انقلبوا فكهين
Waitha inqalaboo ila ahlihimu inqalaboo fakiheena
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."
وإذا رأوهم قالوا إن هؤلاء لضالون
Waitha raawhum qaloo inna haolai ladalloona
Yet they were not sent as guardians over them.
But they had not been sent as guardians over them.
وما أرسلوا عليهم حافظين
Wama orsiloo AAalayhim hafitheena
This day it is those who believe who have the laugh of disbelievers,
So Today those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers,
فاليوم الذين آمنوا من الكفار يضحكون
Faalyawma allatheena amanoo mina alkuffari yadhakoona
On high couches, gazing.
On adorned couches, observing.
على الأرائك ينظرون
AAala alaraiki yanthuroona
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?
هل ثوب الكفار ما كانوا يفعلون
Hal thuwwiba alkuffaru ma kanoo yafAAaloona