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
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
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
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
Unto an Awful Day,
For a tremendous Day -
ليوم عظيم
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
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
Ah! what will convey unto thee what Sijjin is! -
And what can make you know what is sijjeen?
وما أدراك ما سجين
A written record.
It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed.
كتاب مرقوم
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Woe, that Day, to the deniers,
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Those who deny the Day of Judgment
Who deny the Day of Recompense.
الذين يكذبون بيوم الدين
Which none denieth save each criminal transgressor,
And none deny it except every sinful transgressor.
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 verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."
إذا تتلى عليه آياتنا قال أساطير الأولين
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
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
Then lo! they verily will burn in hell,
Then indeed, they will [enter and] burn in Hellfire.
ثم إنهم لصالو الجحيم
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
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
Ah, what will convey unto thee what 'Illiyin is! -
And what can make you know what is 'illiyyun?
وما أدراك ما عليون
A written record,
It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed
كتاب مرقوم
Attested by those who are brought near (unto their Lord).
Which is witnessed by those brought near [to Allah].
يشهده المقربون
Lo! the righteous verily are in delight,
Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure
إن الأبرار لفي نعيم
On couches, gazing,
On adorned couches, observing.
على الأرائك ينظرون
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
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
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
And mixed with water of Tasnim,
And its mixture is of Tasneem,
ومزاجه من تسنيم
A spring whence those brought near (to Allah) drink.
A spring from which those near [to Allah] drink.
عينا يشرب بها المقربون
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
And wink one to another when they passed them;
And when they passed by them, they would exchange derisive glances.
وإذا مروا بهم يتغامزون
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
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
Yet they were not sent as guardians over them.
But they had not been sent as guardians over them.
وما أرسلوا عليهم حافظين
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
On high couches, gazing.
On adorned couches, observing.
على الأرائك ينظرون
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