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