Al Mutaffine

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1 Waylun lilmutaffifeena

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1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Woe unto the defrauders:

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2 Allatheena itha iktaloo AAala alnnasi yastawfoona

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2 Those who when they take the measure from mankind demand it full,

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3 Waitha kaloohum aw wazanoohum yukhsiroona

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3 But if they measure unto them or weight for them, they cause them loss.

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4 Ala yathunnu olaika annahum mabAAoothoona

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4 Do such (men) not consider that they will be raised again

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5 Liyawmin AAatheemin

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5 Unto an Awful Day,

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6 Yawma yaqoomu alnnasu lirabbi alAAalameena

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6 The day when (all) mankind stand before the Lord of the Worlds ?

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7 Kalla inna kitaba alfujjari lafee sijjeenin

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7 Nay, but the record of the vile is in Sijjin -

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8 Wama adraka ma sijjeenun

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8 Ah! what will convey unto thee what Sijjin is! -

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9 Kitabun marqoomun

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9 A written record.

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10 Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

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10 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

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11 Allatheena yukaththiboona biyawmi alddeeni

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11 Those who deny the Day of Judgment

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12 Wama yukaththibu bihi illa kullu muAAtadin atheemin

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12 Which none denieth save each criminal transgressor,

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13 Itha tutla AAalayhi ayatuna qala asateeru alawwaleena

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13 Who, when thou readest unto him Our revelations, saith: (Mere) fables of the men of old.

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14 Kalla bal rana AAala quloobihim ma kanoo yaksiboona

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14 Nay, but that which they have earned is rust upon their hearts.

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15 Kalla innahum AAan rabbihim yawmaithin lamahjooboona

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15 Nay, but surely on that day they will be covered from (the mercy of) their Lord.

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16 Thumma innahum lasaloo aljaheemi

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16 Then lo! they verily will burn in hell,

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17 Thumma yuqalu hatha allathee kuntum bihi tukaththiboona

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17 And it will be said (unto them): This is that which ye used to deny.

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18 Kalla inna kitaba alabrari lafee AAilliyyeena

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18 Nay, but the record of the righteous is in 'Illiyin -

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19 Wama adraka ma AAilliyyoona

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19 Ah, what will convey unto thee what 'Illiyin is! -

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20 Kitabun marqoomun

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20 A written record,

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21 Yashhaduhu almuqarraboona

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21 Attested by those who are brought near (unto their Lord).

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22 Inna alabrara lafee naAAeemin

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22 Lo! the righteous verily are in delight,

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23 AAala alaraiki yanthuroona

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23 On couches, gazing,

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24 TaAArifu fee wujoohihim nadrata alnnaAAeemi

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24 Thou wilt know in their faces the radiance of delight.

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25 Yusqawna min raheeqin makhtoomin

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25 They are given to drink of a pure wine, sealed,

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26 Khitamuhu miskun wafee thalika falyatanafasi almutanafisoona

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26 Whose seal is musk - for this let (all) those strive who strive for bliss -

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27 Wamizajuhu min tasneemin

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27 And mixed with water of Tasnim,

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28 AAaynan yashrabu biha almuqarraboona

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28 A spring whence those brought near (to Allah) drink.

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29 Inna allatheena ajramoo kanoo mina allatheena amanoo yadhakoona

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29 Lo! the guilty used to laugh at those who believed,

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30 Waitha marroo bihim yataghamazoona

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30 And wink one to another when they passed them;

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31 Waitha inqalaboo ila ahlihimu inqalaboo fakiheena

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31 And when they returned to their own folk, they returned jesting;

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32 Waitha raawhum qaloo inna haolai ladalloona

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32 And when they saw them they said: Lo! these have gone astray.

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33 Wama orsiloo AAalayhim hafitheena

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33 Yet they were not sent as guardians over them.

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34 Faalyawma allatheena amanoo mina alkuffari yadhakoona

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34 This day it is those who believe who have the laugh of disbelievers,

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35 AAala alaraiki yanthuroona

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35 On high couches, gazing.

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36 Hal thuwwiba alkuffaru ma kanoo yafAAaloona

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36 Are not the disbelievers paid for what they used to do ?