Chapter 83, 36 verses
Waylun lilmutaffifeena
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَيْلٌ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ
Woe to those that deal in fraud, -
Allatheena itha iktaloo AAala alnnasi yastawfoona
الَّذِينَ إِذَا اكْتَالُوا عَلَى النَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ
Those who, when they have to receive by measure from men, exact full measure,
Waitha kaloohum aw wazanoohum yukhsiroona
وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ
But when they have to give by measure or weight to men, give less than due.
Ala yathunnu olaika annahum mabAAoothoona
أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُولَٰئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ
Do they not think that they will be called to account? -
Liyawmin AAatheemin
لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
On a Mighty Day,
Yawma yaqoomu alnnasu lirabbi alAAalameena
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ النَّاسُ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
A Day when (all) mankind will stand before the Lord of the Worlds?
Kalla inna kitaba alfujjari lafee sijjeenin
كَلَّا إِنَّ كِتَابَ الْفُجَّارِ لَفِي سِجِّينٍ
Nay! Surely the record of the wicked is (preserved) in Sijjin.
Wama adraka ma sijjeenun
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ
And what will explain to thee what Sijjin is?
Kitabun marqoomun
كِتَابٌ مَّرْقُومٌ
(There is) a Register (fully) inscribed.
Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Woe, that Day, to those that deny -
Allatheena yukaththiboona biyawmi alddeeni
الَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ
Those that deny the Day of Judgment.
Wama yukaththibu bihi illa kullu muAAtadin atheemin
وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
And none can deny it but the Transgressor beyond bounds the Sinner!
Itha tutla AAalayhi ayatuna qala asateeru alawwaleena
إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
When Our Signs are rehearsed to him, he says, "Tales of the ancients!"
Kalla bal rana AAala quloobihim ma kanoo yaksiboona
كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ
By no means! but on their hearts is the stain of the (ill) which they do!
Kalla innahum AAan rabbihim yawmaithin lamahjooboona
كَلَّا إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ
Verily, from (the Light of) their Lord, that Day, will they be veiled.
Thumma innahum lasaloo aljaheemi
ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُو الْجَحِيمِ
Further, they will enter the Fire of Hell.
Thumma yuqalu hatha allathee kuntum bihi tukaththiboona
ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا الَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِ تُكَذِّبُونَ
Further, it will be said to them: "This is the (reality) which ye rejected as false!
Kalla inna kitaba alabrari lafee AAilliyyeena
كَلَّا إِنَّ كِتَابَ الْأَبْرَارِ لَفِي عِلِّيِّينَ
Nay, verily the record of the Righteous is (preserved) in 'Illiyin.
Wama adraka ma AAilliyyoona
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ
And what will explain to thee what 'Illiyun is?
Kitabun marqoomun
كِتَابٌ مَّرْقُومٌ
(There is) a Register (fully) inscribed,
Yashhaduhu almuqarraboona
يَشْهَدُهُ الْمُقَرَّبُونَ
To which bear witness those Nearest (to Allah).
Inna alabrara lafee naAAeemin
إِنَّ الْأَبْرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ
Truly the Righteous will be in Bliss:
AAala alaraiki yanthuroona
عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنظُرُونَ
On Thrones (of Dignity) will they command a sight (of all things):
TaAArifu fee wujoohihim nadrata alnnaAAeemi
تَعْرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ النَّعِيمِ
Thou wilt recognise in their faces the beaming brightness of Bliss.
Yusqawna min raheeqin makhtoomin
يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍ مَّخْتُومٍ
Their thirst will be slaked with Pure Wine sealed:
Khitamuhu miskun wafee thalika falyatanafasi almutanafisoona
خِتَامُهُ مِسْكٌ ۚ وَفِي ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ الْمُتَنَافِسُونَ
The seal thereof will be Musk: And for this let those aspire, who have aspirations:
Wamizajuhu min tasneemin
وَمِزَاجُهُ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ
With it will be (given) a mixture of Tasnim:
AAaynan yashrabu biha almuqarraboona
عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا الْمُقَرَّبُونَ
A spring, from (the waters) whereof drink those Nearest to Allah.
Inna allatheena ajramoo kanoo mina allatheena amanoo yadhakoona
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا كَانُوا مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يَضْحَكُونَ
Those in sin used to laugh at those who believed,
Waitha marroo bihim yataghamazoona
وَإِذَا مَرُّوا بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ
And whenever they passed by them, used to wink at each other (in mockery);
Waitha inqalaboo ila ahlihimu inqalaboo fakiheena
وَإِذَا انقَلَبُوا إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِمُ انقَلَبُوا فَكِهِينَ
And when they returned to their own people, they would return jesting;
Waitha raawhum qaloo inna haolai ladalloona
وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوا إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ لَضَالُّونَ
And whenever they saw them, they would say, "Behold! These are the people truly astray!"
Wama orsiloo AAalayhim hafitheena
وَمَا أُرْسِلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ حَافِظِينَ
But they had not been sent as keepers over them!
Faalyawma allatheena amanoo mina alkuffari yadhakoona
فَالْيَوْمَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ
But on this Day the Believers will laugh at the Unbelievers:
AAala alaraiki yanthuroona
عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنظُرُونَ
On Thrones (of Dignity) they will command (a sight) (of all things).
Hal thuwwiba alkuffaru ma kanoo yafAAaloona
هَلْ ثُوِّبَ الْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا يَفْعَلُونَ
Will not the Unbelievers have been paid back for what they did?