Chapter 83, 36 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Woe to Al-Mutaffifun (those who give less in measure and weight).
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ويل للمطففين
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Woe unto the defrauders:
Those who, when they have to receive by measure from men, demand full measure,
الذين إذا اكتالوا على الناس يستوفون
Those who when they take the measure from mankind demand it full,
And when they have to give by measure or weight to (other) men, give less than due.
وإذا كالوهم أو وزنوهم يخسرون
But if they measure unto them or weight for them, they cause them loss.
Do they not think that they will be resurrected (for reckoning),
ألا يظن أولئك أنهم مبعوثون
Do such (men) not consider that they will be raised again
On a Great Day?
ليوم عظيم
Unto an Awful Day,
The Day when (all) mankind will stand before the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinn and all that exists)?
يوم يقوم الناس لرب العالمين
The day when (all) mankind stand before the Lord of the Worlds ?
Nay! Truly, the Record (writing of the deeds) of the Fujjar (disbelievers, polytheists, sinners, evil-doers and the wicked) is (preserved) in Sijjin.
كلا إن كتاب الفجار لفي سجين
Nay, but the record of the vile is in Sijjin -
And what will make you know what Sijjin is?
وما أدراك ما سجين
Ah! what will convey unto thee what Sijjin is! -
A Register inscribed.
كتاب مرقوم
A written record.
Woe, that Day, to those who deny.
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Those who deny the Day of Recompense.
الذين يكذبون بيوم الدين
Those who deny the Day of Judgment
And none can deny it except every transgressor beyond bounds, (in disbelief, oppression and disobedience to Allah) the sinner!
وما يكذب به إلا كل معتد أثيم
Which none denieth save each criminal transgressor,
When Our Verses (of the Qur'an) are recited to him he says: "Tales of the ancients!"
إذا تتلى عليه آياتنا قال أساطير الأولين
Who, when thou readest unto him Our revelations, saith: (Mere) fables of the men of old.
Nay! But on their hearts is the Ran (covering of sins and evil deeds) which they used to earn.
كلا ۖ بل ۜ ران على قلوبهم ما كانوا يكسبون
Nay, but that which they have earned is rust upon their hearts.
Nay! Surely they (evil-doers) will be veiled from seeing their Lord that Day.
كلا إنهم عن ربهم يومئذ لمحجوبون
Nay, but surely on that day they will be covered from (the mercy of) their Lord.
Then, verily, they will indeed enter (and taste) the burning flame of Hell.
ثم إنهم لصالو الجحيم
Then lo! they verily will burn in hell,
Then, it will be said to them: "This is what you used to deny!"
ثم يقال هذا الذي كنتم به تكذبون
And it will be said (unto them): This is that which ye used to deny.
Nay! Verily, the Record (writing of the deeds) of Al-Abrar (the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism) is (preserved) in 'Illiyyun
كلا إن كتاب الأبرار لفي عليين
Nay, but the record of the righteous is in 'Illiyin -
And what will make you know what 'Illiyyun is?
وما أدراك ما عليون
Ah, what will convey unto thee what 'Illiyin is! -
A Register inscribed,
كتاب مرقوم
A written record,
To which bear witness those nearest (to Allah, i.e. the angels).
يشهده المقربون
Attested by those who are brought near (unto their Lord).
Verily, Al-Abrar (the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism) will be in Delight (Paradise).
إن الأبرار لفي نعيم
Lo! the righteous verily are in delight,
On thrones, looking (at all things).
على الأرائك ينظرون
On couches, gazing,
You will recognise in their faces the brightness of delight.
تعرف في وجوههم نضرة النعيم
Thou wilt know in their faces the radiance of delight.
They will be given to drink of pure sealed wine.
يسقون من رحيق مختوم
They are given to drink of a pure wine, sealed,
The last thereof (that wine) will be the smell of Musk, and for this let (all) those strive who want to strive (i.e. hasten earnestly to the obedience of Allah).
ختامه مسك ۚ وفي ذلك فليتنافس المتنافسون
Whose seal is musk - for this let (all) those strive who strive for bliss -
It (that wine) will be mixed with Tasnim:
ومزاجه من تسنيم
And mixed with water of Tasnim,
A spring whereof drink those nearest to Allah.
عينا يشرب بها المقربون
A spring whence those brought near (to Allah) drink.
Verily, (during the worldly life) those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed.
إن الذين أجرموا كانوا من الذين آمنوا يضحكون
Lo! the guilty used to laugh at those who believed,
And, whenever they passed by them, used to wink one to another (in mockery).
وإذا مروا بهم يتغامزون
And wink one to another when they passed them;
And when they returned to their own people, they would return jesting;
وإذا انقلبوا إلى أهلهم انقلبوا فكهين
And when they returned to their own folk, they returned jesting;
And when they saw them, they said: "Verily these have indeed gone astray!"
وإذا رأوهم قالوا إن هؤلاء لضالون
And when they saw them they said: Lo! these have gone astray.
But they (disbelievers, sinners) had not been sent as watchers over them (the believers).
وما أرسلوا عليهم حافظين
Yet they were not sent as guardians over them.
But this Day (the Day of Resurrection) those who believe will laugh at the disbelievers
فاليوم الذين آمنوا من الكفار يضحكون
This day it is those who believe who have the laugh of disbelievers,
On (high) thrones, looking (at all things).
على الأرائك ينظرون
On high couches, gazing.
Are not the disbelievers paid (fully) for what they used to do?
هل ثوب الكفار ما كانوا يفعلون
Are not the disbelievers paid for what they used to do ?