المطـفـفين

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

1 Woe to those who give less [than due],

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

2 Who, when they take a measure from people, take in full.

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

3 But if they give by measure or by weight to them, they cause loss.

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

4 Do they not think that they will be resurrected

5 Unto an Awful Day,

5 For a tremendous Day -

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

6 The Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of the worlds?

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

7 No! Indeed, the record of the wicked is in sijjeen.

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

8 And what can make you know what is sijjeen?

9 A written record.

9 It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed.

10 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

10 Woe, that Day, to the deniers,

11 Those who deny the Day of Judgment

11 Who deny the Day of Recompense.

12 Which none denieth save each criminal transgressor,

12 And none deny it except every sinful transgressor.

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

13 When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."

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

14 No! Rather, the stain has covered their hearts of that which they were earning.

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

15 No! Indeed, from their Lord, that Day, they will be partitioned.

16 Then lo! they verily will burn in hell,

16 Then indeed, they will [enter and] burn in Hellfire.

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

17 Then it will be said [to them], "This is what you used to deny."

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

18 No! Indeed, the record of the righteous is in 'illiyyun.

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

19 And what can make you know what is 'illiyyun?

20 A written record,

20 It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed

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

21 Which is witnessed by those brought near [to Allah].

22 Lo! the righteous verily are in delight,

22 Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure

23 On couches, gazing,

23 On adorned couches, observing.

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

24 You will recognize in their faces the radiance of pleasure.

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

25 They will be given to drink [pure] wine [which was] sealed.

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

26 The last of it is musk. So for this let the competitors compete.

27 And mixed with water of Tasnim,

27 And its mixture is of Tasneem,

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

28 A spring from which those near [to Allah] drink.

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

29 Indeed, those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed.

30 And wink one to another when they passed them;

30 And when they passed by them, they would exchange derisive glances.

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

31 And when they returned to their people, they would return jesting.

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

32 And when they saw them, they would say, "Indeed, those are truly lost."

33 Yet they were not sent as guardians over them.

33 But they had not been sent as guardians over them.

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

34 So Today those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers,

35 On high couches, gazing.

35 On adorned couches, observing.

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

36 Have the disbelievers [not] been rewarded [this Day] for what they used to do?