Al Mutaffine

1 Waylun lilmutaffifeena

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

2 Allatheena itha iktaloo AAala alnnasi yastawfoona

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

3 Waitha kaloohum aw wazanoohum yukhsiroona

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

4 Ala yathunnu olaika annahum mabAAoothoona

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

5 Liyawmin AAatheemin

5 Unto an Awful Day,

6 Yawma yaqoomu alnnasu lirabbi alAAalameena

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

7 Kalla inna kitaba alfujjari lafee sijjeenin

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

8 Wama adraka ma sijjeenun

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

9 Kitabun marqoomun

9 A written record.

10 Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

10 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

11 Allatheena yukaththiboona biyawmi alddeeni

11 Those who deny the Day of Judgment

12 Wama yukaththibu bihi illa kullu muAAtadin atheemin

12 Which none denieth save each criminal transgressor,

13 Itha tutla AAalayhi ayatuna qala asateeru alawwaleena

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

14 Kalla bal rana AAala quloobihim ma kanoo yaksiboona

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

15 Kalla innahum AAan rabbihim yawmaithin lamahjooboona

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

16 Thumma innahum lasaloo aljaheemi

16 Then lo! they verily will burn in hell,

17 Thumma yuqalu hatha allathee kuntum bihi tukaththiboona

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

18 Kalla inna kitaba alabrari lafee AAilliyyeena

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

19 Wama adraka ma AAilliyyoona

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

20 Kitabun marqoomun

20 A written record,

21 Yashhaduhu almuqarraboona

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

22 Inna alabrara lafee naAAeemin

22 Lo! the righteous verily are in delight,

23 AAala alaraiki yanthuroona

23 On couches, gazing,

24 TaAArifu fee wujoohihim nadrata alnnaAAeemi

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

25 Yusqawna min raheeqin makhtoomin

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

26 Khitamuhu miskun wafee thalika falyatanafasi almutanafisoona

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

27 Wamizajuhu min tasneemin

27 And mixed with water of Tasnim,

28 AAaynan yashrabu biha almuqarraboona

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

29 Inna allatheena ajramoo kanoo mina allatheena amanoo yadhakoona

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

30 Waitha marroo bihim yataghamazoona

30 And wink one to another when they passed them;

31 Waitha inqalaboo ila ahlihimu inqalaboo fakiheena

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

32 Waitha raawhum qaloo inna haolai ladalloona

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

33 Wama orsiloo AAalayhim hafitheena

33 Yet they were not sent as guardians over them.

34 Faalyawma allatheena amanoo mina alkuffari yadhakoona

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

35 AAala alaraiki yanthuroona

35 On high couches, gazing.

36 Hal thuwwiba alkuffaru ma kanoo yafAAaloona

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