আল মুতাফ্ফিফীন (ঠকবাজ ব্যক্তিরা)

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

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

1 Waylun lilmutaffifeena

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.

2 Allatheena itha iktaloo AAala alnnasi yastawfoona

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.

3 Waitha kaloohum aw wazanoohum yukhsiroona

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

4 Do they not think that they will be resurrected

4 Ala yathunnu olaika annahum mabAAoothoona

5 Unto an Awful Day,

5 For a tremendous Day -

5 Liyawmin AAatheemin

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?

6 Yawma yaqoomu alnnasu lirabbi alAAalameena

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

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

7 Kalla inna kitaba alfujjari lafee sijjeenin

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

8 And what can make you know what is sijjeen?

8 Wama adraka ma sijjeenun

9 A written record.

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

9 Kitabun marqoomun

10 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

10 Woe, that Day, to the deniers,

10 Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

11 Those who deny the Day of Judgment

11 Who deny the Day of Recompense.

11 Allatheena yukaththiboona biyawmi alddeeni

12 Which none denieth save each criminal transgressor,

12 And none deny it except every sinful transgressor.

12 Wama yukaththibu bihi illa kullu muAAtadin atheemin

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."

13 Itha tutla AAalayhi ayatuna qala asateeru alawwaleena

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.

14 Kalla bal rana AAala quloobihim ma kanoo yaksiboona

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.

15 Kalla innahum AAan rabbihim yawmaithin lamahjooboona

16 Then lo! they verily will burn in hell,

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

16 Thumma innahum lasaloo aljaheemi

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."

17 Thumma yuqalu hatha allathee kuntum bihi tukaththiboona

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

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

18 Kalla inna kitaba alabrari lafee AAilliyyeena

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

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

19 Wama adraka ma AAilliyyoona

20 A written record,

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

20 Kitabun marqoomun

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

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

21 Yashhaduhu almuqarraboona

22 Lo! the righteous verily are in delight,

22 Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure

22 Inna alabrara lafee naAAeemin

23 On couches, gazing,

23 On adorned couches, observing.

23 AAala alaraiki yanthuroona

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

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

24 TaAArifu fee wujoohihim nadrata alnnaAAeemi

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

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

25 Yusqawna min raheeqin makhtoomin

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.

26 Khitamuhu miskun wafee thalika falyatanafasi almutanafisoona

27 And mixed with water of Tasnim,

27 And its mixture is of Tasneem,

27 Wamizajuhu min tasneemin

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

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

28 AAaynan yashrabu biha almuqarraboona

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

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

29 Inna allatheena ajramoo kanoo mina allatheena amanoo yadhakoona

30 And wink one to another when they passed them;

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

30 Waitha marroo bihim yataghamazoona

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

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

31 Waitha inqalaboo ila ahlihimu inqalaboo fakiheena

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."

32 Waitha raawhum qaloo inna haolai ladalloona

33 Yet they were not sent as guardians over them.

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

33 Wama orsiloo AAalayhim hafitheena

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,

34 Faalyawma allatheena amanoo mina alkuffari yadhakoona

35 On high couches, gazing.

35 On adorned couches, observing.

35 AAala alaraiki yanthuroona

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?

36 Hal thuwwiba alkuffaru ma kanoo yafAAaloona