Chapter 83, 36 verses
Woe to those who give less [than due],
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ويل للمطففين
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Woe unto the defrauders:
وَيْلٌ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ
Who, when they take a measure from people, take in full.
الذين إذا اكتالوا على الناس يستوفون
Those who when they take the measure from mankind demand it full,
ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكْتَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ
But if they give by measure or by weight to them, they cause loss.
وإذا كالوهم أو وزنوهم يخسرون
But if they measure unto them or weight for them, they cause them loss.
وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ
Do they not think that they will be resurrected
ألا يظن أولئك أنهم مبعوثون
Do such (men) not consider that they will be raised again
أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ
For a tremendous Day -
ليوم عظيم
Unto an Awful Day,
لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
The Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of the worlds?
يوم يقوم الناس لرب العالمين
The day when (all) mankind stand before the Lord of the Worlds ?
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
No! Indeed, the record of the wicked is in sijjeen.
كلا إن كتاب الفجار لفي سجين
Nay, but the record of the vile is in Sijjin -
كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلْفُجَّارِ لَفِى سِجِّينٍ
And what can make you know what is sijjeen?
وما أدراك ما سجين
Ah! what will convey unto thee what Sijjin is! -
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ
It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed.
كتاب مرقوم
A written record.
كِتَٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ
Woe, that Day, to the deniers,
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Who deny the Day of Recompense.
الذين يكذبون بيوم الدين
Those who deny the Day of Judgment
ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
And none deny it except every sinful transgressor.
وما يكذب به إلا كل معتد أثيم
Which none denieth save each criminal transgressor,
وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."
إذا تتلى عليه آياتنا قال أساطير الأولين
Who, when thou readest unto him Our revelations, saith: (Mere) fables of the men of old.
إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
No! Rather, the stain has covered their hearts of that which they were earning.
كلا ۖ بل ۜ ران على قلوبهم ما كانوا يكسبون
Nay, but that which they have earned is rust upon their hearts.
كَلَّا بَلْ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ
No! Indeed, from their Lord, that Day, they will be partitioned.
كلا إنهم عن ربهم يومئذ لمحجوبون
Nay, but surely on that day they will be covered from (the mercy of) their Lord.
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ
Then indeed, they will [enter and] burn in Hellfire.
ثم إنهم لصالو الجحيم
Then lo! they verily will burn in hell,
ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُوا۟ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
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.
ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ
No! Indeed, the record of the righteous is in 'illiyyun.
كلا إن كتاب الأبرار لفي عليين
Nay, but the record of the righteous is in 'Illiyin -
كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلْأَبْرَارِ لَفِى عِلِّيِّينَ
And what can make you know what is 'illiyyun?
وما أدراك ما عليون
Ah, what will convey unto thee what 'Illiyin is! -
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ
It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed
كتاب مرقوم
A written record,
كِتَٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ
Which is witnessed by those brought near [to Allah].
يشهده المقربون
Attested by those who are brought near (unto their Lord).
يَشْهَدُهُ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ
Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure
إن الأبرار لفي نعيم
Lo! the righteous verily are in delight,
إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ
On adorned couches, observing.
على الأرائك ينظرون
On couches, gazing,
عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ
You will recognize in their faces the radiance of pleasure.
تعرف في وجوههم نضرة النعيم
Thou wilt know in their faces the radiance of delight.
تَعْرِفُ فِى وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
They will be given to drink [pure] wine [which was] sealed.
يسقون من رحيق مختوم
They are given to drink of a pure wine, sealed,
يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍ مَّخْتُومٍ
The last of it is musk. So for this let the competitors compete.
ختامه مسك ۚ وفي ذلك فليتنافس المتنافسون
Whose seal is musk - for this let (all) those strive who strive for bliss -
خِتَٰمُهُۥ مِسْكٌ وَفِى ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلْمُتَنَٰفِسُونَ
And its mixture is of Tasneem,
ومزاجه من تسنيم
And mixed with water of Tasnim,
وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ
A spring from which those near [to Allah] drink.
عينا يشرب بها المقربون
A spring whence those brought near (to Allah) drink.
عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ
Indeed, 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,
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا۟ كَانُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ يَضْحَكُونَ
And when they passed by them, they would exchange derisive glances.
وإذا مروا بهم يتغامزون
And wink one to another when they passed them;
وَإِذَا مَرُّوا۟ بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ
And when they returned to their people, they would return jesting.
وإذا انقلبوا إلى أهلهم انقلبوا فكهين
And when they returned to their own folk, they returned jesting;
وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُوا۟ فَكِهِينَ
And when they saw them, they would say, "Indeed, those are truly lost."
وإذا رأوهم قالوا إن هؤلاء لضالون
And when they saw them they said: Lo! these have gone astray.
وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ
But they had not been sent as guardians over them.
وما أرسلوا عليهم حافظين
Yet they were not sent as guardians over them.
وَمَآ أُرْسِلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ حَٰفِظِينَ
So Today those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers,
فاليوم الذين آمنوا من الكفار يضحكون
This day it is those who believe who have the laugh of disbelievers,
فَٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ
On adorned couches, observing.
على الأرائك ينظرون
On high couches, gazing.
عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ
Have the disbelievers [not] been rewarded [this Day] for what they used to do?
هل ثوب الكفار ما كانوا يفعلون
Are not the disbelievers paid for what they used to do ?
هَلْ ثُوِّبَ ٱلْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ