Chapter 83, 36 verses
Woe to those who give less [than due],
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Woe unto the defrauders:
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ويل للمطففين
Who, when they take a measure from people, take in full.
Those who when they take the measure from mankind demand it full,
الذين إذا اكتالوا على الناس يستوفون
But if they give by measure or by weight to them, they cause loss.
But if they measure unto them or weight for them, they cause them loss.
وإذا كالوهم أو وزنوهم يخسرون
Do they not think that they will be resurrected
Do such (men) not consider that they will be raised again
ألا يظن أولئك أنهم مبعوثون
For a tremendous Day -
Unto an Awful Day,
ليوم عظيم
The Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of the worlds?
The day when (all) mankind stand before the Lord of the Worlds ?
يوم يقوم الناس لرب العالمين
No! Indeed, the record of the wicked is in sijjeen.
Nay, but the record of the vile is in Sijjin -
كلا إن كتاب الفجار لفي سجين
And what can make you know what is sijjeen?
Ah! what will convey unto thee what Sijjin is! -
وما أدراك ما سجين
It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed.
A written record.
كتاب مرقوم
Woe, that Day, to the deniers,
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Who deny the Day of Recompense.
Those who deny the Day of Judgment
الذين يكذبون بيوم الدين
And none deny it except every sinful transgressor.
Which none denieth save each criminal transgressor,
وما يكذب به إلا كل معتد أثيم
When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."
Who, when thou readest unto him Our revelations, saith: (Mere) fables of the men of old.
إذا تتلى عليه آياتنا قال أساطير الأولين
No! Rather, the stain has covered their hearts of that which they were earning.
Nay, but that which they have earned is rust upon their hearts.
كلا ۖ بل ۜ ران على قلوبهم ما كانوا يكسبون
No! Indeed, from their Lord, that Day, they will be partitioned.
Nay, but surely on that day they will be covered from (the mercy of) their Lord.
كلا إنهم عن ربهم يومئذ لمحجوبون
Then indeed, they will [enter and] burn in Hellfire.
Then lo! they verily will burn in hell,
ثم إنهم لصالو الجحيم
Then it will be said [to them], "This is what you used to deny."
And it will be said (unto them): This is that which ye used to deny.
ثم يقال هذا الذي كنتم به تكذبون
No! Indeed, the record of the righteous is in 'illiyyun.
Nay, but the record of the righteous is in 'Illiyin -
كلا إن كتاب الأبرار لفي عليين
And what can make you know what is 'illiyyun?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what 'Illiyin is! -
وما أدراك ما عليون
It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed
A written record,
كتاب مرقوم
Which is witnessed by those brought near [to Allah].
Attested by those who are brought near (unto their Lord).
يشهده المقربون
Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure
Lo! the righteous verily are in delight,
إن الأبرار لفي نعيم
On adorned couches, observing.
On couches, gazing,
على الأرائك ينظرون
You will recognize in their faces the radiance of pleasure.
Thou wilt know in their faces the radiance of delight.
تعرف في وجوههم نضرة النعيم
They will be given to drink [pure] wine [which was] sealed.
They are given to drink of a pure wine, sealed,
يسقون من رحيق مختوم
The last of it is musk. So for this let the competitors compete.
Whose seal is musk - for this let (all) those strive who strive for bliss -
ختامه مسك ۚ وفي ذلك فليتنافس المتنافسون
And its mixture is of Tasneem,
And mixed with water of Tasnim,
ومزاجه من تسنيم
A spring from which those near [to Allah] drink.
A spring whence those brought near (to Allah) drink.
عينا يشرب بها المقربون
Indeed, those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed.
Lo! the guilty used to laugh at those who believed,
إن الذين أجرموا كانوا من الذين آمنوا يضحكون
And when they passed by them, they would exchange derisive glances.
And wink one to another when they passed them;
وإذا مروا بهم يتغامزون
And when they returned to their people, they would return jesting.
And when they returned to their own folk, they returned jesting;
وإذا انقلبوا إلى أهلهم انقلبوا فكهين
And when they saw them, they would say, "Indeed, those are truly lost."
And when they saw them they said: Lo! these have gone astray.
وإذا رأوهم قالوا إن هؤلاء لضالون
But they had not been sent as guardians over them.
Yet they were not sent as guardians over them.
وما أرسلوا عليهم حافظين
So Today those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers,
This day it is those who believe who have the laugh of disbelievers,
فاليوم الذين آمنوا من الكفار يضحكون
On adorned couches, observing.
On high couches, gazing.
على الأرائك ينظرون
Have the disbelievers [not] been rewarded [this Day] for what they used to do?
Are not the disbelievers paid for what they used to do ?
هل ثوب الكفار ما كانوا يفعلون