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:
Waylun lilmutaffifeena
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,
Allatheena itha iktaloo AAala alnnasi yastawfoona
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.
Waitha kaloohum aw wazanoohum yukhsiroona
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
Ala yathunnu olaika annahum mabAAoothoona
ألا يظن أولئك أنهم مبعوثون
For a tremendous Day -
Unto an Awful Day,
Liyawmin AAatheemin
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 ?
Yawma yaqoomu alnnasu lirabbi alAAalameena
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 -
Kalla inna kitaba alfujjari lafee sijjeenin
كلا إن كتاب الفجار لفي سجين
And what can make you know what is sijjeen?
Ah! what will convey unto thee what Sijjin is! -
Wama adraka ma sijjeenun
وما أدراك ما سجين
It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed.
A written record.
Kitabun marqoomun
كتاب مرقوم
Woe, that Day, to the deniers,
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Who deny the Day of Recompense.
Those who deny the Day of Judgment
Allatheena yukaththiboona biyawmi alddeeni
الذين يكذبون بيوم الدين
And none deny it except every sinful transgressor.
Which none denieth save each criminal transgressor,
Wama yukaththibu bihi illa kullu muAAtadin atheemin
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.
Itha tutla AAalayhi ayatuna qala asateeru alawwaleena
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.
Kalla bal rana AAala quloobihim ma kanoo yaksiboona
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.
Kalla innahum AAan rabbihim yawmaithin lamahjooboona
كلا إنهم عن ربهم يومئذ لمحجوبون
Then indeed, they will [enter and] burn in Hellfire.
Then lo! they verily will burn in hell,
Thumma innahum lasaloo aljaheemi
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.
Thumma yuqalu hatha allathee kuntum bihi tukaththiboona
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 -
Kalla inna kitaba alabrari lafee AAilliyyeena
كلا إن كتاب الأبرار لفي عليين
And what can make you know what is 'illiyyun?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what 'Illiyin is! -
Wama adraka ma AAilliyyoona
وما أدراك ما عليون
It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed
A written record,
Kitabun marqoomun
كتاب مرقوم
Which is witnessed by those brought near [to Allah].
Attested by those who are brought near (unto their Lord).
Yashhaduhu almuqarraboona
يشهده المقربون
Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure
Lo! the righteous verily are in delight,
Inna alabrara lafee naAAeemin
إن الأبرار لفي نعيم
On adorned couches, observing.
On couches, gazing,
AAala alaraiki yanthuroona
على الأرائك ينظرون
You will recognize in their faces the radiance of pleasure.
Thou wilt know in their faces the radiance of delight.
TaAArifu fee wujoohihim nadrata alnnaAAeemi
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,
Yusqawna min raheeqin makhtoomin
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 -
Khitamuhu miskun wafee thalika falyatanafasi almutanafisoona
ختامه مسك ۚ وفي ذلك فليتنافس المتنافسون
And its mixture is of Tasneem,
And mixed with water of Tasnim,
Wamizajuhu min tasneemin
ومزاجه من تسنيم
A spring from which those near [to Allah] drink.
A spring whence those brought near (to Allah) drink.
AAaynan yashrabu biha almuqarraboona
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,
Inna allatheena ajramoo kanoo mina allatheena amanoo yadhakoona
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;
Waitha marroo bihim yataghamazoona
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;
Waitha inqalaboo ila ahlihimu inqalaboo fakiheena
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.
Waitha raawhum qaloo inna haolai ladalloona
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.
Wama orsiloo AAalayhim hafitheena
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,
Faalyawma allatheena amanoo mina alkuffari yadhakoona
فاليوم الذين آمنوا من الكفار يضحكون
On adorned couches, observing.
On high couches, gazing.
AAala alaraiki yanthuroona
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 ?
Hal thuwwiba alkuffaru ma kanoo yafAAaloona
هل ثوب الكفار ما كانوا يفعلون