Chapter 83, 36 verses
Woe to those who give less [than due],
Waylun lilmutaffifeena
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ويل للمطففين
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Woe unto the defrauders:
Who, when they take a measure from people, take in full.
Allatheena itha iktaloo AAala alnnasi yastawfoona
الذين إذا اكتالوا على الناس يستوفون
Those who when they take the measure from mankind demand it full,
But if they give by measure or by weight to them, they cause loss.
Waitha kaloohum aw wazanoohum yukhsiroona
وإذا كالوهم أو وزنوهم يخسرون
But if they measure unto them or weight for them, they cause them loss.
Do they not think that they will be resurrected
Ala yathunnu olaika annahum mabAAoothoona
ألا يظن أولئك أنهم مبعوثون
Do such (men) not consider that they will be raised again
For a tremendous Day -
Liyawmin AAatheemin
ليوم عظيم
Unto an Awful Day,
The Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of the worlds?
Yawma yaqoomu alnnasu lirabbi alAAalameena
يوم يقوم الناس لرب العالمين
The day when (all) mankind stand before the Lord of the Worlds ?
No! Indeed, the record of the wicked is in sijjeen.
Kalla inna kitaba alfujjari lafee sijjeenin
كلا إن كتاب الفجار لفي سجين
Nay, but the record of the vile is in Sijjin -
And what can make you know what is sijjeen?
Wama adraka ma sijjeenun
وما أدراك ما سجين
Ah! what will convey unto thee what Sijjin is! -
It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed.
Kitabun marqoomun
كتاب مرقوم
A written record.
Woe, that Day, to the deniers,
Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Who deny the Day of Recompense.
Allatheena yukaththiboona biyawmi alddeeni
الذين يكذبون بيوم الدين
Those who deny the Day of Judgment
And none deny it except every sinful transgressor.
Wama yukaththibu bihi illa kullu muAAtadin atheemin
وما يكذب به إلا كل معتد أثيم
Which none denieth save each criminal transgressor,
When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."
Itha tutla AAalayhi ayatuna qala asateeru alawwaleena
إذا تتلى عليه آياتنا قال أساطير الأولين
Who, when thou readest unto him Our revelations, saith: (Mere) fables of the men of old.
No! Rather, the stain has covered their hearts of that which they were earning.
Kalla bal rana AAala quloobihim ma kanoo yaksiboona
كلا ۖ بل ۜ ران على قلوبهم ما كانوا يكسبون
Nay, but that which they have earned is rust upon their hearts.
No! Indeed, from their Lord, that Day, they will be partitioned.
Kalla innahum AAan rabbihim yawmaithin lamahjooboona
كلا إنهم عن ربهم يومئذ لمحجوبون
Nay, but surely on that day they will be covered from (the mercy of) their Lord.
Then indeed, they will [enter and] burn in Hellfire.
Thumma innahum lasaloo aljaheemi
ثم إنهم لصالو الجحيم
Then lo! they verily will burn in hell,
Then it will be said [to them], "This is what you used to deny."
Thumma yuqalu hatha allathee kuntum bihi tukaththiboona
ثم يقال هذا الذي كنتم به تكذبون
And it will be said (unto them): This is that which ye used to deny.
No! Indeed, the record of the righteous is in 'illiyyun.
Kalla inna kitaba alabrari lafee AAilliyyeena
كلا إن كتاب الأبرار لفي عليين
Nay, but the record of the righteous is in 'Illiyin -
And what can make you know what is 'illiyyun?
Wama adraka ma AAilliyyoona
وما أدراك ما عليون
Ah, what will convey unto thee what 'Illiyin is! -
It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed
Kitabun marqoomun
كتاب مرقوم
A written record,
Which is witnessed by those brought near [to Allah].
Yashhaduhu almuqarraboona
يشهده المقربون
Attested by those who are brought near (unto their Lord).
Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure
Inna alabrara lafee naAAeemin
إن الأبرار لفي نعيم
Lo! the righteous verily are in delight,
On adorned couches, observing.
AAala alaraiki yanthuroona
على الأرائك ينظرون
On couches, gazing,
You will recognize in their faces the radiance of pleasure.
TaAArifu fee wujoohihim nadrata alnnaAAeemi
تعرف في وجوههم نضرة النعيم
Thou wilt know in their faces the radiance of delight.
They will be given to drink [pure] wine [which was] sealed.
Yusqawna min raheeqin makhtoomin
يسقون من رحيق مختوم
They are given to drink of a pure wine, sealed,
The last of it is musk. So for this let the competitors compete.
Khitamuhu miskun wafee thalika falyatanafasi almutanafisoona
ختامه مسك ۚ وفي ذلك فليتنافس المتنافسون
Whose seal is musk - for this let (all) those strive who strive for bliss -
And its mixture is of Tasneem,
Wamizajuhu min tasneemin
ومزاجه من تسنيم
And mixed with water of Tasnim,
A spring from which those near [to Allah] drink.
AAaynan yashrabu biha almuqarraboona
عينا يشرب بها المقربون
A spring whence those brought near (to Allah) drink.
Indeed, those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed.
Inna allatheena ajramoo kanoo mina allatheena amanoo yadhakoona
إن الذين أجرموا كانوا من الذين آمنوا يضحكون
Lo! the guilty used to laugh at those who believed,
And when they passed by them, they would exchange derisive glances.
Waitha marroo bihim yataghamazoona
وإذا مروا بهم يتغامزون
And wink one to another when they passed them;
And when they returned to their people, they would return jesting.
Waitha inqalaboo ila ahlihimu inqalaboo fakiheena
وإذا انقلبوا إلى أهلهم انقلبوا فكهين
And when they returned to their own folk, they returned jesting;
And when they saw them, they would say, "Indeed, those are truly lost."
Waitha raawhum qaloo inna haolai ladalloona
وإذا رأوهم قالوا إن هؤلاء لضالون
And when they saw them they said: Lo! these have gone astray.
But they had not been sent as guardians over them.
Wama orsiloo AAalayhim hafitheena
وما أرسلوا عليهم حافظين
Yet they were not sent as guardians over them.
So Today those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers,
Faalyawma allatheena amanoo mina alkuffari yadhakoona
فاليوم الذين آمنوا من الكفار يضحكون
This day it is those who believe who have the laugh of disbelievers,
On adorned couches, observing.
AAala alaraiki yanthuroona
على الأرائك ينظرون
On high couches, gazing.
Have the disbelievers [not] been rewarded [this Day] for what they used to do?
Hal thuwwiba alkuffaru ma kanoo yafAAaloona
هل ثوب الكفار ما كانوا يفعلون
Are not the disbelievers paid for what they used to do ?