Chapter 83, 36 verses
Woe to those that deal in fraud, -
Waylun lilmutaffifeena
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ويل للمطففين
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Woe unto the defrauders:
Those who, when they have to receive by measure from men, exact full measure,
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 when they have to give by measure or weight to men, give less than due.
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 called to account? -
Ala yathunnu olaika annahum mabAAoothoona
ألا يظن أولئك أنهم مبعوثون
Do such (men) not consider that they will be raised again
On a Mighty Day,
Liyawmin AAatheemin
ليوم عظيم
Unto an Awful Day,
A Day when (all) 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 ?
Nay! Surely the record of the wicked is (preserved) in Sijjin.
Kalla inna kitaba alfujjari lafee sijjeenin
كلا إن كتاب الفجار لفي سجين
Nay, but the record of the vile is in Sijjin -
And what will explain to thee what Sijjin is?
Wama adraka ma sijjeenun
وما أدراك ما سجين
Ah! what will convey unto thee what Sijjin is! -
(There is) a Register (fully) inscribed.
Kitabun marqoomun
كتاب مرقوم
A written record.
Woe, that Day, to those that deny -
Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Those that deny the Day of Judgment.
Allatheena yukaththiboona biyawmi alddeeni
الذين يكذبون بيوم الدين
Those who deny the Day of Judgment
And none can deny it but the Transgressor beyond bounds the Sinner!
Wama yukaththibu bihi illa kullu muAAtadin atheemin
وما يكذب به إلا كل معتد أثيم
Which none denieth save each criminal transgressor,
When Our Signs are rehearsed to him, he says, "Tales of the ancients!"
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.
By no means! but on their hearts is the stain of the (ill) which they do!
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.
Verily, from (the Light of) their Lord, that Day, will they be veiled.
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.
Further, they will enter the Fire of Hell.
Thumma innahum lasaloo aljaheemi
ثم إنهم لصالو الجحيم
Then lo! they verily will burn in hell,
Further, it will be said to them: "This is the (reality) which ye rejected as false!
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.
Nay, verily the record of the Righteous is (preserved) in 'Illiyin.
Kalla inna kitaba alabrari lafee AAilliyyeena
كلا إن كتاب الأبرار لفي عليين
Nay, but the record of the righteous is in 'Illiyin -
And what will explain to thee what 'Illiyun is?
Wama adraka ma AAilliyyoona
وما أدراك ما عليون
Ah, what will convey unto thee what 'Illiyin is! -
(There is) a Register (fully) inscribed,
Kitabun marqoomun
كتاب مرقوم
A written record,
To which bear witness those Nearest (to Allah).
Yashhaduhu almuqarraboona
يشهده المقربون
Attested by those who are brought near (unto their Lord).
Truly the Righteous will be in Bliss:
Inna alabrara lafee naAAeemin
إن الأبرار لفي نعيم
Lo! the righteous verily are in delight,
On Thrones (of Dignity) will they command a sight (of all things):
AAala alaraiki yanthuroona
على الأرائك ينظرون
On couches, gazing,
Thou wilt recognise in their faces the beaming brightness of Bliss.
TaAArifu fee wujoohihim nadrata alnnaAAeemi
تعرف في وجوههم نضرة النعيم
Thou wilt know in their faces the radiance of delight.
Their thirst will be slaked with Pure Wine sealed:
Yusqawna min raheeqin makhtoomin
يسقون من رحيق مختوم
They are given to drink of a pure wine, sealed,
The seal thereof will be Musk: And for this let those aspire, who have aspirations:
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 -
With it will be (given) a mixture of Tasnim:
Wamizajuhu min tasneemin
ومزاجه من تسنيم
And mixed with water of Tasnim,
A spring, from (the waters) whereof drink those Nearest to Allah.
AAaynan yashrabu biha almuqarraboona
عينا يشرب بها المقربون
A spring whence those brought near (to Allah) drink.
Those in sin 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 whenever they passed by them, used to wink at each other (in mockery);
Waitha marroo bihim yataghamazoona
وإذا مروا بهم يتغامزون
And wink one to another when they passed them;
And when they returned to their own 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 whenever they saw them, they would say, "Behold! These are the people truly astray!"
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 keepers over them!
Wama orsiloo AAalayhim hafitheena
وما أرسلوا عليهم حافظين
Yet they were not sent as guardians over them.
But on this Day the Believers will laugh at the Unbelievers:
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 Thrones (of Dignity) they will command (a sight) (of all things).
AAala alaraiki yanthuroona
على الأرائك ينظرون
On high couches, gazing.
Will not the Unbelievers have been paid back for what they did?
Hal thuwwiba alkuffaru ma kanoo yafAAaloona
هل ثوب الكفار ما كانوا يفعلون
Are not the disbelievers paid for what they used to do ?