Chapter 83, 36 verses
Woe to those that deal in fraud, -
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَيْلٌ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ
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,
الَّذِينَ إِذَا اكْتَالُوا عَلَى النَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ
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.
وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ
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? -
أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُولَٰئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ
Do such (men) not consider that they will be raised again
On a Mighty Day,
لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
Unto an Awful Day,
A Day when (all) mankind will stand before the Lord of the Worlds?
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ النَّاسُ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
The day when (all) mankind stand before the Lord of the Worlds ?
Nay! Surely the record of the wicked is (preserved) in Sijjin.
كَلَّا إِنَّ كِتَابَ الْفُجَّارِ لَفِي سِجِّينٍ
Nay, but the record of the vile is in Sijjin -
And what will explain to thee what Sijjin is?
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ
Ah! what will convey unto thee what Sijjin is! -
(There is) a Register (fully) inscribed.
كِتَابٌ مَّرْقُومٌ
A written record.
Woe, that Day, to those that deny -
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Those that deny the Day of Judgment.
الَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ
Those who deny the Day of Judgment
And none can deny it but the Transgressor beyond bounds the Sinner!
وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
Which none denieth save each criminal transgressor,
When Our Signs are rehearsed to him, he says, "Tales of the ancients!"
إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
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!
كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ
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.
كَلَّا إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ
Nay, but surely on that day they will be covered from (the mercy of) their Lord.
Further, they will enter the Fire of Hell.
ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُو الْجَحِيمِ
Then lo! they verily will burn in hell,
Further, it will be said to them: "This is the (reality) which ye rejected as false!
ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا الَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِ تُكَذِّبُونَ
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.
كَلَّا إِنَّ كِتَابَ الْأَبْرَارِ لَفِي عِلِّيِّينَ
Nay, but the record of the righteous is in 'Illiyin -
And what will explain to thee what 'Illiyun is?
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ
Ah, what will convey unto thee what 'Illiyin is! -
(There is) a Register (fully) inscribed,
كِتَابٌ مَّرْقُومٌ
A written record,
To which bear witness those Nearest (to Allah).
يَشْهَدُهُ الْمُقَرَّبُونَ
Attested by those who are brought near (unto their Lord).
Truly the Righteous will be in Bliss:
إِنَّ الْأَبْرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ
Lo! the righteous verily are in delight,
On Thrones (of Dignity) will they command a sight (of all things):
عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنظُرُونَ
On couches, gazing,
Thou wilt recognise in their faces the beaming brightness of Bliss.
تَعْرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ النَّعِيمِ
Thou wilt know in their faces the radiance of delight.
Their thirst will be slaked with Pure Wine sealed:
يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍ مَّخْتُومٍ
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:
خِتَامُهُ مِسْكٌ ۚ وَفِي ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ الْمُتَنَافِسُونَ
Whose seal is musk - for this let (all) those strive who strive for bliss -
With it will be (given) a mixture of Tasnim:
وَمِزَاجُهُ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ
And mixed with water of Tasnim,
A spring, from (the waters) whereof drink those Nearest to Allah.
عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا الْمُقَرَّبُونَ
A spring whence those brought near (to Allah) drink.
Those in sin used to laugh at those who believed,
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا كَانُوا مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يَضْحَكُونَ
Lo! the guilty used to laugh at those who believed,
And whenever they passed by them, used to wink at each other (in mockery);
وَإِذَا مَرُّوا بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ
And wink one to another when they passed them;
And when they returned to their own people, they would return jesting;
وَإِذَا انقَلَبُوا إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِمُ انقَلَبُوا فَكِهِينَ
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!"
وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوا إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ لَضَالُّونَ
And when they saw them they said: Lo! these have gone astray.
But they had not been sent as keepers over them!
وَمَا أُرْسِلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ حَافِظِينَ
Yet they were not sent as guardians over them.
But on this Day the Believers will laugh at the Unbelievers:
فَالْيَوْمَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ
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).
عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنظُرُونَ
On high couches, gazing.
Will not the Unbelievers have been paid back for what they did?
هَلْ ثُوِّبَ الْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا يَفْعَلُونَ
Are not the disbelievers paid for what they used to do ?