83 : 1
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَيْلٌۭ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ
Ahmed Ali
WOE TO THOSE who give short measure,
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سُورَةُ المُطَفِّفِينَ
Al-Mutaffifin · 36 verses
83 : 2
ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكْتَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ
Ahmed Ali
Who insist on being given full when they take from others,
83 : 3
وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ
Ahmed Ali
Whilst when they measure or weigh for them, give less.
83 : 4
أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ
Ahmed Ali
Do they not think they will be raised (to life) again
83 : 5
لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
On a grievous day,
83 : 6
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
Ahmed Ali
The day all mankind will stand before the Lord of all the worlds?
83 : 7
كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلْفُجَّارِ لَفِى سِجِّينٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
Indeed the ledger of the wicked will be in (the lowest depths) Sijjin.
83 : 8
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
How will you comprehend what Sijjin is?
83 : 9
كِتَٰبٌۭ مَّرْقُومٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
It is a (repository of) distinctly written record.
83 : 10
وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Ahmed Ali
Ah the woe that day for those who deny,
83 : 11
ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
Ahmed Ali
Who call the Day of judgement a lie!
83 : 12
وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
Ahmed Ali
None denies it but the sinful transgressors.
83 : 13
إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
Ahmed Ali
When Our revelations are recited before him, he says: "These are fables of long ago."
83 : 14
كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ
Ahmed Ali
No. In fact what they have been doing has rusted their hearts.
83 : 15
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ
Ahmed Ali
Therefore they will be screened off from their Lord that day,
83 : 16
ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُوا۟ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
Ahmed Ali
Then they will indeed burn in Hell.
83 : 17
ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ
Ahmed Ali
They will then be told: "This is what you had denied."
83 : 18
كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلْأَبْرَارِ لَفِى عِلِّيِّينَ
Ahmed Ali
Surely the ledger of the pious will be in 'Illiyun (heights above the heights).
83 : 19
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ
Ahmed Ali
But how will you comprehend what 'Illiyun is?
83 : 20
كِتَٰبٌۭ مَّرْقُومٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
It is a (repository of) distinctly written record
83 : 21
يَشْهَدُهُ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ
Ahmed Ali
Witnessed by those who are honoured.
83 : 22
إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ
Ahmed Ali
Verily the pious will be in heaven,
83 : 23
عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ
Ahmed Ali
On couches face to face.
83 : 24
تَعْرِفُ فِى وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
Ahmed Ali
On their faces you will see the glow of beatitude.
83 : 25
يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍۢ مَّخْتُومٍ
Ahmed Ali
They will be served the choicest wine, sealed
83 : 26
خِتَٰمُهُۥ مِسْكٌۭ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلْمُتَنَٰفِسُونَ
Ahmed Ali
With a sealing of musk, which those who aspire for the best should desire, --
83 : 27
وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ
Ahmed Ali
Blended with the water of Tasnim, (heights ultimate of evolution),
83 : 28
عَيْنًۭا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ
Ahmed Ali
A fountain from which only they who are honoured drink.
83 : 29
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا۟ كَانُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ يَضْحَكُونَ
Ahmed Ali
The sinners indeed laughed at believers
83 : 30
وَإِذَا مَرُّوا۟ بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ
Ahmed Ali
And winked at one another as they passed by them;
83 : 31
وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُوا۟ فَكِهِينَ
Ahmed Ali
And when they went back to their people turned to make fun of them;
83 : 32
وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ
Ahmed Ali
And when they saw them, they said: "They have indeed gone astray."
83 : 33
وَمَآ أُرْسِلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ حَٰفِظِينَ
Ahmed Ali
But they were not Sent to be guardians over them!
83 : 34
فَٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ
Ahmed Ali
So, the believers will laugh at the infidels on that day,
83 : 35
عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ
Ahmed Ali
Regarding them from their cushioned seats.
83 : 36
هَلْ ثُوِّبَ ٱلْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ
Ahmed Ali
Will not the infidels pay for what they had done?