المطففين

Al-Mutaffifin

The Defrauding

Chapter 83·36 Verses·Meccan
1

وَيۡلٞ لِّلۡمُطَفِّفِينَ

Woe to those who give less [than due]

2

ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكۡتَالُواْ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسۡتَوۡفُونَ

Who, when they take a measure from people, take in full

3

وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمۡ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمۡ يُخۡسِرُونَ

But if they give by measure or by weight to them, they cause loss

4

أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبۡعُوثُونَ

Do they not think that they will be resurrected

5

لِيَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٖ

For a tremendous Day

6

يَوۡمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

The Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of the worlds

7

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلۡفُجَّارِ لَفِي سِجِّينٖ

No! Indeed, the record of the wicked is in sijjeen

8

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٞ

And what can make you know what is sijjeen

9

كِتَٰبٞ مَّرۡقُومٞ

It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed

10

وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ

Woe, that Day, to the deniers

11

ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ

Who deny the Day of Recompense

12

وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعۡتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ

And none deny it except every sinful transgressor

13

إِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ

When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples

14

كَلَّاۖ بَلۡۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ

No! Rather, the stain has covered their hearts of that which they were earning

15

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمۡ عَن رَّبِّهِمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّمَحۡجُوبُونَ

No! Indeed, from their Lord, that Day, they will be partitioned

16

ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمۡ لَصَالُواْ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ

Then indeed, they will [enter and] burn in Hellfire

17

ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ

Then it will be said [to them], "This is what you used to deny

18

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارِ لَفِي عِلِّيِّينَ

No! Indeed, the record of the righteous is in 'illiyyun

19

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ

And what can make you know what is 'illiyyun

20

كِتَٰبٞ مَّرۡقُومٞ

It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed

21

يَشۡهَدُهُ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ

Which is witnessed by those brought near [to Allah]

22

إِنَّ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ

Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure

23

عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ

On adorned couches, observing

24

تَعۡرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِهِمۡ نَضۡرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

You will recognize in their faces the radiance of pleasure

25

يُسۡقَوۡنَ مِن رَّحِيقٖ مَّخۡتُومٍ

They will be given to drink [pure] wine [which was] sealed

26

خِتَٰمُهُۥ مِسۡكٞۚ وَفِي ذَٰلِكَ فَلۡيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلۡمُتَنَٰفِسُونَ

The last of it is musk. So for this let the competitors compete

27

وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسۡنِيمٍ

And its mixture is of Tasneem

28

عَيۡنٗا يَشۡرَبُ بِهَا ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ

A spring from which those near [to Allah] drink

29

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجۡرَمُواْ كَانُواْ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ يَضۡحَكُونَ

Indeed, those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed

30

وَإِذَا مَرُّواْ بِهِمۡ يَتَغَامَزُونَ

And when they passed by them, they would exchange derisive glances

31

وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓاْ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُواْ فَكِهِينَ

And when they returned to their people, they would return jesting

32

وَإِذَا رَأَوۡهُمۡ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ

And when they saw them, they would say, "Indeed, those are truly lost

33

وَمَآ أُرۡسِلُواْ عَلَيۡهِمۡ حَٰفِظِينَ

But they had not been sent as guardians over them

34

فَٱلۡيَوۡمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡكُفَّارِ يَضۡحَكُونَ

So Today those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers

35

عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ

On adorned couches, observing

36

هَلۡ ثُوِّبَ ٱلۡكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُواْ يَفۡعَلُونَ

Have the disbelievers [not] been rewarded [this Day] for what they used to do

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