Surah Mutaffifin — The Defrauding

وَيْلٌ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ 83:1

Waylun lilmutaffifeen

Woe unto the defrauders:

ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكْتَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ 83:2

Allatheena itha iktalooAAala annasi yastawfoon

Those who when they take the measure from mankind demand it full,

وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ 83:3

Wa-itha kaloohum aw wazanoohumyukhsiroon

But if they measure unto them or weight for them, they cause them loss.

أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ 83:4

Ala yathunnu ola-ikaannahum mabAAoothoon

Do such (men) not consider that they will be raised again

لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ 83:5

Liyawmin AAatheem

Unto an Awful Day,

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ 83:6

Yawma yaqoomu annasu lirabbialAAalameen

The day when (all) mankind stand before the Lord of the Worlds?

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَـٰبَ ٱلْفُجَّارِ لَفِى سِجِّينٍ 83:7

Kalla inna kitaba alfujjarilafee sijjeen

Nay, but the record of the vile is in Sijjin -

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ 83:8

Wama adraka ma sijjeen

Ah! what will convey unto thee what Sijjin is! -

كِتَـٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ 83:9

Kitabun marqoom

A written record.

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ 83:10

Waylun yawma-ithin lilmukaththibeen

Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ 83:11

Allatheena yukaththiboonabiyawmi addeen

Those who deny the Day of Judgment

وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ 83:12

Wama yukaththibu bihi illakullu muAAtadin atheem

Which none denieth save each criminal transgressor,

إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ 83:13

Itha tutla AAalayhi ayatunaqala asateeru al-awwaleen

Who, when thou readest unto him Our revelations, saith: (Mere) fables of the men of old.

كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ 83:14

Kalla bal rana AAalaquloobihim ma kanoo yaksiboon

Nay, but that which they have earned is rust upon their hearts.

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ 83:15

Kalla innahum AAan rabbihim yawma-ithinlamahjooboon

Nay, but surely on that day they will be covered from (the mercy of) their Lord.

ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُوا۟ ٱلْجَحِيمِ 83:16

Thumma innahum lasaloo aljaheem

Then lo! they verily will burn in hell,

ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ 83:17

Thumma yuqalu hatha allatheekuntum bihi tukaththiboon

And it will be said (unto them): This is that which ye used to deny.

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَـٰبَ ٱلْأَبْرَارِ لَفِى عِلِّيِّينَ 83:18

Kalla inna kitaba al-abrarilafee AAilliyyeen

Nay, but the record of the righteous is in 'Illiyin -

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ 83:19

Wama adraka maAAilliyyoon

Ah, what will convey unto thee what 'Illiyin is! -

كِتَـٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ 83:20

Kitabun marqoom

A written record,

يَشْهَدُهُ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ 83:21

Yashhaduhu almuqarraboon

Attested by those who are brought near (unto their Lord).

إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ 83:22

Inna al-abrara lafee naAAeem

Lo! the righteous verily are in delight,

عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ 83:23

AAala al-ara-iki yanthuroon

On couches, gazing,

تَعْرِفُ فِى وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ 83:24

TaAArifu fee wujoohihim nadrata annaAAeem

Thou wilt know in their faces the radiance of delight.

يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍ مَّخْتُومٍ 83:25

Yusqawna min raheeqin makhtoom

They are given to drink of a pure wine, sealed,

خِتَـٰمُهُۥ مِسْكٌ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلْمُتَنَـٰفِسُونَ 83:26

Khitamuhu miskun wafee thalikafalyatanafasi almutanafisoon

Whose seal is musk - for this let (all) those strive who strive for bliss -

وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ 83:27

Wamizajuhu min tasneem

And mixed with water of Tasnim,

عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ 83:28

AAaynan yashrabu biha almuqarraboon

A spring whence those brought near (to Allah) drink.

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا۟ كَانُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ يَضْحَكُونَ 83:29

Inna allatheena ajramoo kanoomina allatheena amanoo yadhakoon

Lo! the guilty used to laugh at those who believed,

وَإِذَا مَرُّوا۟ بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ 83:30

Wa-itha marroo bihim yataghamazoon

And wink one to another when they passed them;

وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُوا۟ فَكِهِينَ 83:31

Wa-itha inqalaboo ila ahlihimuinqalaboo fakiheen

And when they returned to their own folk, they returned jesting;

وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ 83:32

Wa-itha raawhum qaloo inna haola-iladalloon

And when they saw them they said: Lo! these have gone astray.

وَمَآ أُرْسِلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ حَـٰفِظِينَ 83:33

Wama orsiloo AAalayhim hafitheen

Yet they were not sent as guardians over them.

فَٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ 83:34

Falyawma allatheena amanoomina alkuffari yadhakoon

This day it is those who believe who have the laugh of disbelievers,

عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ 83:35

AAala al-ara-iki yanthuroon

On high couches, gazing.

هَلْ ثُوِّبَ ٱلْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ 83:36

Hal thuwwiba alkuffaru ma kanooyafAAaloon

Are not the disbelievers paid for what they used to do?