Chapter 83

DefraudingAl-Mutaffifin (المطففين)

36 verses • revealed at Meccan

1 وَيْلٌ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ
Woe to those that deal in fraud,-
2 ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكْتَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ
Those who, when they have to receive by measure from men, exact full measure,
3 وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ
But when they have to give by measure or weight to men, give less than due.
4 أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ
Do they not think that they will be called to account?-
5 لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
On a Mighty Day,
6 يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
A Day when (all) mankind will stand before the Lord of the Worlds?
7 كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلْفُجَّارِ لَفِى سِجِّينٍ
Nay! Surely the record of the wicked is (preserved) in Sijjin.
8 وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ
And what will explain to thee what Sijjin is?
9 كِتَٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ
(There is) a Register (fully) inscribed.
10 وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Woe, that Day, to those that deny-
11 ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
Those that deny the Day of Judgment.
12 وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
And none can deny it but the Transgressor beyond bounds the Sinner!
13 إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
When Our Signs are rehearsed to him, he says, "Tales of the ancients!"
14 كَلَّا بَلْ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ
By no means! but on their hearts is the stain of the (ill) which they do!
15 كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ
Verily, from (the Light of) their Lord, that Day, will they be veiled.
16 ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُوا۟ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
Further, they will enter the Fire of Hell.
17 ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ
Further, it will be said to them: "This is the (reality) which ye rejected as false!
18 كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلْأَبْرَارِ لَفِى عِلِّيِّينَ
Nay, verily the record of the Righteous is (preserved) in 'Illiyin.
19 وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ
And what will explain to thee what 'Illiyun is?
20 كِتَٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ
(There is) a Register (fully) inscribed,
21 يَشْهَدُهُ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ
To which bear witness those Nearest (to Allah).
22 إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ
Truly the Righteous will be in Bliss:
23 عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ
On Thrones (of Dignity) will they command a sight (of all things):
24 تَعْرِفُ فِى وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
Thou wilt recognise in their faces the beaming brightness of Bliss.
25 يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍ مَّخْتُومٍ
Their thirst will be slaked with Pure Wine sealed:
26 خِتَٰمُهُۥ مِسْكٌ وَفِى ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلْمُتَنَٰفِسُونَ
The seal thereof will be Musk: And for this let those aspire, who have aspirations:
27 وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ
With it will be (given) a mixture of Tasnim:
28 عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ
A spring, from (the waters) whereof drink those Nearest to Allah.
29 إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا۟ كَانُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ يَضْحَكُونَ
Those in sin used to laugh at those who believed,
30 وَإِذَا مَرُّوا۟ بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ
And whenever they passed by them, used to wink at each other (in mockery);
31 وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُوا۟ فَكِهِينَ
And when they returned to their own people, they would return jesting;
32 وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ
And whenever they saw them, they would say, "Behold! These are the people truly astray!"
33 وَمَآ أُرْسِلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ حَٰفِظِينَ
But they had not been sent as keepers over them!
34 فَٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ
But on this Day the Believers will laugh at the Unbelievers:
35 عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ
On Thrones (of Dignity) they will command (a sight) (of all things).
36 هَلْ ثُوِّبَ ٱلْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ
Will not the Unbelievers have been paid back for what they did?