سُورَةُ المُطَفِّفِينَ
Al-Mutaffifin
Defrauding · Meccan · 36 verses
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَيْلٌۭ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ ﴿1﴾
Wailul lil mutaffifeen
83:1Woe to the defrauders, who use short measures,
ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكْتَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ ﴿2﴾
Allazeena izak taaloo 'alan naasi yastawfoon
83:2who, when they measure [a commodity bought] from the people, take the full measure,
وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ ﴿3﴾
Wa izaa kaaloohum aw wazanoohum yukhsiroon
83:3but diminish when they measure or weigh for them.
أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ ﴿4﴾
Alaa yazunnu ulaaa'ika annahum mab'oosoon
83:4Do they not know that they will be resurrected
لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍۢ ﴿5﴾
Li Yawmin 'Azeem
83:5on a tremendous day,
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ﴿6﴾
Yawma yaqoomun naasu li Rabbil 'aalameen
83:6a day when mankind will stand before the Lord of all the worlds?
كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلْفُجَّارِ لَفِى سِجِّينٍۢ ﴿7﴾
Kallaaa inna kitaabal fujjaari lafee Sijjeen
83:7Indeed, the record of the vicious is in Sijjeen.
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٌۭ ﴿8﴾
Wa maa adraaka maa Sijjeen
83:8And what will show you what is Sijjeen?
كِتَٰبٌۭ مَّرْقُومٌۭ ﴿9﴾
Kitaabum marqoom
83:9It is a written record.
وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿10﴾
Wailuny yawma'izil lil mukazzibeen
83:10Woe to the deniers on that day,
ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿11﴾
Allazeena yukazziboona bi yawmid deen
83:11who deny the Day of Retribution;
وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ ﴿12﴾
Wa maa yukazzibu biheee illaa kullu mu'tadin aseem
83:12and none denies it except every sinful transgressor.
إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿13﴾
Izaa tutlaa'alaihi aayaatunaa qaala asaateerul awwaleen
83:13When Our signs are recited to him, he says, ‘Myths of the ancients!’
كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ ﴿14﴾
Kallaa bal raana 'alaa quloobihim maa kaanoo yaksiboon
83:14No, that is not the case! Rather, their hearts have been sullied by what they have been earning.
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ ﴿15﴾
Kallaaa innahum 'ar Rabbihim yawma'izil lamah jooboon
83:15Indeed, they will be alienated from their Lord on that day.
ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُوا۟ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ﴿16﴾
Summa innahum lasaa lul jaheem
83:16Afterward they will enter hell,
ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ﴿17﴾
Summa yuqaalu haazal lazee kuntum bihee tukazziboon
83:17then told, ‘This is what you used to deny!’
كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلْأَبْرَارِ لَفِى عِلِّيِّينَ ﴿18﴾
Kallaaa inna kitaabal abraari lafee'Illiyyeen
83:18Indeed, the record of the pious is in Illeeyun.
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ ﴿19﴾
Wa maaa adraaka maa 'Illiyyoon
83:19And what will show you what is Illeeyun?
كِتَٰبٌۭ مَّرْقُومٌۭ ﴿20﴾
Kitaabum marqoom
83:20It is a written record,
يَشْهَدُهُ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ ﴿21﴾
Yashhadu hul muqarra boon
83:21witnessed by those brought near [to Allah].
إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ ﴿22﴾
Innal abraara lafee Na'eem
83:22The pious shall be amid bliss,
عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ ﴿23﴾
'Alal araaa'iki yanzuroon
83:23observing, [as they recline] on couches.
تَعْرِفُ فِى وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ﴿24﴾
Ta'rifu fee wujoohihim nadratan na'eem
83:24You will perceive in their faces the freshness of bliss.
يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍۢ مَّخْتُومٍ ﴿25﴾
Yusqawna mir raheeqim makhtoom
83:25They will be served with a sealed pure wine,
خِتَٰمُهُۥ مِسْكٌۭ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلْمُتَنَٰفِسُونَ ﴿26﴾
Khitaamuhoo misk; wa fee zaalika falyatanaafasil Mutanaafisoon
83:26whose seal is musk—for such let the viers vie—
وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ ﴿27﴾
Wa mizaajuhoo min Tasneem
83:27and whose seasoning is from Tasneem,
عَيْنًۭا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ ﴿28﴾
'Ainaiy yashrabu bihal muqarraboon
83:28a spring where those brought near [to Allah] drink.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا۟ كَانُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ يَضْحَكُونَ ﴿29﴾
Innal lazeena ajramoo kaanoo minal lazeena aamanoo yadhakoon
83:29Indeed the guilty used to laugh at the faithful,
وَإِذَا مَرُّوا۟ بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ ﴿30﴾
Wa izaa marroo bihim yataghaamazoon
83:30and when they passed them by they would wink at each other,
وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُوا۟ فَكِهِينَ ﴿31﴾
Wa izan qalabooo ilaaa ahlihimun qalaboo fakiheen
83:31and when they returned to their folks they would return amused,
وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ ﴿32﴾
Wa izaa ra awhum qaalooo inna haaa'ulaaa'i ladaaal loon
83:32and when they saw them they would say, ‘Indeed those are the astray!’
وَمَآ أُرْسِلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ حَٰفِظِينَ ﴿33﴾
Wa maaa ursiloo 'alaihim haafizeen
83:33Though they were not sent to watch over them.
فَٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ ﴿34﴾
Fal yawmal lazeena aamanoo minal kuffaari yadhakoon
83:34So today the faithful will laugh at the faithless,
عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ ﴿35﴾
'Alal araaa'iki yanzuroon
83:35observing from their couches:
هَلْ ثُوِّبَ ٱلْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ ﴿36﴾
Hal suwwibal kuffaaru maa kaanoo yaf'aloon
83:36Have the faithless been requited for what they used to do?