Surah Al-MutaffifinThe Defrauding

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 83:1

   وَيۡلٌۭ لِّلۡمُطَفِّفِينَ

   Woe to those who give less [than due],

2. 83:2

   ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكۡتَالُواْ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسۡتَوۡفُونَ

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

3. 83:3

   وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمۡ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمۡ يُخۡسِرُونَ

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

4. 83:4

   أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبۡعُوثُونَ

   Do they not think that they will be resurrected

5. 83:5

   لِيَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٍۢ

   For a tremendous Day -

6. 83:6

   يَوۡمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

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

7. 83:7

   كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلۡفُجَّارِ لَفِى سِجِّينٍۢ

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

8. 83:8

   وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٌۭ

   And what can make you know what is sijjeen?

9. 83:9

   كِتَٰبٌۭ مَّرۡقُومٌۭ

   It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed.

10. 83:10

    وَيۡلٌۭ يَوۡمَئِذٍۢ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ

    Woe, that Day, to the deniers,

11. 83:11

    ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ

    Who deny the Day of Recompense.

12. 83:12

    وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعۡتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ

    And none deny it except every sinful transgressor.

13. 83:13

    إِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ

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

14. 83:14

    كَلَّا ۖ بَلۡ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ

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

15. 83:15

    كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمۡ عَن رَّبِّهِمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٍۢ لَّمَحۡجُوبُونَ

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

16. 83:16

    ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمۡ لَصَالُواْ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ

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

17. 83:17

    ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ

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

18. 83:18

    كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارِ لَفِى عِلِّيِّينَ

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

19. 83:19

    وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ

    And what can make you know what is 'illiyyun?

20. 83:20

    كِتَٰبٌۭ مَّرۡقُومٌۭ

    It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed

21. 83:21

    يَشۡهَدُهُ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ

    Which is witnessed by those brought near [to Allah].

22. 83:22

    إِنَّ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ

    Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure

23. 83:23

    عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ

    On adorned couches, observing.

24. 83:24

    تَعۡرِفُ فِى وُجُوهِهِمۡ نَضۡرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

    You will recognize in their faces the radiance of pleasure.

25. 83:25

    يُسۡقَوۡنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍۢ مَّخۡتُومٍ

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

26. 83:26

    خِتَٰمُهُۥ مِسۡكٌۭ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكَ فَلۡيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلۡمُتَنَٰفِسُونَ

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

27. 83:27

    وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسۡنِيمٍ

    And its mixture is of Tasneem,

28. 83:28

    عَيۡنًۭا يَشۡرَبُ بِهَا ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ

    A spring from which those near [to Allah] drink.

29. 83:29

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجۡرَمُواْ كَانُواْ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ يَضۡحَكُونَ

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

30. 83:30

    وَإِذَا مَرُّواْ بِهِمۡ يَتَغَامَزُونَ

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

31. 83:31

    وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓاْ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُواْ فَكِهِينَ

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

32. 83:32

    وَإِذَا رَأَوۡهُمۡ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ

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

33. 83:33

    وَمَآ أُرۡسِلُواْ عَلَيۡهِمۡ حَٰفِظِينَ

    But they had not been sent as guardians over them.

34. 83:34

    فَٱلۡيَوۡمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡكُفَّارِ يَضۡحَكُونَ

    So Today those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers,

35. 83:35

    عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ

    On adorned couches, observing.

36. 83:36

    هَلۡ ثُوِّبَ ٱلۡكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُواْ يَفۡعَلُونَ

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