83Al-Mutaffifin

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَيْلٌ لِلْمُطَفِّفِينَ

Woe Unto the scrimpers:

الَّذِينَ إِذَا اكْتَالُوا عَلَى النَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ

Those who, when they take by measure from mankind, exact the full,

وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَوْ وَزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ

And who, when they measure Unto them or weigh for them, diminish.

أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُولَٰئِكَ أَنَّهُمْ مَبْعُوثُونَ

Imagine such men not that they shall be raised up?

لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

On a mighty Day.

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ النَّاسُ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

A Day whereon mankind shall stand before the Lord of the worlds?

كَلَّا إِنَّ كِتَابَ الْفُجَّارِ لَفِي سِجِّينٍ

By no means! Verily the record of the ungodly is in Sijjin.

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ

And what will make thee know whatsoever the record in Sijjin is?

كِتَابٌ مَرْقُومٌ

A record of misdeeds written.

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Woe on that Day unto the belviers-

الَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ

Those who belie the Day of Requital.

وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ

And none belieth it save each trespasser, sinner.

إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ

And when Our revelations are rehearsed Unto him, she saith:'fables of the ancients!

كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ مَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ

By no means!' Aye! encrusted upon their hearts is that which they have been earning.

كَلَّا إِنَّهُمْ عَنْ رَبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَمَحْجُوبُونَ

By no means! Verily on that Day from their Lord they will be shut Out.

ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُو الْجَحِيمِ

Then verily they will be roasted into the Scorch.

ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا الَّذِي كُنْتُمْ بِهِ تُكَذِّبُونَ

Then it will be said: 'this is that which ye were wont to belie.'

كَلَّا إِنَّ كِتَابَ الْأَبْرَارِ لَفِي عِلِّيِّينَ

By no means! Verily the record of the virtuous shall be in 'Illiyun.

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ

And what will make thee know whatsoever the record in Illiyun is?

كِتَابٌ مَرْقُومٌ

A record of good deeds written.

يَشْهَدُهُ الْمُقَرَّبُونَ

To which bear witness those brought nigh.

إِنَّ الْأَبْرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ

Verily the virtuous shall be in Delight,

عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنْظُرُونَ

Reclining on couches, looking on.

تَعْرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ النَّعِيمِ

Thou wilt recognize in their faces the brightness of delight.

يُسْقَوْنَ مِنْ رَحِيقٍ مَخْتُومٍ

They will be given to drink of pure wine, sealed.

خِتَامُهُ مِسْكٌ ۚ وَفِي ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ الْمُتَنَافِسُونَ

The seal thereof will be of musk and to this end let the aspirers aspire -

وَمِزَاجُهُ مِنْ تَسْنِيمٍ

And admixture thereof will be Water of Tasnim:

عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا الْمُقَرَّبُونَ

A fountain whereof will drink those brought nigh.

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا كَانُوا مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يَضْحَكُونَ

Veriiy those who have sinned were wont at those who had believed to laugh,

وَإِذَا مَرُّوا بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ

And, when they passed them, to wink at each other,

وَإِذَا انْقَلَبُوا إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِمُ انْقَلَبُوا فَكِهِينَ

And when they returned to their household they returned jesting.

وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوا إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ لَضَالُّونَ

And when they saw them, they said: verily these are the strayed ones.

وَمَا أُرْسِلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ حَافِظِينَ

Whereas they were not sent over them as watchers.

فَالْيَوْمَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ

Wherefore Today, those who believed at the infidels are laughing,

عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنْظُرُونَ

Reclining on couches, looking on.

هَلْ ثُوِّبَ الْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا يَفْعَلُونَ

The infidels have indeed been rewarded for that which they had been doing.