83Al-Mutaffifin

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَيْلٌ لِلْمُطَفِّفِينَ

Woe unto the defrauders:

الَّذِينَ إِذَا اكْتَالُوا عَلَى النَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ

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

وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَوْ وَزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ

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

أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُولَٰئِكَ أَنَّهُمْ مَبْعُوثُونَ

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

لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

Unto an Awful Day,

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ النَّاسُ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

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

كَلَّا إِنَّ كِتَابَ الْفُجَّارِ لَفِي سِجِّينٍ

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

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ

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

كِتَابٌ مَرْقُومٌ

A written record.

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

الَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ

Those who deny the Day of Judgment

وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ

Which none denieth save each criminal transgressor,

إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ

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

كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ مَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ

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

كَلَّا إِنَّهُمْ عَنْ رَبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَمَحْجُوبُونَ

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

ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُو الْجَحِيمِ

Then lo! they verily will burn in hell,

ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا الَّذِي كُنْتُمْ بِهِ تُكَذِّبُونَ

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

كَلَّا إِنَّ كِتَابَ الْأَبْرَارِ لَفِي عِلِّيِّينَ

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

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ

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

كِتَابٌ مَرْقُومٌ

A written record,

يَشْهَدُهُ الْمُقَرَّبُونَ

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

إِنَّ الْأَبْرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ

Lo! the righteous verily are in delight,

عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنْظُرُونَ

On couches, gazing,

تَعْرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ النَّعِيمِ

Thou wilt know in their faces the radiance of delight.

يُسْقَوْنَ مِنْ رَحِيقٍ مَخْتُومٍ

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

خِتَامُهُ مِسْكٌ ۚ وَفِي ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ الْمُتَنَافِسُونَ

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

وَمِزَاجُهُ مِنْ تَسْنِيمٍ

And mixed with water of Tasnim,

عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا الْمُقَرَّبُونَ

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

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا كَانُوا مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يَضْحَكُونَ

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

وَإِذَا مَرُّوا بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ

And wink one to another when they passed them;

وَإِذَا انْقَلَبُوا إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِمُ انْقَلَبُوا فَكِهِينَ

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

وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوا إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ لَضَالُّونَ

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

وَمَا أُرْسِلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ حَافِظِينَ

Yet they were not sent as guardians over them.

فَالْيَوْمَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ

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

عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنْظُرُونَ

On high couches, gazing.

هَلْ ثُوِّبَ الْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا يَفْعَلُونَ

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