Surah 83 · Makki

Al-Mutaffifin

The Defrauding · 36 ayat

المطففين
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83:1

وَيۡلٞ لِّلۡمُطَفِّفِينَ﴿1﴾

Woe to those who give less [than due]

83:2

ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكۡتَالُواْ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسۡتَوۡفُونَ﴿2﴾

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

83:3

وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمۡ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمۡ يُخۡسِرُونَ﴿3﴾

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

83:4

أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبۡعُوثُونَ﴿4﴾

Do they not think that they will be resurrected

83:5

لِيَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٖ﴿5﴾

For a tremendous Day

83:6

يَوۡمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ﴿6﴾

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

83:7

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلۡفُجَّارِ لَفِي سِجِّينٖ﴿7﴾

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

83:8

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٞ﴿8﴾

And what can make you know what is sijjeen

83:9

كِتَٰبٞ مَّرۡقُومٞ﴿9﴾

It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed

83:10

وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ﴿10﴾

Woe, that Day, to the deniers

83:11

ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ﴿11﴾

Who deny the Day of Recompense

83:12

وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعۡتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ﴿12﴾

And none deny it except every sinful transgressor

83:13

إِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ﴿13﴾

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

83:14

كَلَّاۖ بَلۡۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ﴿14﴾

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

83:15

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمۡ عَن رَّبِّهِمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّمَحۡجُوبُونَ﴿15﴾

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

83:16

ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمۡ لَصَالُواْ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ﴿16﴾

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

83:17

ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ﴿17﴾

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

83:18

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارِ لَفِي عِلِّيِّينَ﴿18﴾

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

83:19

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ﴿19﴾

And what can make you know what is 'illiyyun

83:20

كِتَٰبٞ مَّرۡقُومٞ﴿20﴾

It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed

83:21

يَشۡهَدُهُ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ﴿21﴾

Which is witnessed by those brought near [to Allah]

83:22

إِنَّ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ﴿22﴾

Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure

83:23

عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ﴿23﴾

On adorned couches, observing

83:24

تَعۡرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِهِمۡ نَضۡرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ﴿24﴾

You will recognize in their faces the radiance of pleasure

83:25

يُسۡقَوۡنَ مِن رَّحِيقٖ مَّخۡتُومٍ﴿25﴾

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

83:26

خِتَٰمُهُۥ مِسۡكٞۚ وَفِي ذَٰلِكَ فَلۡيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلۡمُتَنَٰفِسُونَ﴿26﴾

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

83:27

وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسۡنِيمٍ﴿27﴾

And its mixture is of Tasneem

83:28

عَيۡنٗا يَشۡرَبُ بِهَا ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ﴿28﴾

A spring from which those near [to Allah] drink

83:29

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجۡرَمُواْ كَانُواْ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ يَضۡحَكُونَ﴿29﴾

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

83:30

وَإِذَا مَرُّواْ بِهِمۡ يَتَغَامَزُونَ﴿30﴾

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

83:31

وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓاْ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُواْ فَكِهِينَ﴿31﴾

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

83:32

وَإِذَا رَأَوۡهُمۡ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ﴿32﴾

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

83:33

وَمَآ أُرۡسِلُواْ عَلَيۡهِمۡ حَٰفِظِينَ﴿33﴾

But they had not been sent as guardians over them

83:34

فَٱلۡيَوۡمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡكُفَّارِ يَضۡحَكُونَ﴿34﴾

So Today those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers

83:35

عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ﴿35﴾

On adorned couches, observing

83:36

هَلۡ ثُوِّبَ ٱلۡكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُواْ يَفۡعَلُونَ﴿36﴾

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

Translation

Saheeh International by Umm Muhammad. Arabic text sourced from The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia. Dataset Quran JSON v3.1.2, CC-BY-SA-4.0.