Al-Mutaffifin · The Defrauding

وَيْلٌۭ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ ﴿١﴾

Woe to those who give less [than due],

waylun lil'muṭaffifīna

ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكْتَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ ﴿٢﴾

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

alladhīna idhā ik'tālū ʿalā l-nāsi yastawfūna

وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ ﴿٣﴾

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

wa-idhā kālūhum aw wazanūhum yukh'sirūna

أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ ﴿٤﴾

Do they not think that they will be resurrected

alā yaẓunnu ulāika annahum mabʿūthūna

لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍۢ ﴿٥﴾

For a tremendous Day -

liyawmin ʿaẓīmin

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٦﴾

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

yawma yaqūmu l-nāsu lirabbi l-ʿālamīna

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَـٰبَ ٱلْفُجَّارِ لَفِى سِجِّينٍۢ ﴿٧﴾

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

kallā inna kitāba l-fujāri lafī sijjīnin

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٌۭ ﴿٨﴾

And what can make you know what is sijjeen?

wamā adrāka mā sijjīnun

كِتَـٰبٌۭ مَّرْقُومٌۭ ﴿٩﴾

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

kitābun marqūmun

وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿١٠﴾

Woe, that Day, to the deniers,

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna

ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿١١﴾

Who deny the Day of Recompense.

alladhīna yukadhibūna biyawmi l-dīni

وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ ﴿١٢﴾

And none deny it except every sinful transgressor.

wamā yukadhibu bihi illā kullu muʿ'tadin athīmin

إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿١٣﴾

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

idhā tut'lā ʿalayhi āyātunā qāla asāṭīru l-awalīna

كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ ﴿١٤﴾

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

kallā bal rāna ʿalā qulūbihim mā kānū yaksibūna

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ ﴿١٥﴾

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

kallā innahum ʿan rabbihim yawma-idhin lamaḥjūbūna

ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُوا۟ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ﴿١٦﴾

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

thumma innahum laṣālū l-jaḥīmi

ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ﴿١٧﴾

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

thumma yuqālu hādhā alladhī kuntum bihi tukadhibūna

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَـٰبَ ٱلْأَبْرَارِ لَفِى عِلِّيِّينَ ﴿١٨﴾

No! Indeed, the record of the righteous is in ʿilliyyūn.

kallā inna kitāba l-abrāri lafī ʿilliyyīna

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ ﴿١٩﴾

And what can make you know what is ʿilliyyūn?

wamā adrāka mā ʿilliyyūna

كِتَـٰبٌۭ مَّرْقُومٌۭ ﴿٢٠﴾

It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed

kitābun marqūmun

يَشْهَدُهُ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ ﴿٢١﴾

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

yashhaduhu l-muqarabūna

إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ ﴿٢٢﴾

Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure

inna l-abrāra lafī naʿīmin

عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ ﴿٢٣﴾

On adorned couches, observing.

ʿalā l-arāiki yanẓurūna

تَعْرِفُ فِى وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ﴿٢٤﴾

You will recognize in their faces the radiance of pleasure.

taʿrifu fī wujūhihim naḍrata l-naʿīmi

يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍۢ مَّخْتُومٍ ﴿٢٥﴾

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

yus'qawna min raḥīqin makhtūmin

خِتَـٰمُهُۥ مِسْكٌۭ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلْمُتَنَـٰفِسُونَ ﴿٢٦﴾

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

khitāmuhu mis'kun wafī dhālika falyatanāfasi l-mutanāfisūna

وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ ﴿٢٧﴾

And its mixture is of Tasneem,

wamizājuhu min tasnīmin

عَيْنًۭا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ ﴿٢٨﴾

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

ʿaynan yashrabu bihā l-muqarabūna

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا۟ كَانُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ يَضْحَكُونَ ﴿٢٩﴾

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

inna alladhīna ajramū kānū mina alladhīna āmanū yaḍḥakūna

وَإِذَا مَرُّوا۟ بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ ﴿٣٠﴾

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

wa-idhā marrū bihim yataghāmazūna

وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُوا۟ فَكِهِينَ ﴿٣١﴾

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

wa-idhā inqalabū ilā ahlihimu inqalabū fakihīna

وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ ﴿٣٢﴾

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

wa-idhā ra-awhum qālū inna hāulāi laḍāllūna

وَمَآ أُرْسِلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ حَـٰفِظِينَ ﴿٣٣﴾

But they had not been sent as guardians over them.

wamā ur'silū ʿalayhim ḥāfiẓīna

فَٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ ﴿٣٤﴾

So Today those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers,

fal-yawma alladhīna āmanū mina l-kufāri yaḍḥakūna

عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ ﴿٣٥﴾

On adorned couches, observing.

ʿalā l-arāiki yanẓurūna

هَلْ ثُوِّبَ ٱلْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ ﴿٣٦﴾

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

hal thuwwiba l-kufāru mā kānū yafʿalūna