Surah Al-Mutaffifin (The Defrauding)

سُورَةُ المطففين

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. وَيۡلٞ لِّلۡمُطَفِّفِينَ ﴿١﴾

   83:1 Woe to those who give less [than due],[1878]

   Notes

   [1878] i.e., those who cheat people by giving them less than what they paid for when weighing or measuring - an amount so little as to hardly be noticed.

2. ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكۡتَالُواْ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسۡتَوۡفُونَ ﴿٢﴾

   83:2 Who, when they take a measure from people, take in full.

3. وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمۡ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمۡ يُخۡسِرُونَ ﴿٣﴾

   83:3 But if they give by measure or by weight to them, they cause loss.

4. أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبۡعُوثُونَ ﴿٤﴾

   83:4 Do they not think that they will be resurrected

5. لِيَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٖ ﴿٥﴾

   83:5 For a tremendous Day -

6. يَوۡمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ﴿٦﴾

   83:6 The Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of the worlds?

7. كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلۡفُجَّارِ لَفِي سِجِّينٖ ﴿٧﴾

   83:7 No! Indeed, the record of the wicked is in sijjeen.

8. وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٞ ﴿٨﴾

   83:8 And what can make you know what is sijjeen?

9. كِتَٰبٞ مَّرۡقُومٞ ﴿٩﴾

   83:9 It is [their destination[1879] recorded in] a register inscribed.

   Notes

   [1879] The lowest depths of Hell.

10. وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿١٠﴾

    83:10 Woe, that Day, to the deniers,

11. ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿١١﴾

    83:11 Who deny the Day of Recompense.

12. وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعۡتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ ﴿١٢﴾

    83:12 And none deny it except every sinful transgressor.

13. إِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ﴿١٣﴾

    83:13 When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."

14. كَلَّاۖ بَلۡۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ ﴿١٤﴾

    83:14 No! Rather, the stain has covered their hearts of that which they were earning.[1880]

    Notes

    [1880] i.e., their sins.

15. كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمۡ عَن رَّبِّهِمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّمَحۡجُوبُونَ ﴿١٥﴾

    83:15 No! Indeed, from their Lord, that Day, they will be partitioned.[1881]

    Notes

    [1881] i.e., they will not be able to see Him.

16. ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمۡ لَصَالُواْ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ﴿١٦﴾

    83:16 Then indeed, they will [enter and] burn in Hellfire.

17. ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ﴿١٧﴾

    83:17 Then it will be said [to them], "This is what you used to deny."

18. كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارِ لَفِي عِلِّيِّينَ ﴿١٨﴾

    83:18 No! Indeed, the record of the righteous is in ʿilliyyūn.

19. وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ ﴿١٩﴾

    83:19 And what can make you know what is ʿilliyyūn?

20. كِتَٰبٞ مَّرۡقُومٞ ﴿٢٠﴾

    83:20 It is [their destination[1882] recorded in] a register inscribed

    Notes

    [1882] The highest elevations of Paradise.

21. يَشۡهَدُهُ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ ﴿٢١﴾

    83:21 Which is witnessed by those brought near [to Allāh].

22. إِنَّ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ ﴿٢٢﴾

    83:22 Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure

23. عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ ﴿٢٣﴾

    83:23 On adorned couches, observing.

24. تَعۡرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِهِمۡ نَضۡرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ﴿٢٤﴾

    83:24 You will recognize in their faces the radiance of pleasure.

25. يُسۡقَوۡنَ مِن رَّحِيقٖ مَّخۡتُومٍ ﴿٢٥﴾

    83:25 They will be given to drink [pure] wine[1883] [which was] sealed.

    Notes

    [1883] Which is delicious and does not intoxicate.

26. خِتَٰمُهُۥ مِسۡكٞۚ وَفِي ذَٰلِكَ فَلۡيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلۡمُتَنَٰفِسُونَ ﴿٢٦﴾

    83:26 The last of it[1884] is musk. So for this let the competitors compete.

    Notes

    [1884] i.e., its lingering odor.

27. وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسۡنِيمٍ ﴿٢٧﴾

    83:27 And its mixture is of Tasneem,[1885]

    Notes

    [1885] The highest spring in Paradise and the most favored drink of its inhabitants.

28. عَيۡنٗا يَشۡرَبُ بِهَا ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ ﴿٢٨﴾

    83:28 A spring from which those near [to Allāh] drink.

29. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجۡرَمُواْ كَانُواْ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ يَضۡحَكُونَ ﴿٢٩﴾

    83:29 Indeed, those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed.

30. وَإِذَا مَرُّواْ بِهِمۡ يَتَغَامَزُونَ ﴿٣٠﴾

    83:30 And when they passed by them, they would exchange derisive glances.

31. وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓاْ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُواْ فَكِهِينَ ﴿٣١﴾

    83:31 And when they returned to their people, they would return jesting.

32. وَإِذَا رَأَوۡهُمۡ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ ﴿٣٢﴾

    83:32 And when they saw them, they would say, "Indeed, those are truly lost."

33. وَمَآ أُرۡسِلُواْ عَلَيۡهِمۡ حَٰفِظِينَ ﴿٣٣﴾

    83:33 But they had not been sent as guardians over them.

34. فَٱلۡيَوۡمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡكُفَّارِ يَضۡحَكُونَ ﴿٣٤﴾

    83:34 So Today[1886] those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers,

    Notes

    [1886] On the Day of Judgement.

35. عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ ﴿٣٥﴾

    83:35 On adorned couches, observing.

36. هَلۡ ثُوِّبَ ٱلۡكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُواْ يَفۡعَلُونَ ﴿٣٦﴾

    83:36 Have the disbelievers [not] been rewarded [this Day] for what they used to do?