83. Al-Mutaffifin

وَيۡلࣱ لِّلۡمُطَفِّفِينَ

Woe to the stinters

ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكۡتَالُواْ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسۡتَوۡفُونَ

those who, when they take from others by measure, take their full share

وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمۡ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمۡ يُخۡسِرُونَ

but who, when they measure or weigh for others, give less than their due

أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبۡعُوثُونَ

Do they not realise that they will be raised to life

لِيَوۡمٍ عَظِيمࣲ‏

on a Great Day

يَوۡمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

a Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of the Universe

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلۡفُجَّارِ لَفِي سِجِّينࣲ‏

No indeed! Verily the deeds of the wicked are in the Record locked up in the prison-house

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينࣱ‏

And how would you know what the Record of the prison-house is

كِتَٰبࣱ مَّرۡقُومࣱ‏

It is a Book inscribed

وَيۡلࣱ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ

Woe, then, to those that give the lie

ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ

those that give the lie to the Day of Recompense

وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعۡتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ

Yet none gives the lie to it except the transgressor immersed in sin

إِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ

who, when Our verses are recited to him, says: “Mere tales of olden times!”

كَلَّاۖ بَلۡۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ

No indeed! The truth is that their hearts have become rusted on account of their evil deeds

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمۡ عَن رَّبِّهِمۡ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ لَّمَحۡجُوبُونَ

No indeed! On that Day they will be screened off from seeing their Lord

ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمۡ لَصَالُواْ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ

and then they shall enter Hell

ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ

whereafter they will be told: “This is what you used to give the lie to.”

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارِ لَفِي عِلِّيِّينَ

No indeed! Verily, the deeds of the virtuous shall be in the record of the exalted ones

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ

And what do you know what the Record of the exalted ones is

كِتَٰبࣱ مَّرۡقُومࣱ‏

It is a Book inscribed

يَشۡهَدُهُ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ

which the angels placed near Allah to safeguard

إِنَّ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ

Verily the virtuous shall be in Bliss

عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ

resting on couches, looking around

تَعۡرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِهِمۡ نَضۡرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

You shall see upon their faces the glow of bliss

يُسۡقَوۡنَ مِن رَّحِيقࣲ مَّخۡتُومٍ

They will be served a drink of the finest sealed wine

خِتَٰمُهُۥ مِسۡكࣱۚ وَفِي ذَٰلِكَ فَلۡيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلۡمُتَنَٰفِسُونَ

whose seal is musk – so let all aspirants aspire after that –

وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسۡنِيمٍ

a wine whose mixture is Tasnim

عَيۡنࣰ ا يَشۡرَبُ بِهَا ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ

a fountain at which the chosen ones shall drink

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجۡرَمُواْ كَانُواْ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ يَضۡحَكُونَ

Behold, the wicked were wont to laugh at the believers

وَإِذَا مَرُّواْ بِهِمۡ يَتَغَامَزُونَ

when they passed by them they winked

وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓاْ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُواْ فَكِهِينَ

and when they went back to their families, they went back jesting

وَإِذَا رَأَوۡهُمۡ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ

and when they saw the believers, they said: “Lo! These are the erring ones”

وَمَآ أُرۡسِلُواْ عَلَيۡهِمۡ حَٰفِظِينَ

(they said so although) they had not been appointed watchers over them

فَٱلۡيَوۡمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡكُفَّارِ يَضۡحَكُونَ

But today the believers are laughing at the unbelievers

عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ

seated upon their couches, they are looking around

هَلۡ ثُوِّبَ ٱلۡكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُواْ يَفۡعَلُونَ

Have the unbelievers been duly rewarded for their deeds