83. Al-Mutaffifin

83:1

وَيْلٌ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ ﴿١﴾

Waylun lilmuṭaffifīn

Woe unto the defrauders:

83:2

ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكْتَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ ﴿٢﴾

Alladhīna idhā iktālū ʿalā an-nāsi yastawfūn

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

83:3

وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ ﴿٣﴾

Waʾidhā kālūhum aw wazanūhum yukhsirūn

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

83:4

أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ ﴿٤﴾

Alā yaẓunnu ulāʾika annahum mabʿūthūn

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

83:5

لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ ﴿٥﴾

Liyawmin ʿaẓīm

Unto an Awful Day,

83:6

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٦﴾

Yawma yaqūmu an-nāsu lirabbi al-ʿālamīn

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

83:7

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَـٰبَ ٱلْفُجَّارِ لَفِى سِجِّينٍ ﴿٧﴾

Kallā inna kitāba al-fujjāri lafī sijjīn

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

83:8

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ ﴿٨﴾

Wamā adrāka mā sijjīn

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

83:9

كِتَـٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ ﴿٩﴾

Kitābun marqūm

A written record.

83:10

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿١٠﴾

Waylun yawmaʾidhin lilmukadhdhibīn

Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

83:11

ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿١١﴾

Alladhīna yukadhdhibūna biyawmi ad-dīn

Those who deny the Day of Judgment

83:12

وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ ﴿١٢﴾

Wamā yukadhdhibu bihi illā kullu muʿtadin athīm

Which none denieth save each criminal transgressor,

83:13

إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿١٣﴾

Idhā tutlā ʿalayhi āyātunā qāla asāṭīru al-awwalīn

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

83:14

كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ ﴿١٤﴾

Kallā bal rāna ʿalā qulūbihim mā kānū yaksibūn

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

83:15

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ ﴿١٥﴾

Kallā innahum ʿan rabbihim yawmaʾidhin lamaḥjūbūn

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

83:16

ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُوا۟ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ﴿١٦﴾

Thumma innahum laṣālū al-jaḥīm

Then lo! they verily will burn in hell,

83:17

ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ﴿١٧﴾

Thumma yuqālu hādhā alladhī kuntum bihi tukadhdhibūn

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

83:18

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَـٰبَ ٱلْأَبْرَارِ لَفِى عِلِّيِّينَ ﴿١٨﴾

Kallā inna kitāba al-abrāri lafī ʿilliyyīn

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

83:19

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ ﴿١٩﴾

Wamā adrāka mā ʿilliyyūn

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

83:20

كِتَـٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ ﴿٢٠﴾

Kitābun marqūm

A written record,

83:21

يَشْهَدُهُ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ ﴿٢١﴾

Yashhaduhu al-muqarrabūn

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

83:22

إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ ﴿٢٢﴾

Inna al-abrāra lafī naʿīm

Lo! the righteous verily are in delight,

83:23

عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ ﴿٢٣﴾

ʿalā al-arāʾiki yanẓurūn

On couches, gazing,

83:24

تَعْرِفُ فِى وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ﴿٢٤﴾

Taʿrifu fī wujūhihim naḍrata an-naʿīm

Thou wilt know in their faces the radiance of delight.

83:25

يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍ مَّخْتُومٍ ﴿٢٥﴾

Yusqawna min raḥīqin makhtūm

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

83:26

خِتَـٰمُهُۥ مِسْكٌ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلْمُتَنَـٰفِسُونَ ﴿٢٦﴾

Khitāmuhu miskun wafī dhālika falyatanāfasi al-mutanāfisūn

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

83:27

وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ ﴿٢٧﴾

Wamizājuhu min tasnīm

And mixed with water of Tasnim,

83:28

عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ ﴿٢٨﴾

ʿaynan yashrabu bihā al-muqarrabūn

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

83:29

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا۟ كَانُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ يَضْحَكُونَ ﴿٢٩﴾

Inna alladhīna ajramū kānū mina alladhīna āmanū yaḍḥakūn

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

83:30

وَإِذَا مَرُّوا۟ بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ ﴿٣٠﴾

Waʾidhā marrū bihim yataghāmazūn

And wink one to another when they passed them;

83:31

وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُوا۟ فَكِهِينَ ﴿٣١﴾

Waʾidhā inqalabū ilā ahlihimu inqalabū fakihīn

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

83:32

وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ ﴿٣٢﴾

Waʾidhā raʾawhum qālū inna hāʾulāʾi laḍāllūn

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

83:33

وَمَآ أُرْسِلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ حَـٰفِظِينَ ﴿٣٣﴾

Wamā ursilū ʿalayhim ḥāfiẓīn

Yet they were not sent as guardians over them.

83:34

فَٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ ﴿٣٤﴾

Fal-yawma alladhīna āmanū mina al-kuffāri yaḍḥakūn

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

83:35

عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ ﴿٣٥﴾

ʿalā al-arāʾiki yanẓurūn

On high couches, gazing.

83:36

هَلْ ثُوِّبَ ٱلْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ ﴿٣٦﴾

Hal thuwwiba al-kuffāru mā kānū yafʿalūn

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