Surah Al-Mutaffifin (The Defrauding)

Verses

1. وَيۡلٞ لِّلۡمُطَفِّفِينَ

   Woe unto the defrauders

   83:1

2. ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكۡتَالُواْ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسۡتَوۡفُونَ

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

   83:2

3. وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمۡ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمۡ يُخۡسِرُونَ

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

   83:3

4. أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبۡعُوثُونَ

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

   83:4

5. لِيَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٖ

   Unto an Awful Day

   83:5

6. يَوۡمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

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

   83:6

7. كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلۡفُجَّارِ لَفِي سِجِّينٖ

   Nay, but the record of the vile is in Sijjin

   83:7

8. وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٞ

   Ah! what will convey unto thee what Sijjin is

   83:8

9. كِتَٰبٞ مَّرۡقُومٞ

   A written record

   83:9

10. وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ

    Woe unto the repudiators on that day

    83:10

11. ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ

    Those who deny the Day of Judgment

    83:11

12. وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعۡتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ

    Which none denieth save each criminal transgressor

    83:12

13. إِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ

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

    83:13

14. كَلَّاۖ بَلۡۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ

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

    83:14

15. كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمۡ عَن رَّبِّهِمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّمَحۡجُوبُونَ

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

    83:15

16. ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمۡ لَصَالُواْ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ

    Then lo! they verily will burn in hell

    83:16

17. ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ

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

    83:17

18. كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارِ لَفِي عِلِّيِّينَ

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

    83:18

19. وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ

    Ah, what will convey unto thee what 'Illiyin is

    83:19

20. كِتَٰبٞ مَّرۡقُومٞ

    A written record

    83:20

21. يَشۡهَدُهُ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ

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

    83:21

22. إِنَّ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ

    Lo! the righteous verily are in delight

    83:22

23. عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ

    On couches, gazing

    83:23

24. تَعۡرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِهِمۡ نَضۡرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

    Thou wilt know in their faces the radiance of delight

    83:24

25. يُسۡقَوۡنَ مِن رَّحِيقٖ مَّخۡتُومٍ

    They are given to drink of a pure wine, sealed

    83:25

26. خِتَٰمُهُۥ مِسۡكٞۚ وَفِي ذَٰلِكَ فَلۡيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلۡمُتَنَٰفِسُونَ

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

    83:26

27. وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسۡنِيمٍ

    And mixed with water of Tasnim

    83:27

28. عَيۡنٗا يَشۡرَبُ بِهَا ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ

    A spring whence those brought near (to Allah) drink

    83:28

29. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجۡرَمُواْ كَانُواْ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ يَضۡحَكُونَ

    Lo! the guilty used to laugh at those who believed

    83:29

30. وَإِذَا مَرُّواْ بِهِمۡ يَتَغَامَزُونَ

    And wink one to another when they passed them

    83:30

31. وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓاْ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُواْ فَكِهِينَ

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

    83:31

32. وَإِذَا رَأَوۡهُمۡ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ

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

    83:32

33. وَمَآ أُرۡسِلُواْ عَلَيۡهِمۡ حَٰفِظِينَ

    Yet they were not sent as guardians over them

    83:33

34. فَٱلۡيَوۡمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡكُفَّارِ يَضۡحَكُونَ

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

    83:34

35. عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ

    On high couches, gazing

    83:35

36. هَلۡ ثُوِّبَ ٱلۡكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُواْ يَفۡعَلُونَ

    Are not the disbelievers paid for what they used to do

    83:36