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Surah 83 of 114

Al-Mutaffifin

36 ayat

83:1

وَيْلٌ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ

Woe to those that deal in fraud,-
83:2

الَّذِينَ إِذَا اكْتَالُواْ عَلَى النَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ

Those who, when they have to receive by measure from men, exact full measure,
83:3

وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ

But when they have to give by measure or weight to men, give less than due.
83:4

أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُولَئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ

Do they not think that they will be called to account?-
83:5

لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

On a Mighty Day,
83:6

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ النَّاسُ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

A Day when (all) mankind will stand before the Lord of the Worlds?
83:7

كَلَّا إِنَّ كِتَابَ الفُجَّارِ لَفِي سِجِّينٍ

Nay! Surely the record of the wicked is (preserved) in Sijjin.
83:8

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ

And what will explain to thee what Sijjin is?
83:9

كِتَابٌ مَّرْقُومٌ

(There is) a Register (fully) inscribed.
83:10

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Woe, that Day, to those that deny-
83:11

الَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ

Those that deny the Day of Judgment.
83:12

وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ

And none can deny it but the Transgressor beyond bounds the Sinner!
83:13

إِذَا تُتْلَى عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ

When Our Signs are rehearsed to him, he says, "Tales of the ancients!"
83:14

كَلَّا بَلْ رَانَ عَلَى قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ

By no means! but on their hearts is the stain of the (ill) which they do!
83:15

كَلَّا إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ

Verily, from (the Light of) their Lord, that Day, will they be veiled.
83:16

ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُوا الْجَحِيمِ

Further, they will enter the Fire of Hell.
83:17

ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَذَا الَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِ تُكَذِّبُونَ

Further, it will be said to them: "This is the (reality) which ye rejected as false!
83:18

كَلَّا إِنَّ كِتَابَ الْأَبْرَارِ لَفِي عِلِّيِّينَ

Nay, verily the record of the Righteous is (preserved) in 'Illiyin.
83:19

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ

And what will explain to thee what 'Illiyun is?
83:20

كِتَابٌ مَّرْقُومٌ

(There is) a Register (fully) inscribed,
83:21

يَشْهَدُهُ الْمُقَرَّبُونَ

To which bear witness those Nearest (to Allah).
83:22

إِنَّ الْأَبْرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ

Truly the Righteous will be in Bliss:
83:23

عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنظُرُونَ

On Thrones (of Dignity) will they command a sight (of all things):
83:24

تَعْرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ النَّعِيمِ

Thou wilt recognise in their faces the beaming brightness of Bliss.
83:25

يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍ مَّخْتُومٍ

Their thirst will be slaked with Pure Wine sealed:
83:26

خِتَامُهُ مِسْكٌ وَفِي ذَلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ الْمُتَنَافِسُونَ

The seal thereof will be Musk: And for this let those aspire, who have aspirations:
83:27

وَمِزَاجُهُ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ

With it will be (given) a mixture of Tasnim:
83:28

عَيْناً يَشْرَبُ بِهَا الْمُقَرَّبُونَ

A spring, from (the waters) whereof drink those Nearest to Allah.
83:29

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا كَانُواْ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يَضْحَكُونَ

Those in sin used to laugh at those who believed,
83:30

وَإِذَا مَرُّواْ بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ

And whenever they passed by them, used to wink at each other (in mockery);
83:31

وَإِذَا انقَلَبُواْ إِلَى أَهْلِهِمُ انقَلَبُواْ فَكِهِينَ

And when they returned to their own people, they would return jesting;
83:32

وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوا إِنَّ هَؤُلَاء لَضَالُّونَ

And whenever they saw them, they would say, "Behold! These are the people truly astray!"
83:33

وَمَا أُرْسِلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ حَافِظِينَ

But they had not been sent as keepers over them!
83:34

فَالْيَوْمَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ

But on this Day the Believers will laugh at the Unbelievers:
83:35

عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنظُرُونَ

On Thrones (of Dignity) they will command (a sight) (of all things).
83:36

هَلْ ثُوِّبَ الْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا يَفْعَلُونَ

Will not the Unbelievers have been paid back for what they did?