Surah Al-Mutaffifin · The Defrauding

وَيْلٌ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ ۝١

waylun lil'muṭaffifīn

Woe to those who give less [than due],

ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكْتَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ ۝٢

alladhīna idhā ik'tālū ʿalā l-nāsi yastawfūn

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

وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ ۝٣

wa-idhā kālūhum aw wazanūhum yukh'sirūn

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

أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ ۝٤

alā yaẓunnu ulāika annahum mabʿūthūn

Do they not think that they will be resurrected

لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ ۝٥

liyawmin ʿaẓīm

For a tremendous Day -

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ۝٦

yawma yaqūmu l-nāsu lirabbi l-ʿālamīn

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

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَـٰبَ ٱلْفُجَّارِ لَفِى سِجِّينٍ ۝٧

kallā inna kitāba l-fujāri lafī sijjīn

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

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ ۝٨

wamā adrāka mā sijjīn

And what can make you know what is sijjeen?

كِتَـٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ ۝٩

kitābun marqūm

It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed.

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ۝١٠

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

Woe, that Day, to the deniers,

ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ ۝١١

alladhīna yukadhibūna biyawmi l-dīn

Who deny the Day of Recompense.

وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ ۝١٢

wamā yukadhibu bihi illā kullu muʿ'tadin athīm

And none deny it except every sinful transgressor.

إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ۝١٣

idhā tut'lā ʿalayhi āyātunā qāla asāṭīru l-awalīn

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

كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ ۝١٤

kallā bal rāna ʿalā qulūbihim mā kānū yaksibūn

No! Rather, the stain has covered their hearts of that which they were earning.

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ ۝١٥

kallā innahum ʿan rabbihim yawma-idhin lamaḥjūbūn

No! Indeed, from their Lord, that Day, they will be partitioned.

ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُوا۟ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ۝١٦

thumma innahum laṣālū l-jaḥīm

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

ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ۝١٧

thumma yuqālu hādhā alladhī kuntum bihi tukadhibūn

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

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَـٰبَ ٱلْأَبْرَارِ لَفِى عِلِّيِّينَ ۝١٨

kallā inna kitāba l-abrāri lafī ʿilliyyīn

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

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ ۝١٩

wamā adrāka mā ʿilliyyūn

And what can make you know what is ʿilliyyūn?

كِتَـٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ ۝٢٠

kitābun marqūm

It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed

يَشْهَدُهُ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ ۝٢١

yashhaduhu l-muqarabūn

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

إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ ۝٢٢

inna l-abrāra lafī naʿīm

Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure

عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ ۝٢٣

ʿalā l-arāiki yanẓurūn

On adorned couches, observing.

تَعْرِفُ فِى وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ۝٢٤

taʿrifu fī wujūhihim naḍrata l-naʿīm

You will recognize in their faces the radiance of pleasure.

يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍ مَّخْتُومٍ ۝٢٥

yus'qawna min raḥīqin makhtūm

They will be given to drink [pure] wine [which was] sealed.

خِتَـٰمُهُۥ مِسْكٌ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلْمُتَنَـٰفِسُونَ ۝٢٦

khitāmuhu mis'kun wafī dhālika falyatanāfasi l-mutanāfisūn

The last of it is musk. So for this let the competitors compete.

وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ ۝٢٧

wamizājuhu min tasnīm

And its mixture is of Tasneem,

عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ ۝٢٨

ʿaynan yashrabu bihā l-muqarabūn

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

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا۟ كَانُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ يَضْحَكُونَ ۝٢٩

inna alladhīna ajramū kānū mina alladhīna āmanū yaḍḥakūn

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

وَإِذَا مَرُّوا۟ بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ ۝٣٠

wa-idhā marrū bihim yataghāmazūn

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

وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُوا۟ فَكِهِينَ ۝٣١

wa-idhā inqalabū ilā ahlihimu inqalabū fakihīn

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

وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ ۝٣٢

wa-idhā ra-awhum qālū inna hāulāi laḍāllūn

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

وَمَآ أُرْسِلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ حَـٰفِظِينَ ۝٣٣

wamā ur'silū ʿalayhim ḥāfiẓīn

But they had not been sent as guardians over them.

فَٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ ۝٣٤

fal-yawma alladhīna āmanū mina l-kufāri yaḍḥakūn

So Today those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers,

عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ ۝٣٥

ʿalā l-arāiki yanẓurūn

On adorned couches, observing.

هَلْ ثُوِّبَ ٱلْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ ۝٣٦

hal thuwwiba l-kufāru mā kānū yafʿalūn

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