The Cheaters • 36 verses • المطففين
[83:0] In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
[83:1] Woe to the cheaters.
وَيْلٌ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ
[83:2] Who demand full measure when receiving from the people.
ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكْتَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ
[83:3] But when giving them the measures or weights, they cheat.
وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ
[83:4] Do they not know that they will be resurrected?
أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ
[83:5] On a tremendous day?
لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
[83:6] That is the day when all people will stand before the Lord of the universe.
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
Numerically Structured Books
[83:7] Indeed, the book of the wicked is in Sijjeen.
كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلْفُجَّارِ لَفِى سِجِّينٍ
[83:8] Do you know what Sijjeen is?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ
[83:9] A numerically structured book.
كِتَٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ
[83:10] Woe on that day to the rejectors.
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
[83:11] They do not believe in the Day of Judgment.
ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
[83:12] None disbelieves therein except the transgressor, the sinful.
وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
[83:13] When our revelations are recited to him, he says, "Tales from the past!"
إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
[83:14] Indeed, their hearts have become shielded by their sins.
كَلَّا بَلْ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ
[83:15] Indeed, they will be isolated, on that day, from their Lord.
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ
[83:16] Then they will be thrown into Hell.
ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُوا۟ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
[83:17] They will be told, "This is what you used to deny."
ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ
[83:18] Indeed, the book of the righteous will be in 'Elleyyeen.
كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلْأَبْرَارِ لَفِى عِلِّيِّينَ
[83:19] Do you know what 'Elleyyeen is?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ
[83:20] A numerically structured book.
كِتَٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ
[83:21] To be witnessed by those close to Me.
يَشْهَدُهُ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ
[83:22] The righteous have deserved bliss.
إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ
[83:23] On luxurious furnishings they watch.
عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ
[83:24] You recognize in their faces the joy of bliss.
تَعْرِفُ فِى وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
[83:25] Their drinks will be spiced with nectar.
يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍ مَّخْتُومٍ
[83:26] Its spice is like musk. This is what the competitors should compete for.
خِتَٰمُهُۥ مِسْكٌ وَفِى ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلْمُتَنَٰفِسُونَ
[83:27] Mixed into it will be special flavors.
وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ
[83:28] From a spring that is reserved for those close to Me.
عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ
[83:29] The wicked used to laugh at those who believed.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا۟ كَانُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ يَضْحَكُونَ
[83:30] When they passed by them, they used to poke fun.
وَإِذَا مَرُّوا۟ بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ
[83:31] When they got together with their people, they used to joke.
وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُوا۟ فَكِهِينَ
[83:32] Whenever they saw them, they said, "These people are far astray!
وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ
[83:33] "They have no such thing as (invisible) guards."
وَمَآ أُرْسِلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ حَٰفِظِينَ
[83:34] Today, those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers.
فَٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ
[83:35] On luxurious furnishings they watch.
عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ
[83:36] Most assuredly, the disbelievers are requited for what they did.
هَلْ ثُوِّبَ ٱلْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ