وَيْلٌ لِلْمُطَفِّفِينَ١
Woe to those who give short measure
Surah 83 · 36 Ayahs
Al-Mutaffifin
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of God, the Lord of Mercy, the Giver of Mercy
- الَّذِينَ إِذَا اكْتَالُوا عَلَى النَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ٢
who demand of other people full measure for themselves
- وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَوْ وَزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ٣
but give less than they should when it is they who weigh or measure for others
- أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُولَٰئِكَ أَنَّهُمْ مَبْعُوثُونَ٤
Do these people not realize that they will be raised up
- لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ٥
on a mighty Day
- يَوْمَ يَقُومُ النَّاسُ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ٦
a Day when everyone will stand before the Lord of the Worlds
- كَلَّا إِنَّ كِتَابَ الْفُجَّارِ لَفِي سِجِّينٍ٧
No indeed! The list of the wicked is in Sijjin––
- وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ٨
what will explain to you what Sijjin is?––
- كِتَابٌ مَرْقُومٌ٩
a clearly numbered list
- وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ١٠
Woe on that day to the deniers
- الَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ١١
those who deny the Day of Judgement
- وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ١٢
Only the evil aggressor denies it
- إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ١٣
when Our revelations are recited to him, he says, ‘Ancient fables!’
- كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ مَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ١٤
No indeed! Their hearts are encrusted with what they have done
- كَلَّا إِنَّهُمْ عَنْ رَبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَمَحْجُوبُونَ١٥
No indeed! On that Day they will be screened offfrom their Lord
- ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُو الْجَحِيمِ١٦
they will burn in Hell
- ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا الَّذِي كُنْتُمْ بِهِ تُكَذِّبُونَ١٧
and they will be told, ‘This is what you called a lie.’
- كَلَّا إِنَّ كِتَابَ الْأَبْرَارِ لَفِي عِلِّيِّينَ١٨
No indeed! The list of the truly good is in 'Illiyyin––
- وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ١٩
what will explain to you what 'Illiyyin is?––
- كِتَابٌ مَرْقُومٌ٢٠
a clearly written list
- يَشْهَدُهُ الْمُقَرَّبُونَ٢١
witnessed by those brought near
- إِنَّ الْأَبْرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ٢٢
The truly good will live in bliss
- عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنْظُرُونَ٢٣
seated on couches, gazing around
- تَعْرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ النَّعِيمِ٢٤
You will recognize on their faces the radiance of bliss
- يُسْقَوْنَ مِنْ رَحِيقٍ مَخْتُومٍ٢٥
They will be served a sealed nectar
- خِتَامُهُ مِسْكٌ ۚ وَفِي ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ الْمُتَنَافِسُونَ٢٦
its seal [perfumed with] a fragrant herb––let those who strive, strive for this––
- وَمِزَاجُهُ مِنْ تَسْنِيمٍ٢٧
mixed with the water of Tasnim
- عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا الْمُقَرَّبُونَ٢٨
a spring from which those brought near will drink
- إِنَّ الَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا كَانُوا مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يَضْحَكُونَ٢٩
The wicked used to laugh at the believers––
- وَإِذَا مَرُّوا بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ٣٠
they would wink at one another when the believers passed by them
- وَإِذَا انْقَلَبُوا إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِمُ انْقَلَبُوا فَكِهِينَ٣١
joke about them when they got back to their own people
- وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوا إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ لَضَالُّونَ٣٢
and say, when they saw them, ‘These people are misguided,’
- وَمَا أُرْسِلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ حَافِظِينَ٣٣
though they were not sent to be their keepers
- فَالْيَوْمَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ٣٤
so today the believers are laughing at the disbelievers
- عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنْظُرُونَ٣٥
as they sit on couches, gazing around
- هَلْ ثُوِّبَ الْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا يَفْعَلُونَ٣٦
Have the disbelievers [not] been repaid for their deeds