83. Surah Al-Mutaffifin

وَیْلٌ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِیْنَۙ ﴿١﴾Open ayah 83:1 in the Quran reader

Woe to those who give short weight, 1

الَّذِیْنَ اِذَا اكْتَالُوْا عَلَى النَّاسِ یَسْتَوْفُوْنَ٘ۖ ﴿٢﴾Open ayah 83:2 in the Quran reader

who, when they take by measure from others, take it fully,

وَ اِذَا كَالُوْهُمْ اَوْ وَّ زَنُوْهُمْ یُخْسِرُوْنَؕ ﴿٣﴾Open ayah 83:3 in the Quran reader

and when they measure or weigh for them, they give them less than what is due 2 .

اَلَا یَظُنُّ اُولٰٓئِكَ اَنَّهُمْ مَّبْعُوْثُوْنَۙ ﴿٤﴾Open ayah 83:4 in the Quran reader

Do they not think that they will be raised up again

لِیَوْمٍ عَظِیْمٍۙ ﴿٥﴾Open ayah 83:5 in the Quran reader

on a Great Day? 3 --

یَّوْمَ یَقُوْمُ النَّاسُ لِرَبِّ الْعٰلَمِیْنَؕ ﴿٦﴾Open ayah 83:6 in the Quran reader

the Day when all mankind shall stand before the Lord of the worlds.

كَلَّاۤ اِنَّ كِتٰبَ الْفُجَّارِ لَفِیْ سِجِّیْنٍؕ ﴿٧﴾Open ayah 83:7 in the Quran reader

Indeed not! 4 Surely the records of the wicked are in the Prison Register 5

وَ مَاۤ اَدْرٰىكَ مَا سِجِّیْنٌؕ ﴿٨﴾Open ayah 83:8 in the Quran reader

and what do you know what the Prison Register is?

كِتٰبٌ مَّرْقُوْمٌؕ ﴿٩﴾Open ayah 83:9 in the Quran reader

It is a written book.

وَیْلٌ یَّوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِیْنَۙ ﴿١٠﴾Open ayah 83:10 in the Quran reader

Woe on that Day to the beliers who belie

الَّذِیْنَ یُكَذِّبُوْنَ بِیَوْمِ الدِّیْنِؕ ﴿١١﴾Open ayah 83:11 in the Quran reader

the Day of Recompense,

وَ مَا یُكَذِّبُ بِهٖۤ اِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ اَثِیْمٍۙ ﴿١٢﴾Open ayah 83:12 in the Quran reader

and none belies it but every sinful transgressor.

اِذَا تُتْلٰى عَلَیْهِ اٰیٰتُنَا قَالَ اَسَاطِیْرُ الْاَوَّلِیْنَؕ ﴿١٣﴾Open ayah 83:13 in the Quran reader

When Our Revelations are recited to him, 6 he says: "These are tales of the ancient times."

كَلَّا بَلْ١ٚ رَانَ عَلٰى قُلُوْبِهِمْ مَّا كَانُوْا یَكْسِبُوْنَ ﴿١٤﴾Open ayah 83:14 in the Quran reader

By no means! But the fact is that their evil deeds have stained their hearts. 7

كَلَّاۤ اِنَّهُمْ عَنْ رَّبِّهِمْ یَوْمَئِذٍ لَّمَحْجُوْبُوْنَؕ ﴿١٥﴾Open ayah 83:15 in the Quran reader

By no means! Surely on that Day they shall be debarred from their Lord's vision 8

ثُمَّ اِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُوا الْجَحِیْمِؕ ﴿١٦﴾Open ayah 83:16 in the Quran reader

Then they shall enter Hell.

ثُمَّ یُقَالُ هٰذَا الَّذِیْ كُنْتُمْ بِهٖ تُكَذِّبُوْنَؕ ﴿١٧﴾Open ayah 83:17 in the Quran reader

Then it will be said to them, "This is the very thing you used to belie."

كَلَّاۤ اِنَّ كِتٰبَ الْاَبْرَارِ لَفِیْ عِلِّیِّیْنَؕ ﴿١٨﴾Open ayah 83:18 in the Quran reader

Indeed not! 9 Surely the record of the righteous is in the Register of the exalted ones.

وَ مَاۤ اَدْرٰىكَ مَا عِلِّیُّوْنَؕ ﴿١٩﴾Open ayah 83:19 in the Quran reader

And what do you know what is the Register of the ,exalted ones.

كِتٰبٌ مَّرْقُوْمٌۙ ﴿٢٠﴾Open ayah 83:20 in the Quran reader

It is a written book,

یَّشْهَدُهُ الْمُقَرَّبُوْنَۙ ﴿٢١﴾Open ayah 83:21 in the Quran reader

guarded by the angels nearest to Allah.

اِنَّ الْاَبْرَارَ لَفِیْ نَعِیْمٍۙ ﴿٢٢﴾Open ayah 83:22 in the Quran reader

Surely the righteous shall be in bliss;

عَلَى الْاَرَآئِكِ یَنْظُرُوْنَۙ ﴿٢٣﴾Open ayah 83:23 in the Quran reader

seated on high couches they shall be looking around.

تَعْرِفُ فِیْ وُجُوْهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ النَّعِیْمِۚ ﴿٢٤﴾Open ayah 83:24 in the Quran reader

In their faces you shall mark the glow of bliss.

یُسْقَوْنَ مِنْ رَّحِیْقٍ مَّخْتُوْمٍۙ ﴿٢٥﴾Open ayah 83:25 in the Quran reader

They shall be given to drink the choicest, sealed wine whose seal shall be musk. 10

خِتٰمُهٗ مِسْكٌ١ؕ وَ فِیْ ذٰلِكَ فَلْیَتَنَافَسِ الْمُتَنَافِسُوْنَؕ ﴿٢٦﴾Open ayah 83:26 in the Quran reader

Those who wish to excel others, let them endeavour to excel in this.

وَ مِزَاجُهٗ مِنْ تَسْنِیْمٍۙ ﴿٢٧﴾Open ayah 83:27 in the Quran reader

That wine shall have the mixture of Tasnim; 11

عَیْنًا یَّشْرَبُ بِهَا الْمُقَرَّبُوْنَؕ ﴿٢٨﴾Open ayah 83:28 in the Quran reader

this is a fountain with the waters of which those nearest to Allah shall drink wine.

اِنَّ الَّذِیْنَ اَجْرَمُوْا كَانُوْا مِنَ الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا یَضْحَكُوْنَ٘ۖ ﴿٢٩﴾Open ayah 83:29 in the Quran reader

The culprits used to laugh at the believers in the world.

وَ اِذَا مَرُّوْا بِهِمْ یَتَغَامَزُوْنَ٘ۖ ﴿٣٠﴾Open ayah 83:30 in the Quran reader

They would wink at one another when they passed by them.

وَ اِذَا انْقَلَبُوْۤا اِلٰۤى اَهْلِهِمُ انْقَلَبُوْا فَكِهِیْنَ٘ۖ ﴿٣١﴾Open ayah 83:31 in the Quran reader

When they returned to their kinsfolk they returned jesting, 12

وَ اِذَا رَاَوْهُمْ قَالُوْۤا اِنَّ هٰۤؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّوْنَۙ ﴿٣٢﴾Open ayah 83:32 in the Quran reader

and when they saw them, they would say, "These are the people gone astray", 13

وَ مَاۤ اُرْسِلُوْا عَلَیْهِمْ حٰفِظِیْنَؕ ﴿٣٣﴾Open ayah 83:33 in the Quran reader

although they had not been sent to be guardians over them. 14

فَالْیَوْمَ الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ یَضْحَكُوْنَۙ ﴿٣٤﴾Open ayah 83:34 in the Quran reader

Today the believers are laughing at the disbelievers

عَلَى الْاَرَآئِكِ١ۙ یَنْظُرُوْنَؕ ﴿٣٥﴾Open ayah 83:35 in the Quran reader

as they recline on couches and gaze at them.

هَلْ ثُوِّبَ الْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوْا یَفْعَلُوْنَ۠ ﴿٣٦﴾Open ayah 83:36 in the Quran reader

Have not the disbelievers been duly rewarded for what they used to do? 15