Surah 83 · Makkah · 36 verses
Al-Mutaffifin
Defrauding
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
- 83:1
وَيْلٌ لِلْمُطَفِّفِينَ
Woe to those who give less [than due]
- 83:2
الَّذِينَ إِذَا اكْتَالُوا عَلَى النَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ
Who, when they take a measure from people, take in full
- 83:3
وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَوْ وَزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ
But if they give by measure or by weight to them, they cause loss
- 83:4
أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُولَٰئِكَ أَنَّهُمْ مَبْعُوثُونَ
Do they not think that they will be resurrected
- 83:5
لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
For a tremendous Day
- 83:6
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ النَّاسُ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
The Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of the worlds
- 83:7
كَلَّا إِنَّ كِتَابَ الْفُجَّارِ لَفِي سِجِّينٍ
No! Indeed, the record of the wicked is in sijjeen
- 83:8
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ
And what can make you know what is sijjeen
- 83:9
كِتَابٌ مَرْقُومٌ
It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed
- 83:10
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Woe, that Day, to the deniers
- 83:11
الَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ
Who deny the Day of Recompense
- 83:12
وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
And none deny it except every sinful transgressor
- 83:13
إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples
- 83:14
كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ مَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ
No! Rather, the stain has covered their hearts of that which they were earning
- 83:15
كَلَّا إِنَّهُمْ عَنْ رَبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَمَحْجُوبُونَ
No! Indeed, from their Lord, that Day, they will be partitioned
- 83:16
ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُو الْجَحِيمِ
Then indeed, they will [enter and] burn in Hellfire
- 83:17
ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا الَّذِي كُنْتُمْ بِهِ تُكَذِّبُونَ
Then it will be said [to them], "This is what you used to deny
- 83:18
كَلَّا إِنَّ كِتَابَ الْأَبْرَارِ لَفِي عِلِّيِّينَ
No! Indeed, the record of the righteous is in 'illiyyun
- 83:19
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ
And what can make you know what is 'illiyyun
- 83:20
كِتَابٌ مَرْقُومٌ
It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed
- 83:21
يَشْهَدُهُ الْمُقَرَّبُونَ
Which is witnessed by those brought near [to Allah]
- 83:22
إِنَّ الْأَبْرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ
Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure
- 83:23
عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنْظُرُونَ
On adorned couches, observing
- 83:24
تَعْرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ النَّعِيمِ
You will recognize in their faces the radiance of pleasure
- 83:25
يُسْقَوْنَ مِنْ رَحِيقٍ مَخْتُومٍ
They will be given to drink [pure] wine [which was] sealed
- 83:26
خِتَامُهُ مِسْكٌ ۚ وَفِي ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ الْمُتَنَافِسُونَ
The last of it is musk. So for this let the competitors compete
- 83:27
وَمِزَاجُهُ مِنْ تَسْنِيمٍ
And its mixture is of Tasneem
- 83:28
عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا الْمُقَرَّبُونَ
A spring from which those near [to Allah] drink
- 83:29
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا كَانُوا مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يَضْحَكُونَ
Indeed, those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed
- 83:30
وَإِذَا مَرُّوا بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ
And when they passed by them, they would exchange derisive glances
- 83:31
وَإِذَا انْقَلَبُوا إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِمُ انْقَلَبُوا فَكِهِينَ
And when they returned to their people, they would return jesting
- 83:32
وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوا إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ لَضَالُّونَ
And when they saw them, they would say, "Indeed, those are truly lost
- 83:33
وَمَا أُرْسِلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ حَافِظِينَ
But they had not been sent as guardians over them
- 83:34
فَالْيَوْمَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ
So Today those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers
- 83:35
عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنْظُرُونَ
On adorned couches, observing
- 83:36
هَلْ ثُوِّبَ الْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا يَفْعَلُونَ
Have the disbelievers [not] been rewarded [this Day] for what they used to do
English translation: Saheeh International.
