Surah 83 · Meccan · 36 verses · Juz 30
Al-Mutaffifin
المطففين
The Defrauding
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
وَيْلٌ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ ١
Wailul lil-muṭaffifīn(a).
Woe to those who give less [than due],
ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكْتَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ ٢
Allażīna iżaktālū ‘alan-nāsi yastaufūn(a).
Who, when they take a measure from people, take in full.
وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ ٣
Wa iżā kālūhum au wazanūhum yukhsirūn(a).
But if they give by measure or by weight to them, they cause loss.
أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ ٤
Alā yaẓunnu ulā'ika annahum mab‘ūṡūn(a).
Do they not think that they will be resurrected
لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ ٥
Liyaumin ‘aẓīm(in).
For a tremendous Day -
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ٦
Yauma yaqūmun-nāsu lirabbil-‘ālamīn(a).
The Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of the worlds?
كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَـٰبَ ٱلْفُجَّارِ لَفِى سِجِّينٍ ٧
Kallā inna kitābal-fujjāri lafī sijjīn(in).
No! Indeed, the record of the wicked is in sijjeen.
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ ٨
Wa mā adrāka mā sijjīn(un).
And what can make you know what is sijjeen?
كِتَـٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ ٩
Kitābum marqūm(un).
It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed.
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ١٠
Wailuy yauma'iżil lil-mukażżibīn(a).
Woe, that Day, to the deniers,
ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ ١١
Allażīna yukażżibūna biyaumid-dīn(i).
Who deny the Day of Recompense.
وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ ١٢
Wa mā yukażżibu bihī illā kullu mu‘tadin aṡīm(in).
And none deny it except every sinful transgressor.
إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ١٣
Iżā tutlā ‘alaihi āyātunā qāla asāṭīrul-awwalīn(a).
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 ‘alā qulūbihim mā kānū yaksibūn(a).
No! Rather, the stain has covered their hearts of that which they were earning.
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ ١٥
Kallā innahum ‘ar rabbihim yauma'iżil lamaḥjūbūn(a).
No! Indeed, from their Lord, that Day, they will be partitioned.
ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُوا۟ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ١٦
Ṡumma innahum laṣālul-jaḥīm(i).
Then indeed, they will [enter and] burn in Hellfire.
ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ١٧
Ṡumma yuqālu hāżal-lażī kuntum bihī tukażżibūn(a).
Then it will be said [to them], "This is what you used to deny."
كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَـٰبَ ٱلْأَبْرَارِ لَفِى عِلِّيِّينَ ١٨
Kallā inna kitābal-abrāri lafī ‘illiyyīn(a).
No! Indeed, the record of the righteous is in ʿilliyyūn.
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ ١٩
Wa mā adrāka mā ‘illiyyūn(a).
And what can make you know what is ʿilliyyūn?
كِتَـٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ ٢٠
Kitābum marqūm(un).
It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed
يَشْهَدُهُ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ ٢١
Yasyhaduhul-muqarrabūn(a).
Which is witnessed by those brought near [to Allāh].
إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ ٢٢
Innal-abrāra lafī na‘īm(in).
Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure
عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ ٢٣
‘Alal-arā'iki yanẓurūn(a).
On adorned couches, observing.
تَعْرِفُ فِى وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ٢٤
Ta‘rifu fī wujūhihim naḍratan na‘īm(i).
You will recognize in their faces the radiance of pleasure.
يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍ مَّخْتُومٍ ٢٥
Yusqauna mir raḥīqim makhtūm(in).
They will be given to drink [pure] wine [which was] sealed.
خِتَـٰمُهُۥ مِسْكٌ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلْمُتَنَـٰفِسُونَ ٢٦
Khitāmuhū misk(un), wa fī żālika falyatanāfasil-mutanāfisūn(a).
The last of it is musk. So for this let the competitors compete.
وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ ٢٧
Wa mizājuhū min tasnīm(in).
And its mixture is of Tasneem,
عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ ٢٨
‘Ainay yasyrabu bihal-muqarrabūn(a).
A spring from which those near [to Allāh] drink.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا۟ كَانُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ يَضْحَكُونَ ٢٩
Innal-lażīna ajramū kānū minal-lażīna āmanū yaḍḥakūn(a).
Indeed, those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed.
وَإِذَا مَرُّوا۟ بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ ٣٠
Wa iżā marrū bihim yatagāmazūn(a).
And when they passed by them, they would exchange derisive glances.
وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُوا۟ فَكِهِينَ ٣١
Wa iżanqalabū ilā ahlihimunqalabū fakihīn(a).
And when they returned to their people, they would return jesting.
وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ ٣٢
Wa iżā ra'auhum qālū inna hā'ulā'i laḍāllūn(a).
And when they saw them, they would say, "Indeed, those are truly lost."
وَمَآ أُرْسِلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ حَـٰفِظِينَ ٣٣
Wa mā ursilū ‘alaihim ḥāfiẓīn(a).
But they had not been sent as guardians over them.
فَٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ ٣٤
Fal-yaumal-lażīna āmanū minal kuffāri yaḍḥakūn(a).
So Today those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers,
عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ ٣٥
‘Alal-arā'iki yanẓurūn(a).
On adorned couches, observing.
هَلْ ثُوِّبَ ٱلْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ ٣٦
Hal ṡuwwibal-kuffāru mā kānū yaf‘alūn(a).
Have the disbelievers [not] been rewarded [this Day] for what they used to do?
Arabic text: Uthmani script, Hafs, from Quran.com. Translation: Saheeh International, from Quran.com (footnotes not shown). Transliteration: equran.id. Recitation: Sheikh Mishary Rashid Alafasy, from everyayah.com. About the sources.