Surah Al-Mutaffifin المطففين

وَيۡلٞ لِّلۡمُطَفِّفِينَ ١

Waylul lil-mutaffifīn

Woe to those who give less [than due],¹⁸⁷⁸

ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكۡتَالُواْ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسۡتَوۡفُونَ ٢

Alladhīna idhaktālū 'alan-nāsi yastawfūn

Who, when they take a measure from people, take in full.

وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمۡ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمۡ يُخۡسِرُونَ ٣

Wa idhā kālūhum aw wazanūhum yukhsirūn

But if they give by measure or by weight to them, they cause loss.

أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبۡعُوثُونَ ٤

Alā yazunnu ulā'ika annahum mab'ūthūn

Do they not think that they will be resurrected

لِيَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٖ ٥

Liyawmin 'azīm

For a tremendous Day -

يَوۡمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٦

Yawma yaqūmun-nāsu lirabbil-'ālamīn

The Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of the worlds?

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلۡفُجَّارِ لَفِي سِجِّينٖ ٧

Kallā inna kitābal-fujjāri lafī sijjīn

No! Indeed, the record of the wicked is in sijjeen.

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٞ ٨

Wamā adrāka mā sijjīn

And what can make you know what is sijjeen?

كِتَٰبٞ مَّرۡقُومٞ ٩

Kitābum marqūm

It is [their destination¹⁸⁷⁹ recorded in] a register inscribed.

وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ١٠

Waylun yawma'idhil lil-mukaddhibīn

Woe, that Day, to the deniers,

ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ ١١

Alladhīna yukaddhibūna biyawmid-dīn

Who deny the Day of Recompense.

وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعۡتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ ١٢

Wamā yukaddhibu bihī illā kullu mu'tadin athīm

And none deny it except every sinful transgressor.

إِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٣

Idhā tutlā 'alayhi āyātunā qāla asātīrul-awwalīn

When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."

كَلَّاۖ بَلۡۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ ١٤

Kallā bal rāna 'alā qulūbihim mā kānū yaksibūn

No! Rather, the stain has covered their hearts of that which they were earning.¹⁸⁸⁰

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمۡ عَن رَّبِّهِمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّمَحۡجُوبُونَ ١٥

Kallā innahum 'ar rabbihim yawma'idhil lamahjūbūn

No! Indeed, from their Lord, that Day, they will be partitioned.¹⁸⁸¹

ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمۡ لَصَالُواْ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ١٦

Thumma innahum lasālul-jahīm

Then indeed, they will [enter and] burn in Hellfire.

ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ١٧

Thumma yuqālu hādhal-ladhī kuntum bihī tukaddhibūn

Then it will be said [to them], "This is what you used to deny."

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارِ لَفِي عِلِّيِّينَ ١٨

Kallā inna kitābal-abrāri lafī 'illiyyīn

No! Indeed, the record of the righteous is in ʿilliyyūn.

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ ١٩

Wamā adrāka mā 'illiyyūn

And what can make you know what is ʿilliyyūn?

كِتَٰبٞ مَّرۡقُومٞ ٢٠

Kitābum marqūm

It is [their destination¹⁸⁸² recorded in] a register inscribed

يَشۡهَدُهُ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ ٢١

Yashhaduhul-muqarrabūn

Which is witnessed by those brought near [to Allāh].

إِنَّ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ ٢٢

Innal-abrāra lafī na'īm

Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure

عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ ٢٣

'Alal-arā'iki yanzurūn

On adorned couches, observing.

تَعۡرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِهِمۡ نَضۡرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ٢٤

Ta'rifu fī wujūhihim nadratan-na'īm

You will recognize in their faces the radiance of pleasure.

يُسۡقَوۡنَ مِن رَّحِيقٖ مَّخۡتُومٍ ٢٥

Yusqawna mir rahīqim makhtūm

They will be given to drink [pure] wine¹⁸⁸³ [which was] sealed.

خِتَٰمُهُۥ مِسۡكٞۚ وَفِي ذَٰلِكَ فَلۡيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلۡمُتَنَٰفِسُونَ ٢٦

Khitāmuhū miskun wafī dhālika falyatanāfasil-mutanāfisūn

The last of it¹⁸⁸⁴ is musk. So for this let the competitors compete.

وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسۡنِيمٍ ٢٧

Wamizājuhū min tasnīm

And its mixture is of Tasneem,¹⁸⁸⁵

عَيۡنٗا يَشۡرَبُ بِهَا ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ ٢٨

'Aynan yashrabu bihal-muqarrabūn

A spring from which those near [to Allāh] drink.

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجۡرَمُواْ كَانُواْ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ يَضۡحَكُونَ ٢٩

Innal-ladhīna ajramū kānū minal-ladhīna āmanū yadhakūn

Indeed, those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed.

وَإِذَا مَرُّواْ بِهِمۡ يَتَغَامَزُونَ ٣٠

Wa idhā marrū bihim yataghāmazūn

And when they passed by them, they would exchange derisive glances.

وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓاْ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُواْ فَكِهِينَ ٣١

Wa idhanqalabū ilā ahlihimunqalabū fakihīn

And when they returned to their people, they would return jesting.

وَإِذَا رَأَوۡهُمۡ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ ٣٢

Wa idhā ra'awhum qālū inna hā'ulā'i ladāllūn

And when they saw them, they would say, "Indeed, those are truly lost."

وَمَآ أُرۡسِلُواْ عَلَيۡهِمۡ حَٰفِظِينَ ٣٣

Wamā ursilū 'alayhim hāfizīn

But they had not been sent as guardians over them.

فَٱلۡيَوۡمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡكُفَّارِ يَضۡحَكُونَ ٣٤

Fal-yawmal-ladhīna āmanū minal-kuffāri yadhakūn

So Today¹⁸⁸⁶ those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers,

عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ ٣٥

'Alal-arā'iki yanzurūn

On adorned couches, observing.

هَلۡ ثُوِّبَ ٱلۡكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُواْ يَفۡعَلُونَ ٣٦

Hal thuwwibal-kuffāru mā kānū yaf'alūn

Have the disbelievers [not] been rewarded [this Day] for what they used to do?