Surah Al-Mutaffifin

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. وَيۡلٞ لِّلۡمُطَفِّفِينَ١

   83:1

   waylun lil'muṭaffifīna

   Woe to those who give less [than due],

2. ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكۡتَالُواْ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسۡتَوۡفُونَ٢

   83:2

   alladhīna idhā ik'tālū ʿalā l-nāsi yastawfūna

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

3. وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمۡ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمۡ يُخۡسِرُونَ٣

   83:3

   wa-idhā kālūhum aw wazanūhum yukh'sirūna

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

4. أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبۡعُوثُونَ٤

   83:4

   alā yaẓunnu ulāika annahum mabʿūthūna

   Do they not think that they will be resurrected

5. لِيَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٖ٥

   83:5

   liyawmin ʿaẓīmin

   For a tremendous Day -

6. يَوۡمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ٦

   83:6

   yawma yaqūmu l-nāsu lirabbi l-ʿālamīna

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

7. كـَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلۡفُجَّارِ لَفِي سِجِّينٖ٧

   83:7

   kallā inna kitāba l-fujāri lafī sijjīnin

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

8. وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٞ٨

   83:8

   wamā adrāka mā sijjīnun

   And what can make you know what is sijjeen?

9. كِتَٰبٞ مَّرۡقُومٞ٩

   83:9

   kitābun marqūmun

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

10. وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ١٠

    83:10

    waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna

    Woe, that Day, to the deniers,

11. ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ١١

    83:11

    alladhīna yukadhibūna biyawmi l-dīni

    Who deny the Day of Recompense.

12. وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعۡتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ١٢

    83:12

    wamā yukadhibu bihi illā kullu muʿ'tadin athīmin

    And none deny it except every sinful transgressor.

13. إِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ١٣

    83:13

    idhā tut'lā ʿalayhi āyātunā qāla asāṭīru l-awalīna

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

14. كـَلَّاۖ بَلۡۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ١٤

    83:14

    kallā bal rāna ʿalā qulūbihim mā kānū yaksibūna

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

15. كـَلَّآ إِنَّهُمۡ عَن رَّبِّهِمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّمَحۡجُوبُونَ١٥

    83:15

    kallā innahum ʿan rabbihim yawma-idhin lamaḥjūbūna

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

16. ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمۡ لَصَالُواْ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ١٦

    83:16

    thumma innahum laṣālū l-jaḥīmi

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

17. ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ١٧

    83:17

    thumma yuqālu hādhā alladhī kuntum bihi tukadhibūna

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

18. كـَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارِ لَفِي عِلِّيِّينَ١٨

    83:18

    kallā inna kitāba l-abrāri lafī ʿilliyyīna

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

19. وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ١٩

    83:19

    wamā adrāka mā ʿilliyyūna

    And what can make you know what is ʿilliyyūn?

20. كِتَٰبٞ مَّرۡقُومٞ٢٠

    83:20

    kitābun marqūmun

    It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed

21. يَشۡهَدُهُ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ٢١

    83:21

    yashhaduhu l-muqarabūna

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

22. إِنَّ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ٢٢

    83:22

    inna l-abrāra lafī naʿīmin

    Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure

23. عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ٢٣

    83:23

    ʿalā l-arāiki yanẓurūna

    On adorned couches, observing.

24. تَعۡرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِهِمۡ نَضۡرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ٢٤

    83:24

    taʿrifu fī wujūhihim naḍrata l-naʿīmi

    You will recognize in their faces the radiance of pleasure.

25. يُسۡقَوۡنَ مِن رَّحِيقٖ مَّخۡتُومٍ٢٥

    83:25

    yus'qawna min raḥīqin makhtūmin

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

26. خِتَٰمُهُۥ مِسۡكٞۚ وَفِي ذَٰلِكَ فَلۡيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلۡمُتَنَٰفِسُونَ٢٦

    83:26

    khitāmuhu mis'kun wafī dhālika falyatanāfasi l-mutanāfisūna

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

27. وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسۡنِيمٍ٢٧

    83:27

    wamizājuhu min tasnīmin

    And its mixture is of Tasneem,

28. عَيۡنٗا يَشۡرَبُ بِهَا ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ٢٨

    83:28

    ʿaynan yashrabu bihā l-muqarabūna

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

29. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجۡرَمُواْ كَانُواْ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ يَضۡحَكُونَ٢٩

    83:29

    inna alladhīna ajramū kānū mina alladhīna āmanū yaḍḥakūna

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

30. وَإِذَا مَرُّواْ بِهِمۡ يَتَغَامَزُونَ٣٠

    83:30

    wa-idhā marrū bihim yataghāmazūna

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

31. وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓاْ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُواْ فَكِهِينَ٣١

    83:31

    wa-idhā inqalabū ilā ahlihimu inqalabū fakihīna

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

32. وَإِذَا رَأَوۡهُمۡ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ٣٢

    83:32

    wa-idhā ra-awhum qālū inna hāulāi laḍāllūna

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

33. وَمَآ أُرۡسِلُواْ عَلَيۡهِمۡ حَٰفِظِينَ٣٣

    83:33

    wamā ur'silū ʿalayhim ḥāfiẓīna

    But they had not been sent as guardians over them.

34. فَٱلۡيَوۡمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡكُفَّارِ يَضۡحَكُونَ٣٤

    83:34

    fal-yawma alladhīna āmanū mina l-kufāri yaḍḥakūna

    So Today those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers,

35. عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ٣٥

    83:35

    ʿalā l-arāiki yanẓurūna

    On adorned couches, observing.

36. هَلۡ ثُوِّبَ ٱلۡكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُواْ يَفۡعَلُونَ٣٦

    83:36

    hal thuwwiba l-kufāru mā kānū yafʿalūna

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