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83. Al-Mutaffifin — Defrauding

Qur'an · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · Revealed at Mecca · 36 sections

1. 83:1

   وَيۡلࣱ لِّلۡمُطَفِّفِينَ

   Waylun lilmutaffifeena

   Woe unto the defrauders

2. 83:2

   ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكۡتَالُواْ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسۡتَوۡفُونَ

   Allatheena itha iktaloo AAala alnnasi yastawfoona

   Those who when they take the measure from mankind demand it full

3. 83:3

   وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمۡ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمۡ يُخۡسِرُونَ

   Waitha kaloohum aw wazanoohum yukhsiroona

   But if they measure unto them or weight for them, they cause them loss

4. 83:4

   أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبۡعُوثُونَ

   Ala yathunnu olaika annahum mabAAoothoona

   Do such (men) not consider that they will be raised again

5. 83:5

   لِيَوۡمٍ عَظِيمࣲ‏

   Liyawmin AAatheemin

   Unto an Awful Day

6. 83:6

   يَوۡمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

   Yawma yaqoomu alnnasu lirabbi alAAalameena

   The day when (all) mankind stand before the Lord of the Worlds

7. 83:7

   كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلۡفُجَّارِ لَفِي سِجِّينࣲ‏

   Kalla inna kitaba alfujjari lafee sijjeenin

   Nay, but the record of the vile is in Sijjin

8. 83:8

   وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينࣱ‏

   Wama adraka ma sijjeenun

   Ah! what will convey unto thee what Sijjin is

9. 83:9

   كِتَٰبࣱ مَّرۡقُومࣱ‏

   Kitabun marqoomun

   A written record

10. 83:10

    وَيۡلࣱ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ

    Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

    Woe unto the repudiators on that day

11. 83:11

    ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ

    Allatheena yukaththiboona biyawmi alddeeni

    Those who deny the Day of Judgment

12. 83:12

    وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعۡتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ

    Wama yukaththibu bihi illa kullu muAAtadin atheemin

    Which none denieth save each criminal transgressor

13. 83:13

    إِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ

    Itha tutla AAalayhi ayatuna qala asateeru alawwaleena

    Who, when thou readest unto him Our revelations, saith: (Mere) fables of the men of old

14. 83:14

    كَلَّاۖ بَلۡۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ

    Kalla bal rana AAala quloobihim ma kanoo yaksiboona

    Nay, but that which they have earned is rust upon their hearts

15. 83:15

    كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمۡ عَن رَّبِّهِمۡ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ لَّمَحۡجُوبُونَ

    Kalla innahum AAan rabbihim yawmaithin lamahjooboona

    Nay, but surely on that day they will be covered from (the mercy of) their Lord

16. 83:16

    ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمۡ لَصَالُواْ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ

    Thumma innahum lasaloo aljaheemi

    Then lo! they verily will burn in hell

17. 83:17

    ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ

    Thumma yuqalu hatha allathee kuntum bihi tukaththiboona

    And it will be said (unto them): This is that which ye used to deny

18. 83:18

    كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارِ لَفِي عِلِّيِّينَ

    Kalla inna kitaba alabrari lafee AAilliyyeena

    Nay, but the record of the righteous is in 'Illiyin

19. 83:19

    وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ

    Wama adraka ma AAilliyyoona

    Ah, what will convey unto thee what 'Illiyin is

20. 83:20

    كِتَٰبࣱ مَّرۡقُومࣱ‏

    Kitabun marqoomun

    A written record

21. 83:21

    يَشۡهَدُهُ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ

    Yashhaduhu almuqarraboona

    Attested by those who are brought near (unto their Lord)

22. 83:22

    إِنَّ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ

    Inna alabrara lafee naAAeemin

    Lo! the righteous verily are in delight

23. 83:23

    عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ

    AAala alaraiki yanthuroona

    On couches, gazing

24. 83:24

    تَعۡرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِهِمۡ نَضۡرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

    TaAArifu fee wujoohihim nadrata alnnaAAeemi

    Thou wilt know in their faces the radiance of delight

25. 83:25

    يُسۡقَوۡنَ مِن رَّحِيقࣲ مَّخۡتُومٍ

    Yusqawna min raheeqin makhtoomin

    They are given to drink of a pure wine, sealed

26. 83:26

    خِتَٰمُهُۥ مِسۡكࣱۚ وَفِي ذَٰلِكَ فَلۡيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلۡمُتَنَٰفِسُونَ

    Khitamuhu miskun wafee thalika falyatanafasi almutanafisoona

    Whose seal is musk - for this let (all) those strive who strive for bliss

27. 83:27

    وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسۡنِيمٍ

    Wamizajuhu min tasneemin

    And mixed with water of Tasnim

28. 83:28

    عَيۡنࣰ ا يَشۡرَبُ بِهَا ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ

    AAaynan yashrabu biha almuqarraboona

    A spring whence those brought near (to Allah) drink

29. 83:29

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجۡرَمُواْ كَانُواْ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ يَضۡحَكُونَ

    Inna allatheena ajramoo kanoo mina allatheena amanoo yadhakoona

    Lo! the guilty used to laugh at those who believed

30. 83:30

    وَإِذَا مَرُّواْ بِهِمۡ يَتَغَامَزُونَ

    Waitha marroo bihim yataghamazoona

    And wink one to another when they passed them

31. 83:31

    وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓاْ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُواْ فَكِهِينَ

    Waitha inqalaboo ila ahlihimu inqalaboo fakiheena

    And when they returned to their own folk, they returned jesting

32. 83:32

    وَإِذَا رَأَوۡهُمۡ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ

    Waitha raawhum qaloo inna haolai ladalloona

    And when they saw them they said: Lo! these have gone astray

33. 83:33

    وَمَآ أُرۡسِلُواْ عَلَيۡهِمۡ حَٰفِظِينَ

    Wama orsiloo AAalayhim hafitheena

    Yet they were not sent as guardians over them

34. 83:34

    فَٱلۡيَوۡمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡكُفَّارِ يَضۡحَكُونَ

    Faalyawma allatheena amanoo mina alkuffari yadhakoona

    This day it is those who believe who have the laugh of disbelievers

35. 83:35

    عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ

    AAala alaraiki yanthuroona

    On high couches, gazing

36. 83:36

    هَلۡ ثُوِّبَ ٱلۡكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُواْ يَفۡعَلُونَ

    Hal thuwwiba alkuffaru ma kanoo yafAAaloona

    Are not the disbelievers paid for what they used to do

Qur'an text and translations via fawazahmed0/quran-api; Arabic Uthmani Hafs from the King Fahd Glorious Qur'an Printing Complex, transliteration from Tanzil.net. Licence: Public domain. Source.