Al-Muthaffifin

وَيۡلٞ لِّلۡمُطَفِّفِينَ ١

Waylul lil-muṭaffifīn.

Woe to those who give less [than due],¹

ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكۡتَالُواْ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسۡتَوۡفُونَ ٢

Al-ladhīna idhaktālū ʿalan-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 yaẓunnu ulāʾika annahum mabʿūthūn.

Do they not think that they will be resurrected

لِيَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٖ ٥

Liyawmin ʿaẓīm.

For a tremendous Day -

يَوۡمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٦

Yawma yaqūmun-nāsu lirabbil-ʿālamīn.

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

كـَلَّآ 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

Wa mā adrāka mā sijjīn.

And what can make you know what is sijjeen?

كِتَٰبٞ مَّرۡقُومٞ ٩

Kitābum marqūm.

It is [their destination¹ recorded in] a register inscribed.

وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ١٠

Wayluy yawmaʾidhil lil-mukadhdhibīn.

Woe, that Day, to the deniers,

ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ ١١

Al-ladhīna yukadhdhibūna biyawmid-dīn.

Who deny the Day of Recompense.

وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعۡتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ ١٢

Wa mā yukadhdhibu bihī illā kullu muʿtadin athīm.

And none deny it except every sinful transgressor.

إِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٣

Idhā tutlā ʿalayhi āyātunā qāla asāṭīrul-awwalīn.

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

كـَلَّاۖ بَلۡۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ ١٤

Kallā, bal rāna ʿalā qulūbihim mā kānū yaksibūn.

No! Rather, the stain has covered their hearts of that which they were earning.¹

كـَلَّآ إِنَّهُمۡ عَن رَّبِّهِمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّمَحۡجُوبُونَ ١٥

Kallā innahum ʿar rabbihim yawmaʾidhil lamaḥjūbūn.

No! Indeed, from their Lord, that Day, they will be partitioned.¹

ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمۡ لَصَالُواْ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ١٦

Thumma innahum laṣālul-jaḥīm.

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

ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ١٧

Thumma yuqālu hādhal-ladhī kuntum bihī tukadhdhibūn.

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

كـَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارِ لَفِي عِلِّيِّينَ ١٨

Kallā inna kitābal-abrāri lafī ʿilliyyīn.

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

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ ١٩

Wa mā adrāka mā ʿilliyyūn.

And what can make you know what is ʿilliyyūn?

كِتَٰبٞ مَّرۡقُومٞ ٢٠

Kitābum marqūm.

It is [their destination¹ 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 naʿīm.

Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure

عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ ٢٣

ʿAlal-arāʾiki yanẓurūn.

On adorned couches, observing.

تَعۡرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِهِمۡ نَضۡرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ٢٤

Taʿrifu fī wujūhihim naḍratan-naʿīm.

You will recognize in their faces the radiance of pleasure.

يُسۡقَوۡنَ مِن رَّحِيقٖ مَّخۡتُومٍ ٢٥

Yusqawna mir raḥīqim makhtūm.

They will be given to drink [pure] wine¹ [which was] sealed.

خِتَٰمُهُۥ مِسۡكٞۚ وَفِي ذَٰلِكَ فَلۡيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلۡمُتَنَٰفِسُونَ ٢٦

Khitāmuhū misk, wa fī dhālika falyatanāfasil-mutanāfisūn.

The last of it¹ is musk. So for this let the competitors compete.

وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسۡنِيمٍ ٢٧

Wa mizājuhū min tasnīm.

And its mixture is of Tasneem,¹

عَيۡنٗا يَشۡرَبُ بِهَا ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ ٢٨

ʿAynay 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 yaḍḥakūn.

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 raʾawhum qālū inna hāʾulāʾi laḍāllūn.

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

وَمَآ أُرۡسِلُواْ عَلَيۡهِمۡ حَٰفِظِينَ ٣٣

Wa mā ursilū ʿalayhim ḥāfiẓīn.

But they had not been sent as guardians over them.

فَٱلۡيَوۡمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡكُفَّارِ يَضۡحَكُونَ ٣٤

Fal-yawmal-ladhīna āmanū minal-kuffāri yaḍḥakūn.

So Today¹ those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers,

عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ ٣٥

ʿAlal-arāʾiki yanẓurūn.

On adorned couches, observing.

هَلۡ ثُوِّبَ ٱلۡكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُواْ يَفۡعَلُونَ ٣٦

Hal thuwwibal-kuffāru mā kānū yafʿalūn.

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