وَيْلٌ لِلْمُطَفِّفِينَ ١
Woe to those that deal in fraud,-
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
83:2
الَّذِينَ إِذَا اكْتَالُوا عَلَى النَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ ٢
Those who, when they have to receive by measure from men, exact full measure,
83:3
وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَوْ وَزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ ٣
But when they have to give by measure or weight to men, give less than due.
83:4
أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُولَٰئِكَ أَنَّهُمْ مَبْعُوثُونَ ٤
Do they not think that they will be called to account?-
83:5
لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ ٥
On a Mighty Day,
83:6
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ النَّاسُ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ ٦
A Day when (all) mankind will stand before the Lord of the Worlds?
83:7
كَلَّا إِنَّ كِتَابَ الْفُجَّارِ لَفِي سِجِّينٍ ٧
Nay! Surely the record of the wicked is (preserved) in Sijjin.
83:8
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ ٨
And what will explain to thee what Sijjin is?
83:9
كِتَابٌ مَرْقُومٌ ٩
(There is) a Register (fully) inscribed.
83:10
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ١٠
Woe, that Day, to those that deny-
83:11
الَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ ١١
Those that deny the Day of Judgment.
83:12
وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ ١٢
And none can deny it but the Transgressor beyond bounds the Sinner!
83:13
إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ ١٣
When Our Signs are rehearsed to him, he says, "Tales of the ancients!"
83:14
كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ مَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ ١٤
By no means! but on their hearts is the stain of the (ill) which they do!
83:15
كَلَّا إِنَّهُمْ عَنْ رَبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَمَحْجُوبُونَ ١٥
Verily, from (the Light of) their Lord, that Day, will they be veiled.
83:16
ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُو الْجَحِيمِ ١٦
Further, they will enter the Fire of Hell.
83:17
ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا الَّذِي كُنْتُمْ بِهِ تُكَذِّبُونَ ١٧
Further, it will be said to them: "This is the (reality) which ye rejected as false!
83:18
كَلَّا إِنَّ كِتَابَ الْأَبْرَارِ لَفِي عِلِّيِّينَ ١٨
Day, verily the record of the Righteous is (preserved) in 'Illiyin.
83:19
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ ١٩
And what will explain to thee what 'Illiyun is?
83:20
كِتَابٌ مَرْقُومٌ ٢٠
(There is) a Register (fully) inscribed,
83:21
يَشْهَدُهُ الْمُقَرَّبُونَ ٢١
To which bear witness those Nearest (to Allah).
83:22
إِنَّ الْأَبْرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ ٢٢
Truly the Righteous will be in Bliss:
83:23
عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنْظُرُونَ ٢٣
On Thrones (of Dignity) will they command a sight (of all things):
83:24
تَعْرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ النَّعِيمِ ٢٤
Thou wilt recognise in their faces the beaming brightness of Bliss.
83:25
يُسْقَوْنَ مِنْ رَحِيقٍ مَخْتُومٍ ٢٥
Their thirst will be slaked with Pure Wine sealed:
83:26
خِتَامُهُ مِسْكٌ ۚ وَفِي ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ الْمُتَنَافِسُونَ ٢٦
The seal thereof will be Musk: And for this let those aspire, who have aspirations:
83:27
وَمِزَاجُهُ مِنْ تَسْنِيمٍ ٢٧
With it will be (given) a mixture of Tasnim:
83:28
عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا الْمُقَرَّبُونَ ٢٨
A spring, from (the waters) whereof drink those Nearest to Allah.
83:29
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا كَانُوا مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يَضْحَكُونَ ٢٩
Those in sin used to laugh at those who believed,
83:30
وَإِذَا مَرُّوا بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ ٣٠
And whenever they passed by them, used to wink at each other (in mockery);
83:31
وَإِذَا انْقَلَبُوا إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِمُ انْقَلَبُوا فَكِهِينَ ٣١
And when they returned to their own people, they would return jesting;
83:32
وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوا إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ لَضَالُّونَ ٣٢
And whenever they saw them, they would say, "Behold! These are the people truly astray!"
83:33
وَمَا أُرْسِلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ حَافِظِينَ ٣٣
But they had not been sent as keepers over them!
83:34
فَالْيَوْمَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ ٣٤
But on this Day the Believers will laugh at the Unbelievers:
83:35
عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنْظُرُونَ ٣٥
On Thrones (of Dignity) they will command (a sight) (of all things).
83:36
هَلْ ثُوِّبَ الْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا يَفْعَلُونَ ٣٦
Will not the Unbelievers have been paid back for what they did?