The Defrauders in Weight
83:1
وَيۡلٞ لِّلۡمُطَفِّفِينَ ١
Woe to those who defraud in weighing [and measuring],
83:2
ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكۡتَالُواْ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسۡتَوۡفُونَ ٢
those who, when they have to receive by measure from people, exact full measure,
83:3
وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمۡ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمۡ يُخۡسِرُونَ ٣
but when they give people by measure or weight, they give them short [weight].
83:4
أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبۡعُوثُونَ ٤
Do they not think that they will be raised up?
83:5
لِيَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٖ ٥
on a Mighty Day [of Judgement],
83:6
يَوۡمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٦
a Day when [all] Mankind will stand before the Lord-of-the-Worlds?
83:7
كـَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلۡفُجَّارِ لَفِي سِجِّينٖ ٧
Nay! Surely, the Record of the Wicked is [preserved] in Sijjīn.
83:8
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٞ ٨
And what will make you know what Sijjīn is?
83:9
كِتَٰبٞ مَّرۡقُومٞ ٩
[It is] a Register [fully] inscribed.
83:10
وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ١٠
Woe, that Day, to the disbelievers,
83:11
ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ ١١
those who disbelieve the Day of Judgement.
83:12
وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعۡتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ ١٢
And none can disbelieve it [the Day of Judgement] save every violator [of limits], sinner!
83:13
إِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٣
When Our Signs are rehearsed to him, he says, “[These are] fables of the Ancients!”
83:14
كـَلَّاۖ بَلۡۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ ١٤
By no means! But on their hearts is the stain of the [sins] which they earned!
83:15
كـَلَّآ إِنَّهُمۡ عَن رَّبِّهِمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّمَحۡجُوبُونَ ١٥
Verily, that Day, they will be veiled from [the glimpse of] their Lord.
83:16
ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمۡ لَصَالُواْ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ١٦
Thereafter, they will burn in the Fire of Hell.
83:17
ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ١٧
Further, it will be said to them: “This is the [reality] which you used to disbelieve.
83:18
كـَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارِ لَفِي عِلِّيِّينَ ١٨
Nay, verily, the Record of the Righteous is [preserved] in ‘Illīyūn.
83:19
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ ١٩
And what will make you know what ‘Illīyūn is?
83:20
كِتَٰبٞ مَّرۡقُومٞ ٢٠
[It is] a Register [fully] inscribed,
83:21
يَشۡهَدُهُ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ ٢١
witnessed by those nearest [to Allāh].
83:22
إِنَّ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ ٢٢
Truly, the Righteous will be in Bliss:
83:23
عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ ٢٣
[sitting] on raised couches will they command a sight [of all things]:
83:24
تَعۡرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِهِمۡ نَضۡرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ٢٤
You will recognise in their faces the beaming brightness of Bliss.
83:25
يُسۡقَوۡنَ مِن رَّحِيقٖ مَّخۡتُومٍ ٢٥
They will be served a drink of a sealed Pure Wine:
83:26
خِتَٰمُهُۥ مِسۡكٞۚ وَفِي ذَٰلِكَ فَلۡيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلۡمُتَنَٰفِسُونَ ٢٦
the seal thereof will be musk: and for this let those aspire, who have aspiration:
83:27
وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسۡنِيمٍ ٢٧
with it will be [given] a mixture of Tasnīm:
83:28
عَيۡنٗا يَشۡرَبُ بِهَا ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ ٢٨
a spring, from [the waters] whereof drink those nearest [to Allāh].
83:29
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجۡرَمُواْ كَانُواْ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ يَضۡحَكُونَ ٢٩
Those given to sin used to laugh at those who believed,
83:30
وَإِذَا مَرُّواْ بِهِمۡ يَتَغَامَزُونَ ٣٠
and whenever they passed by them, they used to wink at each other [in mockery];
83:31
وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓاْ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُواْ فَكِهِينَ ٣١
and when they returned to their families, they would return jesting;
83:32
وَإِذَا رَأَوۡهُمۡ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ ٣٢
and whenever they saw them [the Believers], they would say, “Behold! Those [believers] are the people gone astray!”
83:33
وَمَآ أُرۡسِلُواْ عَلَيۡهِمۡ حَٰفِظِينَ ٣٣
But they had not been sent as keepers over them [the Believers]!
83:34
فَٱلۡيَوۡمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡكُفَّارِ يَضۡحَكُونَ ٣٤
So, on this Day [of Judgement] the Believers will laugh at the Rejecters.
83:35
عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ ٣٥
[Sitting] on raised couches they will command a sight [of all things].
83:36
هَلۡ ثُوِّبَ ٱلۡكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُواْ يَفۡعَلُونَ ٣٦
Have not the Rejecters been paid back for [all] that they did?