The Defrauders
سورة المطـفـفين
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
﴿١﴾ وَيْلٌ لِلْمُطَفِّفِينَ
1. Woe to the defrauders.
﴿٢﴾ الَّذِينَ إِذَا اكْتَالُوا عَلَى النَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ
2. Those who, when they take a measure from people, demand in full.
﴿٣﴾ وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَوْ وَزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ
3. But when they measure or weigh to others, they cheat.
﴿٤﴾ أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُولَٰئِكَ أَنَّهُمْ مَبْعُوثُونَ
4. Do these not know that they will be resurrected?
﴿٥﴾ لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
5. For a Tremendous Day?
﴿٦﴾ يَوْمَ يَقُومُ النَّاسُ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
6. The Day when Humankind will stand before the Lord of the Worlds?
﴿٧﴾ كَلَّا إِنَّ كِتَابَ الْفُجَّارِ لَفِي سِجِّينٍ
7. Not at all. The record of the wicked is in Sijjeen.
﴿٨﴾ وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ
8. And what will make you realize what Sijjeen is?
﴿٩﴾ كِتَابٌ مَرْقُومٌ
9. A numerical book.
﴿١٠﴾ وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
10. Woe on that Day to the deniers.
﴿١١﴾ الَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ
11. Those who deny the Day of Reckoning.
﴿١٢﴾ وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
12. But none denies it except the sinful aggressor.
﴿١٣﴾ إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
13. When Our Verses are read to him, he says, “Legends of the ancients.”
﴿١٤﴾ كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ مَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ
14. But no! Their hearts have become corroded by what they used to commit.
﴿١٥﴾ كَلَّا إِنَّهُمْ عَنْ رَبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَمَحْجُوبُونَ
15. Undoubtedly, on that Day, they will be screened from their Lord.
﴿١٦﴾ ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُو الْجَحِيمِ
16. Then they will roast in the Blaze.
﴿١٧﴾ ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا الَّذِي كُنْتُمْ بِهِ تُكَذِّبُونَ
17. Then it will be said, “This is what you used to deny.”
﴿١٨﴾ كَلَّا إِنَّ كِتَابَ الْأَبْرَارِ لَفِي عِلِّيِّينَ
18. No indeed. The record of the righteous is in Elliyyeen.
﴿١٩﴾ وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ
19. And what will make you realize what Elliyyoon is?
﴿٢٠﴾ كِتَابٌ مَرْقُومٌ
20. A numerical book.
﴿٢١﴾ يَشْهَدُهُ الْمُقَرَّبُونَ
21. Witnessed by those brought near.
﴿٢٢﴾ إِنَّ الْأَبْرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ
22. Surely, the virtuous will be in bliss.
﴿٢٣﴾ عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنْظُرُونَ
23. On luxurious furnishings, gazing around.
﴿٢٤﴾ تَعْرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ النَّعِيمِ
24. You will recognize on their faces the radiance of bliss.
﴿٢٥﴾ يُسْقَوْنَ مِنْ رَحِيقٍ مَخْتُومٍ
25. They will be given to drink of pure sealed wine.
﴿٢٦﴾ خِتَامُهُ مِسْكٌ ۚ وَفِي ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ الْمُتَنَافِسُونَ
26. Its seal is musk—this is what competitors should compete for.
﴿٢٧﴾ وَمِزَاجُهُ مِنْ تَسْنِيمٍ
27. And its mixture is of Tasneem.
﴿٢٨﴾ عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا الْمُقَرَّبُونَ
28. A spring from which those brought near drink.
﴿٢٩﴾ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا كَانُوا مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يَضْحَكُونَ
29. Those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed.
﴿٣٠﴾ وَإِذَا مَرُّوا بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ
30. And when they passed by them, they would wink at one another.
﴿٣١﴾ وَإِذَا انْقَلَبُوا إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِمُ انْقَلَبُوا فَكِهِينَ
31. And when they returned to their families, they would return joyfully.
﴿٣٢﴾ وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوا إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ لَضَالُّونَ
32. And when they saw them, they would say, “These people are lost.”
﴿٣٣﴾ وَمَا أُرْسِلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ حَافِظِينَ
33. Although they were not sent as guardians over them.
﴿٣٤﴾ فَالْيَوْمَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ
34. But on that Day, those who believed will laugh at the unbelievers.
﴿٣٥﴾ عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنْظُرُونَ
35. On luxurious furnishings, looking on.
﴿٣٦﴾ هَلْ ثُوِّبَ الْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا يَفْعَلُونَ
36. Have the unbelievers been repaid for what they used to do?