Al-Mutaffifin المطففين

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَيْلٌ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ

bismillah ar-rahman ar-rahim waylun lil-mutaffifin

Woe to those who give less [than due],

الَّذِينَ إِذَا اكْتَالُوا عَلَى النَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ

alladhina idha ktalaw 'ala an-nas yastawfun

Who, when they take a measure from people, take in full.

وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ

wa-idha kaluhum aw wazanuhum yukhsirun

But if they give by measure or by weight to them, they cause loss.

أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُولَـٰئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ

a-la yazunnu ula'ika annahum mab'uthun

Do they not think that they will be resurrected

لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

li-yawm 'azim

For a tremendous Day -

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ النَّاسُ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

yawm yaqum an-nas li-rabb al-'alamin

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

كَلَّا إِنَّ كِتَابَ الْفُجَّارِ لَفِي سِجِّينٍ

kalla inna kitab al-fujjar lafi sijjin

No! Indeed, the record of the wicked is in sijjeen.

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ

wa-ma adraka ma sijjin

And what can make you know what is sijjeen?

كِتَابٌ مَّرْقُومٌ

kitab marqum

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

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

wayl yawma'idh lil-mukadhdhibin

Woe, that Day, to the deniers,

الَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ

alladhina yukadhdhibun biyawm ad-din

Who deny the Day of Recompense.

وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ

wa-ma yukadhdhib bihi illa kull mu'tad athim

And none deny it except every sinful transgressor.

إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ

idha tutla 'alayhi ayatuna qala asatir al-awwalin

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

كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ

kalla bal rana 'ala qulubihim ma kanu yaksibun

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

كَلَّا إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ

kalla innahum 'an rabbihim yawma'idhin lamahjubun

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

ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُو الْجَحِيمِ

thumma innahum la-salu al-jahim

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

ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَـٰذَا الَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِ تُكَذِّبُونَ

thumma yuqalu hadha alladhi kuntum bihi tukadhdhibun

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

كَلَّا إِنَّ كِتَابَ الْأَبْرَارِ لَفِي عِلِّيِّينَ

kalla inna kitab al-abrar lafi 'illiyyin

No! Indeed, the record of the righteous is in 'illiyyun.

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ

wa-ma adraka ma 'illiyyun

And what can make you know what is 'illiyyun?

كِتَابٌ مَّرْقُومٌ

kitab marqum

It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed

يَشْهَدُهُ الْمُقَرَّبُونَ

yashhaduhu al-muqarrabun

Which is witnessed by those brought near [to Allah].

إِنَّ الْأَبْرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ

inna al-abrar lafi na'im

Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure

عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنظُرُونَ

'ala al-ara'ik yanzurun

On adorned couches, observing.

تَعْرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ النَّعِيمِ

ta'rifu fi wujuhihim nadrah al-na'im

You will recognize in their faces the radiance of pleasure.

يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍ مَّخْتُومٍ

yusqaw min rahiq maktum

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

خِتَامُهُ مِسْكٌ ۚ وَفِي ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ الْمُتَنَافِسُونَ

khitamuh misk wa-fi dhalik fa-lyatanafas al-mutanafisun

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

وَمِزَاجُهُ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ

wa-mizajuh min tasnim

And its mixture is of Tasneem,

عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا الْمُقَرَّبُونَ

'aynan yashrabu biha al-muqarrabun

A spring from which those near [to Allah] drink.

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا كَانُوا مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يَضْحَكُونَ

inna alladhina ajramu kanu mina alladhina amanu yadhakun

Indeed, those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed.

وَإِذَا مَرُّوا بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ

wa-idha marru bihim yataghamazun

And when they passed by them, they would exchange derisive glances.

وَإِذَا انقَلَبُوا إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِمُ انقَلَبُوا فَكِهِينَ

wa-idha anqalabu ila ahlihim anqalabu fakihin

And when they returned to their people, they would return jesting.

وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوا إِنَّ هَـٰؤُلَاءِ لَضَالُّونَ

wa-idha ra'awhum qalu inna ha'ula'i la-dallun

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

وَمَا أُرْسِلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ حَافِظِينَ

wa ma ursilu 'alayhim hafizin

But they had not been sent as guardians over them.

فَالْيَوْمَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ

fa-alyawm alladhina amanu min al-kuffar yadhakun

So Today those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers,

عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنظُرُونَ

'ala al-ara'ik yanzurun

On adorned couches, observing.

هَلْ ثُوِّبَ الْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا يَفْعَلُونَ

hal thuwwiba al-kuffar ma kanu yaf'alun

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