وَيْلٌ لِلْمُطَفِّفِينَ1
(1) Woe to those who give less [than due],[1878]
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[1878]- i.e., those who cheat people by giving them less than what they paid for when weighing or measuring - an amount so little as to hardly be noticed.
الَّذِينَ إِذَا اكْتَالُوا عَلَى النَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ2
(2) Who, when they take a measure from people, take in full.
وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَوْ وَزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ3
(3) But if they give by measure or by weight to them, they cause loss.
أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُولَٰئِكَ أَنَّهُمْ مَبْعُوثُونَ4
(4) Do they not think that they will be resurrected
لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ5
(5) For a tremendous Day -
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ النَّاسُ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ6
(6) The Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of the worlds?
كَلَّا إِنَّ كِتَابَ الْفُجَّارِ لَفِي سِجِّينٍ7
(7) No! Indeed, the record of the wicked is in sijjeen.
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ8
(8) And what can make you know what is sijjeen?
كِتَابٌ مَرْقُومٌ9
(9) It is [their destination[1879] recorded in] a register inscribed.
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[1879]- The lowest depths of Hell.
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ10
(10) Woe, that Day, to the deniers,
الَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ11
(11) Who deny the Day of Recompense.
وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ12
(12) And none deny it except every sinful transgressor.
إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ13
(13) When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."
كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ مَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ14
(14) No! Rather, the stain has covered their hearts of that which they were earning.[1880]
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[1880]- i.e., their sins.
كَلَّا إِنَّهُمْ عَنْ رَبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَمَحْجُوبُونَ15
(15) No! Indeed, from their Lord, that Day, they will be partitioned.[1881]
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[1881]- i.e., they will not be able to see Him.
ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُو الْجَحِيمِ16
(16) Then indeed, they will [enter and] burn in Hellfire.
ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا الَّذِي كُنْتُمْ بِهِ تُكَذِّبُونَ17
(17) Then it will be said [to them], "This is what you used to deny."
كَلَّا إِنَّ كِتَابَ الْأَبْرَارِ لَفِي عِلِّيِّينَ18
(18) No! Indeed, the record of the righteous is in ʿilliyyūn.
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ19
(19) And what can make you know what is ʿilliyyūn?
كِتَابٌ مَرْقُومٌ20
(20) It is [their destination[1882] recorded in] a register inscribed
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[1882]- The highest elevations of Paradise.
يَشْهَدُهُ الْمُقَرَّبُونَ21
(21) Which is witnessed by those brought near [to Allāh].
إِنَّ الْأَبْرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ22
(22) Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure
عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنْظُرُونَ23
(23) On adorned couches, observing.
تَعْرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ النَّعِيمِ24
(24) You will recognize in their faces the radiance of pleasure.
يُسْقَوْنَ مِنْ رَحِيقٍ مَخْتُومٍ25
(25) They will be given to drink [pure] wine[1883] [which was] sealed.
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[1883]- Which is delicious and does not intoxicate.
خِتَامُهُ مِسْكٌ ۚ وَفِي ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ الْمُتَنَافِسُونَ26
(26) The last of it[1884] is musk. So for this let the competitors compete.
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[1884]- i.e., its lingering odor.
وَمِزَاجُهُ مِنْ تَسْنِيمٍ27
(27) And its mixture is of Tasneem,[1885]
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[1885]- The highest spring in Paradise and the most favored drink of its inhabitants.
عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا الْمُقَرَّبُونَ28
(28) A spring from which those near [to Allāh] drink.
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا كَانُوا مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يَضْحَكُونَ29
(29) Indeed, those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed.
وَإِذَا مَرُّوا بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ30
(30) And when they passed by them, they would exchange derisive glances.
وَإِذَا انْقَلَبُوا إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِمُ انْقَلَبُوا فَكِهِينَ31
(31) And when they returned to their people, they would return jesting.
وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوا إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ لَضَالُّونَ32
(32) And when they saw them, they would say, "Indeed, those are truly lost."
وَمَا أُرْسِلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ حَافِظِينَ33
(33) But they had not been sent as guardians over them.
فَالْيَوْمَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ34
(34) So Today[1886] those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers,
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[1886]- On the Day of Judgement.
عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنْظُرُونَ35
(35) On adorned couches, observing.
هَلْ ثُوِّبَ الْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا يَفْعَلُونَ36
(36) Have the disbelievers [not] been rewarded [this Day] for what they used to do?
