Al-Mutaffifin

waylun lil'muṭaffifīna

Woe to those who give less [than due],

alladhīna idhā ik'tālū ʿalā l-nāsi yastawfūna

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

wa-idhā kālūhum aw wazanūhum yukh'sirūna

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

alā yaẓunnu ulāika annahum mabʿūthūna

Do they not think that they will be resurrected

liyawmin ʿaẓīmin

For a tremendous Day -

yawma yaqūmu l-nāsu lirabbi l-ʿālamīna

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

kallā inna kitāba l-fujāri lafī sijjīnin

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

wamā adrāka mā sijjīnun

And what can make you know what is sijjeen?

kitābun marqūmun

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

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna

Woe, that Day, to the deniers,

alladhīna yukadhibūna biyawmi l-dīni

Who deny the Day of Recompense.

wamā yukadhibu bihi illā kullu muʿ'tadin athīmin

And none deny it except every sinful transgressor.

idhā tut'lā ʿalayhi āyātunā qāla asāṭīru l-awalīna

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

kallā bal rāna ʿalā qulūbihim mā kānū yaksibūna

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

kallā innahum ʿan rabbihim yawma-idhin lamaḥjūbūna

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

thumma innahum laṣālū l-jaḥīmi

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

thumma yuqālu hādhā alladhī kuntum bihi tukadhibūna

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

kallā inna kitāba l-abrāri lafī ʿilliyyīna

No! Indeed, the record of the righteous is in ʿilliyyūn.

wamā adrāka mā ʿilliyyūna

And what can make you know what is ʿilliyyūn?

kitābun marqūmun

It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed

yashhaduhu l-muqarabūna

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

inna l-abrāra lafī naʿīmin

Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure

ʿalā l-arāiki yanẓurūna

On adorned couches, observing.

taʿrifu fī wujūhihim naḍrata l-naʿīmi

You will recognize in their faces the radiance of pleasure.

yus'qawna min raḥīqin makhtūmin

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

khitāmuhu mis'kun wafī dhālika falyatanāfasi l-mutanāfisūna

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

wamizājuhu min tasnīmin

And its mixture is of Tasneem,

ʿaynan yashrabu bihā l-muqarabūna

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

inna alladhīna ajramū kānū mina alladhīna āmanū yaḍḥakūna

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

wa-idhā marrū bihim yataghāmazūna

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

wa-idhā inqalabū ilā ahlihimu inqalabū fakihīna

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

wa-idhā ra-awhum qālū inna hāulāi laḍāllūna

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

wamā ur'silū ʿalayhim ḥāfiẓīna

But they had not been sent as guardians over them.

fal-yawma alladhīna āmanū mina l-kufāri yaḍḥakūna

So Today those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers,

ʿalā l-arāiki yanẓurūna

On adorned couches, observing.

hal thuwwiba l-kufāru mā kānū yafʿalūna

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