Al-Mutaffifin

وَيْلٌ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ

waylun lil'muṭaffifīna

Woe to those who give less [than due],

ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكْتَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ

alladhīna idhā ik'tālū ʿalā l-nāsi yastawfūna

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

وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ

wa-idhā kālūhum aw wazanūhum yukh'sirūna

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

أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ

alā yaẓunnu ulāika annahum mabʿūthūna

Do they not think that they will be resurrected

لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

liyawmin ʿaẓīmin

For a tremendous Day -

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

yawma yaqūmu l-nāsu lirabbi l-ʿālamīna

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

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَـٰبَ ٱلْفُجَّارِ لَفِى سِجِّينٍ

kallā inna kitāba l-fujāri lafī sijjīnin

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

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ

wamā adrāka mā sijjīnun

And what can make you know what is sijjeen?

كِتَـٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ

kitābun marqūmun

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

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna

Woe, that Day, to the deniers,

ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

alladhīna yukadhibūna biyawmi l-dīni

Who deny the Day of Recompense.

وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ

wamā yukadhibu bihi illā kullu muʿ'tadin athīmin

And none deny it except every sinful transgressor.

إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

idhā tut'lā ʿalayhi āyātunā qāla asāṭīru l-awalīna

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

كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ

kallā bal rāna ʿalā qulūbihim mā kānū yaksibūna

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

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ

kallā innahum ʿan rabbihim yawma-idhin lamaḥjūbūna

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

ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُوا۟ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

thumma innahum laṣālū l-jaḥīmi

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

ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ

thumma yuqālu hādhā alladhī kuntum bihi tukadhibūna

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

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَـٰبَ ٱلْأَبْرَارِ لَفِى عِلِّيِّينَ

kallā inna kitāba l-abrāri lafī ʿilliyyīna

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

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ

wamā adrāka mā ʿilliyyūna

And what can make you know what is ʿilliyyūn?

كِتَـٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ

kitābun marqūmun

It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed

يَشْهَدُهُ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ

yashhaduhu l-muqarabūna

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

إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ

inna l-abrāra lafī naʿīmin

Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure

عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ

ʿalā l-arāiki yanẓurūna

On adorned couches, observing.

تَعْرِفُ فِى وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

taʿrifu fī wujūhihim naḍrata l-naʿīmi

You will recognize in their faces the radiance of pleasure.

يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍ مَّخْتُومٍ

yus'qawna min raḥīqin makhtūmin

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

خِتَـٰمُهُۥ مِسْكٌ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلْمُتَنَـٰفِسُونَ

khitāmuhu mis'kun wafī dhālika falyatanāfasi l-mutanāfisūna

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

وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ

wamizājuhu min tasnīmin

And its mixture is of Tasneem,

عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ

ʿaynan yashrabu bihā l-muqarabūna

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

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا۟ كَانُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ يَضْحَكُونَ

inna alladhīna ajramū kānū mina alladhīna āmanū yaḍḥakūna

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

وَإِذَا مَرُّوا۟ بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ

wa-idhā marrū bihim yataghāmazūna

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

وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُوا۟ فَكِهِينَ

wa-idhā inqalabū ilā ahlihimu inqalabū fakihīna

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

وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ

wa-idhā ra-awhum qālū inna hāulāi laḍāllūna

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

وَمَآ أُرْسِلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ حَـٰفِظِينَ

wamā ur'silū ʿalayhim ḥāfiẓīna

But they had not been sent as guardians over them.

فَٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ

fal-yawma alladhīna āmanū mina l-kufāri yaḍḥakūna

So Today those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers,

عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ

ʿalā l-arāiki yanẓurūna

On adorned couches, observing.

هَلْ ثُوِّبَ ٱلْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ

hal thuwwiba l-kufāru mā kānū yafʿalūna

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