Chapter 83, Al-Mutaffife [ The Defrauding ]
- Seeking refuge with Allah from the banished Satan.I begin in the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Merciful.
- 1. Woe to those that deal in fraud,-
- 2. Those who, when they have to receive by measure from men, exact full measure,
- 3. But when they have to give by measure or weight to men, give less than due.
- 4. Do they not think that they will be called to account?-
- 5. On a Mighty Day,
- 6. A Day when (all) mankind will stand before the Lord of the Worlds?
- 7. Nay! Surely the record of the wicked is (preserved) in Sijjin.
- 8. And what will explain to thee what Sijjin is?
- 9. (There is) a Register (fully) inscribed.
- 10. Woe, that Day, to those that deny-
- 11. Those that deny the Day of Judgment.
- 12. And none can deny it but the Transgressor beyond bounds the Sinner!
- 13. When Our Signs are rehearsed to him, he says, "Tales of the ancients!"
- 14. By no means! but on their hearts is the stain of the (ill) which they do!
- 15. Verily, from (the Light of) their Lord, that Day, will they be veiled.
- 16. Further, they will enter the Fire of Hell.
- 17. Further, it will be said to them: "This is the (reality) which ye rejected as false!
- 18. Nay, verily the record of the Righteous is (preserved) in 'Illiyin.
- 19. And what will explain to thee what 'Illiyun is?
- 20. (There is) a Register (fully) inscribed,
- 21. To which bear witness those Nearest (to Allah).
- 22. Truly the Righteous will be in Bliss:
- 23. On Thrones (of Dignity) will they command a sight (of all things):
- 24. Thou wilt recognise in their faces the beaming brightness of Bliss.
- 25. Their thirst will be slaked with Pure Wine sealed:
- 26. The seal thereof will be Musk: And for this let those aspire, who have aspirations:
- 27. With it will be (given) a mixture of Tasnim:
- 28. A spring, from (the waters) whereof drink those Nearest to Allah.
- 29. Those in sin used to laugh at those who believed,
- 30. And whenever they passed by them, used to wink at each other (in mockery);
- 31. And when they returned to their own people, they would return jesting;
- 32. And whenever they saw them, they would say, "Behold! These are the people truly astray!"
- 33. But they had not been sent as keepers over them!
- 34. But on this Day the Believers will laugh at the Unbelievers:
- 35. On Thrones (of Dignity) they will command (a sight) (of all things).
- 36. Will not the Unbelievers have been paid back for what they did?