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Al-Quran · Surah 83 of 114

Surah Al-Mutaffifin — The Defrauding

سورة المطففين

36 ayat · Meccan · Uthmani text (Tanzil) · translation: Yusuf Ali

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

وَيْلٌۭ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ ﴿١﴾

Woe to those that deal in fraud,- 83:1

ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكْتَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ ﴿٢﴾

Those who, when they have to receive by measure from men, exact full measure, 83:2

وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ ﴿٣﴾

But when they have to give by measure or weight to men, give less than due. 83:3

أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ ﴿٤﴾

Do they not think that they will be called to account?- 83:4

لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍۢ ﴿٥﴾

On a Mighty Day, 83:5

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٦﴾

A Day when (all) mankind will stand before the Lord of the Worlds? 83:6

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَـٰبَ ٱلْفُجَّارِ لَفِى سِجِّينٍۢ ﴿٧﴾

Nay! Surely the record of the wicked is (preserved) in Sijjin. 83:7

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٌۭ ﴿٨﴾

And what will explain to thee what Sijjin is? 83:8

كِتَـٰبٌۭ مَّرْقُومٌۭ ﴿٩﴾

(There is) a Register (fully) inscribed. 83:9

وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿١٠﴾

Woe, that Day, to those that deny- 83:10

ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿١١﴾

Those that deny the Day of Judgment. 83:11

وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ ﴿١٢﴾

And none can deny it but the Transgressor beyond bounds the Sinner! 83:12

إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿١٣﴾

When Our Signs are rehearsed to him, he says, "Tales of the ancients!" 83:13

كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ ﴿١٤﴾

By no means! but on their hearts is the stain of the (ill) which they do! 83:14

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ ﴿١٥﴾

Verily, from (the Light of) their Lord, that Day, will they be veiled. 83:15

ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُوا۟ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ﴿١٦﴾

Further, they will enter the Fire of Hell. 83:16

ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ﴿١٧﴾

Further, it will be said to them: "This is the (reality) which ye rejected as false! 83:17

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَـٰبَ ٱلْأَبْرَارِ لَفِى عِلِّيِّينَ ﴿١٨﴾

Nay, verily the record of the Righteous is (preserved) in 'Illiyin. 83:18

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ ﴿١٩﴾

And what will explain to thee what 'Illiyun is? 83:19

كِتَـٰبٌۭ مَّرْقُومٌۭ ﴿٢٠﴾

(There is) a Register (fully) inscribed, 83:20

يَشْهَدُهُ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ ﴿٢١﴾

To which bear witness those Nearest (to Allah). 83:21

إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ ﴿٢٢﴾

Truly the Righteous will be in Bliss: 83:22

عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ ﴿٢٣﴾

On Thrones (of Dignity) will they command a sight (of all things): 83:23

تَعْرِفُ فِى وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ﴿٢٤﴾

Thou wilt recognise in their faces the beaming brightness of Bliss. 83:24

يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍۢ مَّخْتُومٍ ﴿٢٥﴾

Their thirst will be slaked with Pure Wine sealed: 83:25

خِتَـٰمُهُۥ مِسْكٌۭ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلْمُتَنَـٰفِسُونَ ﴿٢٦﴾

The seal thereof will be Musk: And for this let those aspire, who have aspirations: 83:26

وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ ﴿٢٧﴾

With it will be (given) a mixture of Tasnim: 83:27

عَيْنًۭا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ ﴿٢٨﴾

A spring, from (the waters) whereof drink those Nearest to Allah. 83:28

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا۟ كَانُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ يَضْحَكُونَ ﴿٢٩﴾

Those in sin used to laugh at those who believed, 83:29

وَإِذَا مَرُّوا۟ بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ ﴿٣٠﴾

And whenever they passed by them, used to wink at each other (in mockery); 83:30

وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُوا۟ فَكِهِينَ ﴿٣١﴾

And when they returned to their own people, they would return jesting; 83:31

وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ ﴿٣٢﴾

And whenever they saw them, they would say, "Behold! These are the people truly astray!" 83:32

وَمَآ أُرْسِلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ حَـٰفِظِينَ ﴿٣٣﴾

But they had not been sent as keepers over them! 83:33

فَٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ ﴿٣٤﴾

But on this Day the Believers will laugh at the Unbelievers: 83:34

عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ ﴿٣٥﴾

On Thrones (of Dignity) they will command (a sight) (of all things). 83:35

هَلْ ثُوِّبَ ٱلْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ ﴿٣٦﴾

Will not the Unbelievers have been paid back for what they did? 83:36

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Arabic text: Tanzil Project — Uthmani, verified (CC-BY 3.0), rendered verbatim from the site's dataset. Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali (public domain) — one rendering of the meaning, not a replacement for the Arabic. For recitation and verse-by-verse study, use the Quran reader.