Surah Al-Mutaffifin
سُورَةُ المُطَفِّفِينَSurah Al-Mutaffifin condemns those who cheat in weights and measures. It contrasts the record of the wicked with that of the righteous.
وَیْلٌ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِیْنَ ۟ۙ
Woe to those who give less [than due],
الَّذِیْنَ اِذَا اكْتَالُوْا عَلَی النَّاسِ یَسْتَوْفُوْنَ ۟ؗۖ
Who, when they take a measure from people, take in full.
وَاِذَا كَالُوْهُمْ اَوْ وَّزَنُوْهُمْ یُخْسِرُوْنَ ۟ؕ
But if they give by measure or by weight to them, they cause loss.
اَلَا یَظُنُّ اُولٰٓىِٕكَ اَنَّهُمْ مَّبْعُوْثُوْنَ ۟ۙ
Do they not think that they will be resurrected
لِیَوْمٍ عَظِیْمٍ ۟ۙ
For a tremendous Day -
یَّوْمَ یَقُوْمُ النَّاسُ لِرَبِّ الْعٰلَمِیْنَ ۟ؕ
The Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of the worlds?
كَلَّاۤ اِنَّ كِتٰبَ الْفُجَّارِ لَفِیْ سِجِّیْنٍ ۟ؕ
No! Indeed, the record of the wicked is in sijjeen.
وَمَاۤ اَدْرٰىكَ مَا سِجِّیْنٌ ۟ؕ
And what can make you know what is sijjeen?
كِتٰبٌ مَّرْقُوْمٌ ۟ؕ
It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed.
وَیْلٌ یَّوْمَىِٕذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِیْنَ ۟ۙ
Woe, that Day, to the deniers,
الَّذِیْنَ یُكَذِّبُوْنَ بِیَوْمِ الدِّیْنِ ۟ؕ
Who deny the Day of Recompense.
وَمَا یُكَذِّبُ بِهٖۤ اِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ اَثِیْمٍ ۟ۙ
And none deny it except every sinful transgressor.
اِذَا تُتْلٰی عَلَیْهِ اٰیٰتُنَا قَالَ اَسَاطِیْرُ الْاَوَّلِیْنَ ۟ؕ
When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."
كَلَّا بَلْ رَانَ عَلٰی قُلُوْبِهِمْ مَّا كَانُوْا یَكْسِبُوْنَ ۟
No! Rather, the stain has covered their hearts of that which they were earning.
كَلَّاۤ اِنَّهُمْ عَنْ رَّبِّهِمْ یَوْمَىِٕذٍ لَّمَحْجُوْبُوْنَ ۟ؕ
No! Indeed, from their Lord, that Day, they will be partitioned.
ثُمَّ اِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُوا الْجَحِیْمِ ۟ؕ
Then indeed, they will [enter and] burn in Hellfire.
ثُمَّ یُقَالُ هٰذَا الَّذِیْ كُنْتُمْ بِهٖ تُكَذِّبُوْنَ ۟ؕ
Then it will be said [to them], "This is what you used to deny."
كَلَّاۤ اِنَّ كِتٰبَ الْاَبْرَارِ لَفِیْ عِلِّیِّیْنَ ۟ؕ
No! Indeed, the record of the righteous is in 'illiyyun.
وَمَاۤ اَدْرٰىكَ مَا عِلِّیُّوْنَ ۟ؕ
And what can make you know what is 'illiyyun?
كِتٰبٌ مَّرْقُوْمٌ ۟ۙ
It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed
یَّشْهَدُهُ الْمُقَرَّبُوْنَ ۟ؕ
Which is witnessed by those brought near [to Allah].
اِنَّ الْاَبْرَارَ لَفِیْ نَعِیْمٍ ۟ۙ
Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure
عَلَی الْاَرَآىِٕكِ یَنْظُرُوْنَ ۟ۙ
On adorned couches, observing.
تَعْرِفُ فِیْ وُجُوْهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ النَّعِیْمِ ۟ۚ
You will recognize in their faces the radiance of pleasure.
یُسْقَوْنَ مِنْ رَّحِیْقٍ مَّخْتُوْمٍ ۟ۙ
They will be given to drink [pure] wine [which was] sealed.
خِتٰمُهٗ مِسْكٌ ؕ وَفِیْ ذٰلِكَ فَلْیَتَنَافَسِ الْمُتَنَافِسُوْنَ ۟ؕ
The last of it is musk. So for this let the competitors compete.
وَمِزَاجُهٗ مِنْ تَسْنِیْمٍ ۟ۙ
And its mixture is of Tasneem,
عَیْنًا یَّشْرَبُ بِهَا الْمُقَرَّبُوْنَ ۟ؕ
A spring from which those near [to Allah] drink.
اِنَّ الَّذِیْنَ اَجْرَمُوْا كَانُوْا مِنَ الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا یَضْحَكُوْنَ ۟ؗۖ
Indeed, those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed.
وَاِذَا مَرُّوْا بِهِمْ یَتَغَامَزُوْنَ ۟ؗۖ
And when they passed by them, they would exchange derisive glances.
وَاِذَا انْقَلَبُوْۤا اِلٰۤی اَهْلِهِمُ انْقَلَبُوْا فَكِهِیْنَ ۟ؗۖ
And when they returned to their people, they would return jesting.
وَاِذَا رَاَوْهُمْ قَالُوْۤا اِنَّ هٰۤؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّوْنَ ۟ۙ
And when they saw them, they would say, "Indeed, those are truly lost."
وَمَاۤ اُرْسِلُوْا عَلَیْهِمْ حٰفِظِیْنَ ۟ؕ
But they had not been sent as guardians over them.
فَالْیَوْمَ الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ یَضْحَكُوْنَ ۟ۙ
So Today those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers,
عَلَی الْاَرَآىِٕكِ ۙ یَنْظُرُوْنَ ۟ؕ
On adorned couches, observing.
هَلْ ثُوِّبَ الْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوْا یَفْعَلُوْنَ ۟۠
Have the disbelievers [not] been rewarded [this Day] for what they used to do?