Al-Mutaffifin

Woe to those who give short measure,

وَيْلٌ لِلْمُطَفِّفِينَ

waylun lil'muṭaffifīna

who demand of other people full measure for themselves,

الَّذِينَ إِذَا اكْتَالُوا عَلَى النَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ

alladhīna idhā ik'tālū ʿalā l-nāsi yastawfūna

but give less than they should when it is they who weigh or measure for others!

وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَوْ وَزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ

wa-idhā kālūhum aw wazanūhum yukh'sirūna

Do these people not realize that they will be raised up

أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُولَـٰئِكَ أَنَّهُمْ مَبْعُوثُونَ

alā yaẓunnu ulāika annahum mabʿūthūna

on a mighty Day,

لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

liyawmin ʿaẓīmin

a Day when everyone will stand before the Lord of the Worlds?

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ النَّاسُ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

yawma yaqūmu l-nāsu lirabbi l-ʿālamīna

No indeed! The list of the wicked is in Sijjin––

كَلَّا إِنَّ كِتَابَ الْفُجَّارِ لَفِي سِجِّينٍ

kallā inna kitāba l-fujāri lafī sijjīnin

what will explain to you what Sijjin is?––

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ

wamā adrāka mā sijjīnun

a clearly numbered list.

كِتَابٌ مَرْقُومٌ

kitābun marqūmun

Woe on that day to the deniers,

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna

those who deny the Day of Judgement!

الَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ

alladhīna yukadhibūna biyawmi l-dīni

Only the evil aggressor denies it:

وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ

wamā yukadhibu bihi illā kullu muʿ'tadin athīmin

when Our revelations are recited to him, he says, ‘Ancient fables!’

إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ

idhā tut'lā ʿalayhi āyātunā qāla asāṭīru l-awalīna

No indeed! Their hearts are encrusted with what they have done.

كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ مَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ

kallā bal rāna ʿalā qulūbihim mā kānū yaksibūna

No indeed! On that Day they will be screened off from their Lord,

كَلَّا إِنَّهُمْ عَنْ رَبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَمَحْجُوبُونَ

kallā innahum ʿan rabbihim yawma-idhin lamaḥjūbūna

they will burn in Hell,

ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُو الْجَحِيمِ

thumma innahum laṣālū l-jaḥīmi

and they will be told, ‘This is what you called a lie.’

ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَـٰذَا الَّذِي كُنْتُمْ بِهِ تُكَذِّبُونَ

thumma yuqālu hādhā alladhī kuntum bihi tukadhibūna

No indeed! The list of the truly good is in 'Illiyyin––

كَلَّا إِنَّ كِتَابَ الْأَبْرَارِ لَفِي عِلِّيِّينَ

kallā inna kitāba l-abrāri lafī ʿilliyyīna

what will explain to you what 'Illiyyin is?––

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ

wamā adrāka mā ʿilliyyūna

a clearly written list,

كِتَابٌ مَرْقُومٌ

kitābun marqūmun

witnessed by those brought near.

يَشْهَدُهُ الْمُقَرَّبُونَ

yashhaduhu l-muqarabūna

The truly good will live in bliss,

إِنَّ الْأَبْرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ

inna l-abrāra lafī naʿīmin

seated on couches, gazing around.

عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنْظُرُونَ

ʿalā l-arāiki yanẓurūna

You will recognize on their faces the radiance of bliss.

تَعْرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ النَّعِيمِ

taʿrifu fī wujūhihim naḍrata l-naʿīmi

They will be served a sealed nectar,

يُسْقَوْنَ مِنْ رَحِيقٍ مَخْتُومٍ

yus'qawna min raḥīqin makhtūmin

its seal [perfumed with] a fragrant herb––let those who strive, strive for this––

خِتَامُهُ مِسْكٌ ۚ وَفِي ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ الْمُتَنَافِسُونَ

khitāmuhu mis'kun wafī dhālika falyatanāfasi l-mutanāfisūna

mixed with the water of Tasnim,

وَمِزَاجُهُ مِنْ تَسْنِيمٍ

wamizājuhu min tasnīmin

a spring from which those brought near will drink.

عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا الْمُقَرَّبُونَ

ʿaynan yashrabu bihā l-muqarabūna

The wicked used to laugh at the believers––

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا كَانُوا مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يَضْحَكُونَ

inna alladhīna ajramū kānū mina alladhīna āmanū yaḍḥakūna

they would wink at one another when the believers passed by them,

وَإِذَا مَرُّوا بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ

wa-idhā marrū bihim yataghāmazūna

joke about them when they got back to their own people,

وَإِذَا انْقَلَبُوا إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِمُ انْقَلَبُوا فَكِهِينَ

wa-idhā inqalabū ilā ahlihimu inqalabū fakihīna

and say, when they saw them, ‘These people are misguided,’

وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوا إِنَّ هَـٰؤُلَاءِ لَضَالُّونَ

wa-idhā ra-awhum qālū inna hāulāi laḍāllūna

though they were not sent to be their keepers-

وَمَا أُرْسِلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ حَافِظِينَ

wamā ur'silū ʿalayhim ḥāfiẓīna

so today the believers are laughing at the disbelievers

فَالْيَوْمَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ

fal-yawma alladhīna āmanū mina l-kufāri yaḍḥakūna

as they sit on couches, gazing around.

عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنْظُرُونَ

ʿalā l-arāiki yanẓurūna

Have the disbelievers [not] been repaid for their deeds?

هَلْ ثُوِّبَ الْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا يَفْعَلُونَ

hal thuwwiba l-kufāru mā kānū yafʿalūna