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Al-Mutaffifin

المطففين

The Defrauding • 36 Ayahs

1

وَيْلٌ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ

Waylun lilmutaffifeen

Woe to those who give less [than due],1
2

ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكْتَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ

Allatheena itha iktalooAAala annasi yastawfoon

Who, when they take a measure from people, take in full.
3

وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ

Wa-itha kaloohum aw wazanoohumyukhsiroon

But if they give by measure or by weight to them, they cause loss.
4

أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ

Ala yathunnu ola-ikaannahum mabAAoothoon

Do they not think that they will be resurrected
5

لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

Liyawmin AAatheem

For a tremendous Day -
6

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Yawma yaqoomu annasu lirabbialAAalameen

The Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of the worlds?
7

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَـٰبَ ٱلْفُجَّارِ لَفِى سِجِّينٍ

Kalla inna kitaba alfujjarilafee sijjeen

No! Indeed, the record of the wicked is in sijjeen.
8

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ

Wama adraka ma sijjeen

And what can make you know what is sijjeen?
9

كِتَـٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ

Kitabun marqoom

It is [their destination1 recorded in] a register inscribed.
10

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Waylun yawma-ithin lilmukaththibeen

Woe, that Day, to the deniers,
11

ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

Allatheena yukaththiboonabiyawmi addeen

Who deny the Day of Recompense.
12

وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ

Wama yukaththibu bihi illakullu muAAtadin atheem

And none deny it except every sinful transgressor.
13

إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Itha tutla AAalayhi ayatunaqala asateeru al-awwaleen

When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."
14

كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ

Kalla bal rana AAalaquloobihim ma kanoo yaksiboon

No! Rather, the stain has covered their hearts of that which they were earning.1
15

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ

Kalla innahum AAan rabbihim yawma-ithinlamahjooboon

No! Indeed, from their Lord, that Day, they will be partitioned.1
16

ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُوا۟ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

Thumma innahum lasaloo aljaheem

Then indeed, they will [enter and] burn in Hellfire.
17

ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ

Thumma yuqalu hatha allatheekuntum bihi tukaththiboon

Then it will be said [to them], "This is what you used to deny."
18

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَـٰبَ ٱلْأَبْرَارِ لَفِى عِلِّيِّينَ

Kalla inna kitaba al-abrarilafee AAilliyyeen

No! Indeed, the record of the righteous is in ʿilliyyūn.
19

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ

Wama adraka maAAilliyyoon

And what can make you know what is ʿilliyyūn?
20

كِتَـٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ

Kitabun marqoom

It is [their destination1 recorded in] a register inscribed
21

يَشْهَدُهُ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ

Yashhaduhu almuqarraboon

Which is witnessed by those brought near [to Allāh].
22

إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ

Inna al-abrara lafee naAAeem

Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure
23

عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ

AAala al-ara-iki yanthuroon

On adorned couches, observing.
24

تَعْرِفُ فِى وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

TaAArifu fee wujoohihim nadrata annaAAeem

You will recognize in their faces the radiance of pleasure.
25

يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍ مَّخْتُومٍ

Yusqawna min raheeqin makhtoom

They will be given to drink [pure] wine1 [which was] sealed.
26

خِتَـٰمُهُۥ مِسْكٌ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلْمُتَنَـٰفِسُونَ

Khitamuhu miskun wafee thalikafalyatanafasi almutanafisoon

The last of it1 is musk. So for this let the competitors compete.
27

وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ

Wamizajuhu min tasneem

And its mixture is of Tasneem,1
28

عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ

AAaynan yashrabu biha almuqarraboon

A spring from which those near [to Allāh] drink.
29

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا۟ كَانُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ يَضْحَكُونَ

Inna allatheena ajramoo kanoomina allatheena amanoo yadhakoon

Indeed, those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed.
30

وَإِذَا مَرُّوا۟ بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ

Wa-itha marroo bihim yataghamazoon

And when they passed by them, they would exchange derisive glances.
31

وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُوا۟ فَكِهِينَ

Wa-itha inqalaboo ila ahlihimuinqalaboo fakiheen

And when they returned to their people, they would return jesting.
32

وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ

Wa-itha raawhum qaloo inna haola-iladalloon

And when they saw them, they would say, "Indeed, those are truly lost."
33

وَمَآ أُرْسِلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ حَـٰفِظِينَ

Wama orsiloo AAalayhim hafitheen

But they had not been sent as guardians over them.
34

فَٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ

Falyawma allatheena amanoomina alkuffari yadhakoon

So Today1 those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers,
35

عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ

AAala al-ara-iki yanthuroon

On adorned couches, observing.
36

هَلْ ثُوِّبَ ٱلْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ

Hal thuwwiba alkuffaru ma kanooyafAAaloon

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