Surah 83 of 114 · Makki
Surah Al-Mutaffifin (The Defrauders)
سُورَةُ المُطَفِّفِينَ
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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وَيْلٌۭ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ
وَيْلٌۭwaylunWoeلِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَlil'muṭaffifīnato those who give less
Woe to those who give less [than due]
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ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكْتَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose whoإِذَاidhāwhenٱكْتَالُوا۟ik'tālūthey take a measureعَلَىʿalāfromٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe peopleيَسْتَوْفُونَyastawfūnathey take in full
Who, when they take a measure from people, take in full
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وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ
وَإِذَاwa-idhāBut whenكَالُوهُمْkālūhumthey give by measure (to) themأَوaworوَّزَنُوهُمْwazanūhumthey weigh (for) themيُخْسِرُونَyukh'sirūnathey give less
But if they give by measure or by weight to them, they cause loss
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أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ
أَلَاalāDo notيَظُنُّyaẓunnuthinkأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathoseأَنَّهُمannahumthat theyمَّبْعُوثُونَmabʿūthūna(will be) resurrected
Do they not think that they will be resurrected
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لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍۢ
لِيَوْمٍliyawminFor a DayعَظِيمٍۢʿaẓīminGreat
For a tremendous Day
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يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
يَوْمَyawma(The) Dayيَقُومُyaqūmuwill standٱلنَّاسُl-nāsumankindلِرَبِّlirabbibefore (the) Lordٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna(of) the worlds
The Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of the worlds
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كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَـٰبَ ٱلْفُجَّارِ لَفِى سِجِّينٍۢ
كَلَّآkallāNayإِنَّinnaIndeedكِتَـٰبَkitāba(the) recordٱلْفُجَّارِl-fujāri(of) the wickedلَفِىlafī(is) surely inسِجِّينٍۢsijjīninSijjin
No! Indeed, the record of the wicked is in sijjeen
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وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٌۭ
وَمَآwamāAnd whatأَدْرَىٰكَadrākacan make you knowمَاmāwhatسِجِّينٌۭsijjīnun(is) Sijjin
And what can make you know what is sijjeen
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كِتَـٰبٌۭ مَّرْقُومٌۭ
كِتَـٰبٌۭkitābunA bookمَّرْقُومٌۭmarqūmunwritten
It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed
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وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
وَيْلٌۭwaylunWoeيَوْمَئِذٍۢyawma-idhinthat Dayلِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَlil'mukadhibīnato the deniers
Woe, that Day, to the deniers
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ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose whoيُكَذِّبُونَyukadhibūnadenyبِيَوْمِbiyawmi(the) Dayٱلدِّينِl-dīni(of) the Judgment
Who deny the Day of Recompense
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وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
وَمَاwamāAnd notيُكَذِّبُyukadhibucan denyبِهِۦٓbihi[of] itإِلَّاillāexceptكُلُّkullueveryمُعْتَدٍmuʿ'tadintransgressorأَثِيمٍathīminsinful
And none deny it except every sinful transgressor
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إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
إِذَاidhāWhenتُتْلَىٰtut'lāare recitedعَلَيْهِʿalayhito himءَايَـٰتُنَاāyātunāOur Versesقَالَqālahe saysأَسَـٰطِيرُasāṭīruStoriesٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna(of) the former (people)
When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples
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كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ
كَلَّا ۖkallāNayبَلْ ۜbalButرَانَrāna(the) stain has coveredعَلَىٰʿalā[over]قُلُوبِهِمqulūbihimtheir heartsمَّاmā(for) whatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَكْسِبُونَyaksibūnaearn
No! Rather, the stain has covered their hearts of that which they were earning
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كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ
كَلَّآkallāNayإِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, theyعَنʿanfromرَّبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lordيَوْمَئِذٍۢyawma-idhinthat Dayلَّمَحْجُوبُونَlamaḥjūbūnasurely will be partitioned
No! Indeed, from their Lord, that Day, they will be partitioned
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ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُوا۟ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
ثُمَّthummaThenإِنَّهُمْinnahumindeed, theyلَصَالُوا۟laṣālū(surely) will burnٱلْجَحِيمِl-jaḥīmi(in) the Hellfire
Then indeed, they will [enter and] burn in Hellfire
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ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ
ثُمَّthummaThenيُقَالُyuqāluit will be saidهَـٰذَاhādhāThisٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) whatكُنتُمkuntumyou used toبِهِۦbihi[of it]تُكَذِّبُونَtukadhibūnadeny
Then it will be said [to them], "This is what you used to deny
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كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَـٰبَ ٱلْأَبْرَارِ لَفِى عِلِّيِّينَ
كَلَّآkallāNayإِنَّinnaIndeedكِتَـٰبَkitāba(the) recordٱلْأَبْرَارِl-abrāri(of) the righteousلَفِىlafī(will be) surely inعِلِّيِّينَʿilliyyīnaIlliyin
No! Indeed, the record of the righteous is in 'illiyyun
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وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ
وَمَآwamāAnd whatأَدْرَىٰكَadrākacan make you knowمَاmāwhatعِلِّيُّونَʿilliyyūna(is) Illiyun
And what can make you know what is 'illiyyun
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كِتَـٰبٌۭ مَّرْقُومٌۭ
كِتَـٰبٌۭkitābunA bookمَّرْقُومٌۭmarqūmunwritten
It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed
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يَشْهَدُهُ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ
يَشْهَدُهُyashhaduhuWitness itٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَl-muqarabūnathose brought near
Which is witnessed by those brought near [to Allah]
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إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ
إِنَّinnaIndeedٱلْأَبْرَارَl-abrārathe righteousلَفِىlafī(will be) surely inنَعِيمٍnaʿīminbliss
Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure
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عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ
عَلَىʿalāOnٱلْأَرَآئِكِl-arāikithronesيَنظُرُونَyanẓurūnaobserving
On adorned couches, observing
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تَعْرِفُ فِى وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
تَعْرِفُtaʿrifuYou will recognizeفِىfīinوُجُوهِهِمْwujūhihimtheir facesنَضْرَةَnaḍrata(the) radianceٱلنَّعِيمِl-naʿīmi(of) bliss
You will recognize in their faces the radiance of pleasure
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يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍۢ مَّخْتُومٍ
يُسْقَوْنَyus'qawnaThey will be given to drinkمِنminofرَّحِيقٍۢraḥīqina pure wineمَّخْتُومٍmakhtūminsealed
They will be given to drink [pure] wine [which was] sealed
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خِتَـٰمُهُۥ مِسْكٌۭ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلْمُتَنَـٰفِسُونَ
خِتَـٰمُهُۥkhitāmuhuIts sealمِسْكٌۭ ۚmis'kun(will be of) muskوَفِىwafīAnd forذَٰلِكَdhālikathatفَلْيَتَنَافَسِfalyatanāfasilet aspireٱلْمُتَنَـٰفِسُونَl-mutanāfisūnathe aspirers
The last of it is musk. So for this let the competitors compete
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وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ
وَمِزَاجُهُۥwamizājuhuAnd its mixtureمِنmin(is) ofتَسْنِيمٍtasnīminTasneem
And its mixture is of Tasneem
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عَيْنًۭا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ
عَيْنًۭاʿaynanA springيَشْرَبُyashrabuwill drinkبِهَاbihāfrom itٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَl-muqarabūnathose brought near
A spring from which those near [to Allah] drink
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إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا۟ كَانُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ يَضْحَكُونَ
إِنَّinnaIndeedٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoأَجْرَمُوا۟ajramūcommitted crimesكَانُوا۟kānūused toمِنَminaatٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelievedيَضْحَكُونَyaḍḥakūnalaugh
Indeed, those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed
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وَإِذَا مَرُّوا۟ بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ
وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenمَرُّوا۟marrūthey passedبِهِمْbihimby themيَتَغَامَزُونَyataghāmazūnathey winked at one another
And when they passed by them, they would exchange derisive glances
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وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُوا۟ فَكِهِينَ
وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟inqalabūthey returnedإِلَىٰٓilātoأَهْلِهِمُahlihimutheir peopleٱنقَلَبُوا۟inqalabūthey would returnفَكِهِينَfakihīnajesting
And when they returned to their people, they would return jesting
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وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ
وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenرَأَوْهُمْra-awhumthey saw themقَالُوٓا۟qālūthey saidإِنَّinnaIndeedهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāitheseلَضَآلُّونَlaḍāllūnasurely have gone astray
And when they saw them, they would say, "Indeed, those are truly lost
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وَمَآ أُرْسِلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ حَـٰفِظِينَ
وَمَآwamāBut notأُرْسِلُوا۟ur'silūthey had been sentعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimover themحَـٰفِظِينَḥāfiẓīna(as) guardians
But they had not been sent as guardians over them
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فَٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ
فَٱلْيَوْمَfal-yawmaSo todayٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieved مِنَminaatٱلْكُفَّارِl-kufārithe disbelieversيَضْحَكُونَyaḍḥakūnathey will laugh
So Today those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers
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عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ
عَلَىʿalāOnٱلْأَرَآئِكِl-arāikithe thronesيَنظُرُونَyanẓurūnaobserving
On adorned couches, observing
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هَلْ ثُوِّبَ ٱلْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ
هَلْhalHave (not)ثُوِّبَthuwwibabeen rewardedٱلْكُفَّارُl-kufāruthe disbelieversمَاmā(for) whatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَفْعَلُونَyafʿalūnado
Have the disbelievers [not] been rewarded [this Day] for what they used to do