83 : 1

وَيْلٌ لِلْمُطَفِّفِينَ

Woe to those that deal in fraud,-

83 : 2

الَّذِينَ إِذَا اكْتَالُوا عَلَى النَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ

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

83 : 3

وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَوْ وَزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ

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

83 : 4

أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُولَٰئِكَ أَنَّهُمْ مَبْعُوثُونَ

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

83 : 5

لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

On a Mighty Day,

83 : 6

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ النَّاسُ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

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

83 : 7

كَلَّا إِنَّ كِتَابَ الْفُجَّارِ لَفِي سِجِّينٍ

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

83 : 8

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ

And what will explain to thee what Sijjin is?

83 : 9

كِتَابٌ مَرْقُومٌ

(There is) a Register (fully) inscribed.

83 : 10

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Woe, that Day, to those that deny-

83 : 11

الَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ

Those that deny the Day of Judgment.

83 : 12

وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ

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

83 : 13

إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ

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

83 : 14

كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ مَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ

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

83 : 15

كَلَّا إِنَّهُمْ عَنْ رَبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَمَحْجُوبُونَ

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

83 : 16

ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُو الْجَحِيمِ

Further, they will enter the Fire of Hell.

83 : 17

ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا الَّذِي كُنْتُمْ بِهِ تُكَذِّبُونَ

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

83 : 18

كَلَّا إِنَّ كِتَابَ الْأَبْرَارِ لَفِي عِلِّيِّينَ

Day, verily the record of the Righteous is (preserved) in ´Illiyin.

83 : 19

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ

And what will explain to thee what ´Illiyun is?

83 : 20

كِتَابٌ مَرْقُومٌ

(There is) a Register (fully) inscribed,

83 : 21

يَشْهَدُهُ الْمُقَرَّبُونَ

To which bear witness those Nearest (to Allah).

83 : 22

إِنَّ الْأَبْرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ

Truly the Righteous will be in Bliss:

83 : 23

عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنْظُرُونَ

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

83 : 24

تَعْرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ النَّعِيمِ

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

83 : 25

يُسْقَوْنَ مِنْ رَحِيقٍ مَخْتُومٍ

Their thirst will be slaked with Pure Wine sealed:

83 : 26

خِتَامُهُ مِسْكٌ ۚ وَفِي ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ الْمُتَنَافِسُونَ

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

83 : 27

وَمِزَاجُهُ مِنْ تَسْنِيمٍ

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

83 : 28

عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا الْمُقَرَّبُونَ

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

83 : 29

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا كَانُوا مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يَضْحَكُونَ

Those in sin used to laugh at those who believed,

83 : 30

وَإِذَا مَرُّوا بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ

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

83 : 31

وَإِذَا انْقَلَبُوا إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِمُ انْقَلَبُوا فَكِهِينَ

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

83 : 32

وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوا إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ لَضَالُّونَ

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

83 : 33

وَمَا أُرْسِلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ حَافِظِينَ

But they had not been sent as keepers over them!

83 : 34

فَالْيَوْمَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ

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

83 : 35

عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنْظُرُونَ

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

83 : 36

هَلْ ثُوِّبَ الْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا يَفْعَلُونَ

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