Surah Al-Mutaffifin

وَيْلٌۭ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ ﴿١﴾

Wailul lil mutaffifeen

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

ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكْتَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ ﴿٢﴾

Allazeena izak taaloo 'alan naasi yastawfoon

2Who, when they take a measure from people, take in full.

وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ ﴿٣﴾

Wa izaa kaaloohum aw wazanoohum yukhsiroon

3But if they give by measure or by weight to them, they cause loss.

أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ ﴿٤﴾

Alaa yazunnu ulaaa'ika annahum mab'oosoon

4Do they not think that they will be resurrected

لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍۢ ﴿٥﴾

Li Yawmin 'Azeem

5For a tremendous Day -

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ﴿٦﴾

Yawma yaqoomun naasu li Rabbil 'aalameen

6The Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of the worlds?

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلْفُجَّارِ لَفِى سِجِّينٍۢ ﴿٧﴾

Kallaaa inna kitaabal fujjaari lafee Sijjeen

7No! Indeed, the record of the wicked is in sijjeen.

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٌۭ ﴿٨﴾

Wa maa adraaka maa Sijjeen

8And what can make you know what is sijjeen?

كِتَٰبٌۭ مَّرْقُومٌۭ ﴿٩﴾

Kitaabum marqoom

9It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed.

وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿١٠﴾

Wailuny yawma'izil lil mukazzibeen

10Woe, that Day, to the deniers,

ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿١١﴾

Allazeena yukazziboona bi yawmid deen

11Who deny the Day of Recompense.

وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ ﴿١٢﴾

Wa maa yukazzibu biheee illaa kullu mu'tadin aseem

12And none deny it except every sinful transgressor.

إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿١٣﴾

Izaa tutlaa'alaihi aayaatunaa qaala asaateerul awwaleen

13When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."

كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ ﴿١٤﴾

Kallaa bal raana 'alaa quloobihim maa kaanoo yaksiboon

14No! Rather, the stain has covered their hearts of that which they were earning.

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ ﴿١٥﴾

Kallaaa innahum 'ar Rabbihim yawma'izil lamah jooboon

15No! Indeed, from their Lord, that Day, they will be partitioned.

ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُوا۟ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ﴿١٦﴾

Summa innahum lasaa lul jaheem

16Then indeed, they will [enter and] burn in Hellfire.

ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ﴿١٧﴾

Summa yuqaalu haazal lazee kuntum bihee tukazziboon

17Then it will be said [to them], "This is what you used to deny."

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلْأَبْرَارِ لَفِى عِلِّيِّينَ ﴿١٨﴾

Kallaaa inna kitaabal abraari lafee'Illiyyeen

18No! Indeed, the record of the righteous is in 'illiyyun.

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ ﴿١٩﴾

Wa maaa adraaka maa 'Illiyyoon

19And what can make you know what is 'illiyyun?

كِتَٰبٌۭ مَّرْقُومٌۭ ﴿٢٠﴾

Kitaabum marqoom

20It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed

يَشْهَدُهُ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ ﴿٢١﴾

Yashhadu hul muqarra boon

21Which is witnessed by those brought near [to Allah].

إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ ﴿٢٢﴾

Innal abraara lafee Na'eem

22Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure

عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ ﴿٢٣﴾

'Alal araaa'iki yanzuroon

23On adorned couches, observing.

تَعْرِفُ فِى وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ﴿٢٤﴾

Ta'rifu fee wujoohihim nadratan na'eem

24You will recognize in their faces the radiance of pleasure.

يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍۢ مَّخْتُومٍ ﴿٢٥﴾

Yusqawna mir raheeqim makhtoom

25They will be given to drink [pure] wine [which was] sealed.

خِتَٰمُهُۥ مِسْكٌۭ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلْمُتَنَٰفِسُونَ ﴿٢٦﴾

Khitaamuhoo misk; wa fee zaalika falyatanaafasil Mutanaafisoon

26The last of it is musk. So for this let the competitors compete.

وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ ﴿٢٧﴾

Wa mizaajuhoo min Tasneem

27And its mixture is of Tasneem,

عَيْنًۭا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ ﴿٢٨﴾

'Ainaiy yashrabu bihal muqarraboon

28A spring from which those near [to Allah] drink.

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا۟ كَانُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ يَضْحَكُونَ ﴿٢٩﴾

Innal lazeena ajramoo kaanoo minal lazeena aamanoo yadhakoon

29Indeed, those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed.

وَإِذَا مَرُّوا۟ بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ ﴿٣٠﴾

Wa izaa marroo bihim yataghaamazoon

30And when they passed by them, they would exchange derisive glances.

وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُوا۟ فَكِهِينَ ﴿٣١﴾

Wa izan qalabooo ilaaa ahlihimun qalaboo fakiheen

31And when they returned to their people, they would return jesting.

وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ ﴿٣٢﴾

Wa izaa ra awhum qaalooo inna haaa'ulaaa'i ladaaal loon

32And when they saw them, they would say, "Indeed, those are truly lost."

وَمَآ أُرْسِلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ حَٰفِظِينَ ﴿٣٣﴾

Wa maaa ursiloo 'alaihim haafizeen

33But they had not been sent as guardians over them.

فَٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ ﴿٣٤﴾

Fal yawmal lazeena aamanoo minal kuffaari yadhakoon

34So Today those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers,

عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ ﴿٣٥﴾

'Alal araaa'iki yanzuroon

35On adorned couches, observing.

هَلْ ثُوِّبَ ٱلْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ ﴿٣٦﴾

Hal suwwibal kuffaaru maa kaanoo yaf'aloon

36Have the disbelievers [not] been rewarded [this Day] for what they used to do?