English translation: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, Marmaduke Pickthall
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Surah 83 المطففين
36 Verses
Meccan
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
وَيْلٌ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ Verse 1
Woe unto the defrauders:
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الَّذِينَ إِذَا اكْتَالُوا عَلَى النَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ Verse 2
Those who when they take the measure from mankind demand it full,
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وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ Verse 3
But if they measure unto them or weight for them, they cause them loss.
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أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُولَـٰئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ Verse 4
Do such (men) not consider that they will be raised again
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لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ Verse 5
Unto an Awful Day,
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يَوْمَ يَقُومُ النَّاسُ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ Verse 6
The day when (all) mankind stand before the Lord of the Worlds?
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كَلَّا إِنَّ كِتَابَ الْفُجَّارِ لَفِي سِجِّينٍ Verse 7
Nay, but the record of the vile is in Sijjin -
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وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ Verse 8
Ah! what will convey unto thee what Sijjin is! -
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كِتَابٌ مَّرْقُومٌ Verse 9
A written record.
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وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ Verse 10
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
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الَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ Verse 11
Those who deny the Day of Judgment
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وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ Verse 12
Which none denieth save each criminal transgressor,
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إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ Verse 13
Who, when thou readest unto him Our revelations, saith: (Mere) fables of the men of old.
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كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ Verse 14
Nay, but that which they have earned is rust upon their hearts.
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كَلَّا إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ Verse 15
Nay, but surely on that day they will be covered from (the mercy of) their Lord.
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ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُو الْجَحِيمِ Verse 16
Then lo! they verily will burn in hell,
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ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَـٰذَا الَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِ تُكَذِّبُونَ Verse 17
And it will be said (unto them): This is that which ye used to deny.
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كَلَّا إِنَّ كِتَابَ الْأَبْرَارِ لَفِي عِلِّيِّينَ Verse 18
Nay, but the record of the righteous is in 'Illiyin -
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وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ Verse 19
Ah, what will convey unto thee what 'Illiyin is! -
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كِتَابٌ مَّرْقُومٌ Verse 20
A written record,
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يَشْهَدُهُ الْمُقَرَّبُونَ Verse 21
Attested by those who are brought near (unto their Lord).
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إِنَّ الْأَبْرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ Verse 22
Lo! the righteous verily are in delight,
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عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنظُرُونَ Verse 23
On couches, gazing,
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تَعْرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ النَّعِيمِ Verse 24
Thou wilt know in their faces the radiance of delight.
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يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍ مَّخْتُومٍ Verse 25
They are given to drink of a pure wine, sealed,
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خِتَامُهُ مِسْكٌ ۚ وَفِي ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ الْمُتَنَافِسُونَ Verse 26
Whose seal is musk - for this let (all) those strive who strive for bliss -
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وَمِزَاجُهُ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ Verse 27
And mixed with water of Tasnim,
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عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا الْمُقَرَّبُونَ Verse 28
A spring whence those brought near (to Allah) drink.
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إِنَّ الَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا كَانُوا مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يَضْحَكُونَ Verse 29
Lo! the guilty used to laugh at those who believed,
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وَإِذَا مَرُّوا بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ Verse 30
And wink one to another when they passed them;
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وَإِذَا انقَلَبُوا إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِمُ انقَلَبُوا فَكِهِينَ Verse 31
And when they returned to their own folk, they returned jesting;
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وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوا إِنَّ هَـٰؤُلَاءِ لَضَالُّونَ Verse 32
And when they saw them they said: Lo! these have gone astray.
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وَمَا أُرْسِلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ حَافِظِينَ Verse 33
Yet they were not sent as guardians over them.
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فَالْيَوْمَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ Verse 34
This day it is those who believe who have the laugh of disbelievers,
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عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنظُرُونَ Verse 35
On high couches, gazing.
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هَلْ ثُوِّبَ الْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا يَفْعَلُونَ Verse 36
Are not the disbelievers paid for what they used to do?
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