Al-Mutaffifin

Basmala, before verse 1: بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. Verse 1:

   وَيْلٌ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ1

   Woe to those who give less [than due],^{note 1878}

   Notes, Verse 1

   [1878] i.e., those who cheat people by giving them less than what they paid for when weighing or measuring - an amount so little as to hardly be noticed.

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2. Verse 2:

   ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكْتَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ2

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

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3. Verse 3:

   وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ3

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

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4. Verse 4:

   أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ4

   Do they not think that they will be resurrected

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5. Verse 5:

   لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ5

   For a tremendous Day -

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6. Verse 6:

   يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ6

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

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   Verse 7:

   كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَـٰبَ ٱلْفُجَّارِ لَفِى سِجِّينٍ7

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

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8. Verse 8:

   وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ8

   And what can make you know what is sijjeen?

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9. Verse 9:

   كِتَـٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ9

   It is [their destination^{note 1879} recorded in] a register inscribed.

   Notes, Verse 9

   [1879] The lowest depths of Hell.

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10. Verse 10:

    وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ10

    Woe, that Day, to the deniers,

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11. Verse 11:

    ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ11

    Who deny the Day of Recompense.

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12. Verse 12:

    وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ12

    And none deny it except every sinful transgressor.

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13. Verse 13:

    إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ13

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

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14. Verse 14:

    كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ14

    No! Rather, the stain has covered their hearts of that which they were earning.^{note 1880}

    Notes, Verse 14

    [1880] i.e., their sins.

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15. Verse 15:

    كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ15

    No! Indeed, from their Lord, that Day, they will be partitioned.^{note 1881}

    Notes, Verse 15

    [1881] i.e., they will not be able to see Him.

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16. Verse 16:

    ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُوا۟ ٱلْجَحِيمِ16

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

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17. Verse 17:

    ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ17

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

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18. Verse 18:

    كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَـٰبَ ٱلْأَبْرَارِ لَفِى عِلِّيِّينَ18

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

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19. Verse 19:

    وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ19

    And what can make you know what is ʿilliyyūn?

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20. Verse 20:

    كِتَـٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ20

    It is [their destination^{note 1882} recorded in] a register inscribed

    Notes, Verse 20

    [1882] The highest elevations of Paradise.

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21. Verse 21:

    يَشْهَدُهُ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ21

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

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22. Verse 22:

    إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ22

    Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure

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23. Verse 23:

    عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ23

    On adorned couches, observing.

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24. Verse 24:

    تَعْرِفُ فِى وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ24

    You will recognize in their faces the radiance of pleasure.

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25. Verse 25:

    يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍ مَّخْتُومٍ25

    They will be given to drink [pure] wine^{note 1883} [which was] sealed.

    Notes, Verse 25

    [1883] Which is delicious and does not intoxicate.

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26. Verse 26:

    خِتَـٰمُهُۥ مِسْكٌ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلْمُتَنَـٰفِسُونَ26

    The last of it^{note 1884} is musk. So for this let the competitors compete.

    Notes, Verse 26

    [1884] i.e., its lingering odor.

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27. Verse 27:

    وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ27

    And its mixture is of Tasneem,^{note 1885}

    Notes, Verse 27

    [1885] The highest spring in Paradise and the most favored drink of its inhabitants.

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28. Verse 28:

    عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ28

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

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29. Verse 29:

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا۟ كَانُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ يَضْحَكُونَ29

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

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30. Verse 30:

    وَإِذَا مَرُّوا۟ بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ30

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

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31. Verse 31:

    وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُوا۟ فَكِهِينَ31

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

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32. Verse 32:

    وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ32

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

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33. Verse 33:

    وَمَآ أُرْسِلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ حَـٰفِظِينَ33

    But they had not been sent as guardians over them.

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34. Verse 34:

    فَٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ34

    So Today^{note 1886} those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers,

    Notes, Verse 34

    [1886] On the Day of Judgement.

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    Verse 35:

    عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ35

    On adorned couches, observing.

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36. Verse 36:

    هَلْ ثُوِّبَ ٱلْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ36

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

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