المطففين

Waylun lilmutaffifeena

Woe to the defrauders[1],

Allatheena itha iktaloo AAala alnnasi yastawfoona

those who take full measure when they take from others,

Waitha kaloohum aw wazanoohum yukhsiroona

but they give less when they measure or weigh for them.

Ala yathunnu olaika annahum mabAAoothoona

Do they really not think that they will be resurrected

Liyawmin AAatheemin

for a momentous Day,

Yawma yaqoomu alnnasu lirabbi alAAalameena

a Day when people will stand before the Lord of the worlds?

Kalla inna kitaba alfujjari lafee sijjeenin

No indeed! The record of the wicked is surely in Sijjīn.

Wama adraka ma sijjeenun

How do you know what Sijjīn is?

Kitabun marqoomun

It is a clearly inscribed Record.

Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

Woe on that Day to the deniers,

Allatheena yukaththiboona biyawmi alddeeni

those who deny the Judgment Day!

Wama yukaththibu bihi illa kullu muAAtadin atheemin

None denies it except every sinful transgressor.

Itha tutla AAalayhi ayatuna qala asateeru alawwaleena

When Our verses are recited to him, he says, “Ancient fables[2]!”

Kalla bal rana AAala quloobihim ma kanoo yaksiboona

No indeed! Their hearts have been stained by what they used to commit[3]!

Kalla innahum AAan rabbihim yawmaithin lamahjooboona

No indeed! On that Day they will be barred from seeing their Lord[4].

Thumma innahum lasaloo aljaheemi

They will then surely enter the Blazing Fire,

Thumma yuqalu hatha allathee kuntum bihi tukaththiboona

then they will be told, “This is what you used to deny.”

Kalla inna kitaba alabrari lafee AAilliyyeena

No indeed! The record of the righteous is certainly in ‘illiyyīn –

Wama adraka ma AAilliyyoona

and how do you know what ‘illiyyūn is? –

Kitabun marqoomun

It is a record inscribed,

Yashhaduhu almuqarraboona

witnessed by those who are close to Allah.

Inna alabrara lafee naAAeemin

Indeed, the righteous will be in Bliss,

AAala alaraiki yanthuroona

seated on the couches, gazing in wonder.

TaAArifu fee wujoohihim nadrata alnnaAAeemi

You will see on their faces the radiance of bliss.

Yusqawna min raheeqin makhtoomin

They will be served to drink pure wine from a sealed container,

Khitamuhu miskun wafee thalika falyatanafasi almutanafisoona

whose last sip is musk[5] – let those who strive, strive for that –

Wamizajuhu min tasneemin

and it will be mixed with water from the spring of Tasnīm[6],

AAaynan yashrabu biha almuqarraboona

a spring from which those who are close to Allah will drink.

Inna allatheena ajramoo kanoo mina allatheena amanoo yadhakoona

Indeed, the wicked used to laugh at the believers;

Waitha marroo bihim yataghamazoona

when they passed by them, they would wink at one another,

Waitha inqalaboo ila ahlihimu inqalaboo fakiheena

and when they went back to their people, they would return exulting.

Waitha raawhum qaloo inna haolai ladalloona

When they saw the believers, they would say, “These people are truly misguided,”

Wama orsiloo AAalayhim hafitheena

although they were not sent as their keepers.

Faalyawma allatheena amanoo mina alkuffari yadhakoona

So Today[7] the believers will laugh at the disbelievers,

AAala alaraiki yanthuroona

while sitting on the couches, gazing around.

Hal thuwwiba alkuffaru ma kanoo yafAAaloona

Have the disbelievers been rewarded except for what they used to do?