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83 Al-Muţaffifīn ٱلْمُطَفِّفِين

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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
83:1 وَيْلٌ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ
83:1
Ahmed Ali (English) :
WOE TO THOSE who give short measure,
83:2 ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكْتَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ
83:2
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Who insist on being given full when they take from others,
83:3 وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ
83:3
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Whilst when they measure or weigh for them, give less.
83:4 أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ
83:4
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Do they not think they will be raised (to life) again
83:5 لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
83:5
Ahmed Ali (English) :
On a grievous day,
83:6 يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
83:6
Ahmed Ali (English) :
The day all mankind will stand before the Lord of all the worlds?
83:7 كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَـٰبَ ٱلْفُجَّارِ لَفِى سِجِّينٍ
83:7
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Indeed the ledger of the wicked will be in (the lowest depths) Sijjin.
83:8 وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ
83:8
Ahmed Ali (English) :
How will you comprehend what Sijjin is?
83:9 كِتَـٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ
83:9
Ahmed Ali (English) :
It is a (repository of) distinctly written record.
83:10 وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
83:10
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Ah the woe that day for those who deny,
83:11 ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
83:11
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Who call the Day of judgement a lie!
83:12 وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
83:12
Ahmed Ali (English) :
None denies it but the sinful transgressors.
83:13 إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
83:13
Ahmed Ali (English) :
When Our revelations are recited before him, he says: "These are fables of long ago."
83:14 كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ
83:14
Ahmed Ali (English) :
No. In fact what they have been doing has rusted their hearts.
83:15 كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ
83:15
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Therefore they will be screened off from their Lord that day,
83:16 ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُوا۟ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
83:16
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Then they will indeed burn in Hell.
83:17 ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ
83:17
Ahmed Ali (English) :
They will then be told: "This is what you had denied."
83:18 كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَـٰبَ ٱلْأَبْرَارِ لَفِى عِلِّيِّينَ
83:18
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Surely the ledger of the pious will be in 'Illiyun (heights above the heights).
83:19 وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ
83:19
Ahmed Ali (English) :
But how will you comprehend what 'Illiyun is?
83:20 كِتَـٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ
83:20
Ahmed Ali (English) :
It is a (repository of) distinctly written record
83:21 يَشْهَدُهُ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ
83:21
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Witnessed by those who are honoured.
83:22 إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ
83:22
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Verily the pious will be in heaven,
83:23 عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ
83:23
Ahmed Ali (English) :
On couches face to face.
83:24 تَعْرِفُ فِى وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
83:24
Ahmed Ali (English) :
On their faces you will see the glow of beatitude.
83:25 يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍ مَّخْتُومٍ
83:25
Ahmed Ali (English) :
They will be served the choicest wine, sealed
83:26 خِتَـٰمُهُۥ مِسْكٌ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلْمُتَنَـٰفِسُونَ
83:26
Ahmed Ali (English) :
With a sealing of musk, which those who aspire for the best should desire, --
83:27 وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ
83:27
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Blended with the water of Tasnim, (heights ultimate of evolution),
83:28 عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ
83:28
Ahmed Ali (English) :
A fountain from which only they who are honoured drink.
83:29 إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا۟ كَانُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ يَضْحَكُونَ
83:29
Ahmed Ali (English) :
The sinners indeed laughed at believers
83:30 وَإِذَا مَرُّوا۟ بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ
83:30
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And winked at one another as they passed by them;
83:31 وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُوا۟ فَكِهِينَ
83:31
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And when they went back to their people turned to make fun of them;
83:32 وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ
83:32
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And when they saw them, they said: "They have indeed gone astray."
83:33 وَمَآ أُرْسِلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ حَـٰفِظِينَ
83:33
Ahmed Ali (English) :
But they were not Sent to be guardians over them!
83:34 فَٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ
83:34
Ahmed Ali (English) :
So, the believers will laugh at the infidels on that day,
83:35 عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ
83:35
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Regarding them from their cushioned seats.
83:36 هَلْ ثُوِّبَ ٱلْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ
83:36
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Will not the infidels pay for what they had done?