The Defrauding

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَيْلٌۭ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ

Transliteration: Wailul lil mutaffifeen

Woe to those who give less [than due],

ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكْتَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ

Transliteration: Allazeena izak taaloo 'alan naasi yastawfoon

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

وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ

Transliteration: Wa izaa kaaloohum aw wazanoohum yukhsiroon

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

أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ

Transliteration: Alaa yazunnu ulaaa'ika annahum mab'oosoon

Do they not think that they will be resurrected

لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍۢ

Transliteration: Li Yawmin 'Azeem

For a tremendous Day -

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

Transliteration: Yawma yaqoomun naasu li Rabbil 'aalameen

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

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلْفُجَّارِ لَفِى سِجِّينٍۢ

Transliteration: Kallaaa inna kitaabal fujjaari lafee Sijjeen

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

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٌۭ

Transliteration: Wa maa adraaka maa Sijjeen

And what can make you know what is sijjeen?

كِتَٰبٌۭ مَّرْقُومٌۭ

Transliteration: Kitaabum marqoom

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

وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Transliteration: Wailuny yawma'izil lil mukazzibeen

Woe, that Day, to the deniers,

ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

Transliteration: Allazeena yukazziboona bi yawmid deen

Who deny the Day of Recompense.

وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ

Transliteration: Wa maa yukazzibu biheee illaa kullu mu'tadin aseem

And none deny it except every sinful transgressor.

إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Transliteration: Izaa tutlaa'alaihi aayaatunaa qaala asaateerul awwaleen

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

كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ

Transliteration: Kallaa bal raana 'alaa quloobihim maa kaanoo yaksiboon

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

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ

Transliteration: Kallaaa innahum 'ar Rabbihim yawma'izil lamah jooboon

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

ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُوا۟ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

Transliteration: Summa innahum lasaa lul jaheem

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

ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ

Transliteration: Summa yuqaalu haazal lazee kuntum bihee tukazziboon

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

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلْأَبْرَارِ لَفِى عِلِّيِّينَ

Transliteration: Kallaaa inna kitaabal abraari lafee'Illiyyeen

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

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ

Transliteration: Wa maaa adraaka maa 'Illiyyoon

And what can make you know what is 'illiyyun?

كِتَٰبٌۭ مَّرْقُومٌۭ

Transliteration: Kitaabum marqoom

It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed

يَشْهَدُهُ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ

Transliteration: Yashhadu hul muqarra boon

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

إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ

Transliteration: Innal abraara lafee Na'eem

Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure

عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ

Transliteration: 'Alal araaa'iki yanzuroon

On adorned couches, observing.

تَعْرِفُ فِى وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

Transliteration: Ta'rifu fee wujoohihim nadratan na'eem

You will recognize in their faces the radiance of pleasure.

يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍۢ مَّخْتُومٍ

Transliteration: Yusqawna mir raheeqim makhtoom

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

خِتَٰمُهُۥ مِسْكٌۭ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلْمُتَنَٰفِسُونَ

Transliteration: Khitaamuhoo misk; wa fee zaalika falyatanaafasil Mutanaafisoon

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

وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ

Transliteration: Wa mizaajuhoo min Tasneem

And its mixture is of Tasneem,

عَيْنًۭا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ

Transliteration: 'Ainaiy yashrabu bihal muqarraboon

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

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا۟ كَانُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ يَضْحَكُونَ

Transliteration: Innal lazeena ajramoo kaanoo minal lazeena aamanoo yadhakoon

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

وَإِذَا مَرُّوا۟ بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ

Transliteration: Wa izaa marroo bihim yataghaamazoon

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

وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُوا۟ فَكِهِينَ

Transliteration: Wa izan qalabooo ilaaa ahlihimun qalaboo fakiheen

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

وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ

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

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

وَمَآ أُرْسِلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ حَٰفِظِينَ

Transliteration: Wa maaa ursiloo 'alaihim haafizeen

But they had not been sent as guardians over them.

فَٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ

Transliteration: Fal yawmal lazeena aamanoo minal kuffaari yadhakoon

So Today those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers,

عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ

Transliteration: 'Alal araaa'iki yanzuroon

On adorned couches, observing.

هَلْ ثُوِّبَ ٱلْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ

Transliteration: Hal suwwibal kuffaaru maa kaanoo yaf'aloon

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