Surah Al-Mutaffifin (83): Arabic, Transliteration and English

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

وَيْلٌۭ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ ﴿١﴾

Wailul lil mutaffifeen

1 Woe to those who give less [than due],

ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكْتَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ ﴿٢﴾

Allazeena izak taaloo 'alan naasi yastawfoon

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

وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ ﴿٣﴾

Wa izaa kaaloohum aw wazanoohum yukhsiroon

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

أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ ﴿٤﴾

Alaa yazunnu ulaaa'ika annahum mab'oosoon

4 Do they not think that they will be resurrected

لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍۢ ﴿٥﴾

Li Yawmin 'Azeem

5 For a tremendous Day -

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ﴿٦﴾

Yawma yaqoomun naasu li Rabbil 'aalameen

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

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلْفُجَّارِ لَفِى سِجِّينٍۢ ﴿٧﴾

Kallaaa inna kitaabal fujjaari lafee Sijjeen

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

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٌۭ ﴿٨﴾

Wa maa adraaka maa Sijjeen

8 And what can make you know what is sijjeen?

كِتَٰبٌۭ مَّرْقُومٌۭ ﴿٩﴾

Kitaabum marqoom

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

وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿١٠﴾

Wailuny yawma'izil lil mukazzibeen

10 Woe, that Day, to the deniers,

ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿١١﴾

Allazeena yukazziboona bi yawmid deen

11 Who deny the Day of Recompense.

وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ ﴿١٢﴾

Wa maa yukazzibu biheee illaa kullu mu'tadin aseem

12 And none deny it except every sinful transgressor.

إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿١٣﴾

Izaa tutlaa'alaihi aayaatunaa qaala asaateerul awwaleen

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

كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ ﴿١٤﴾

Kallaa bal raana 'alaa quloobihim maa kaanoo yaksiboon

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

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ ﴿١٥﴾

Kallaaa innahum 'ar Rabbihim yawma'izil lamah jooboon

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

ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُوا۟ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ﴿١٦﴾

Summa innahum lasaa lul jaheem

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

ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ﴿١٧﴾

Summa yuqaalu haazal lazee kuntum bihee tukazziboon

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

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلْأَبْرَارِ لَفِى عِلِّيِّينَ ﴿١٨﴾

Kallaaa inna kitaabal abraari lafee'Illiyyeen

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

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ ﴿١٩﴾

Wa maaa adraaka maa 'Illiyyoon

19 And what can make you know what is 'illiyyun?

كِتَٰبٌۭ مَّرْقُومٌۭ ﴿٢٠﴾

Kitaabum marqoom

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

يَشْهَدُهُ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ ﴿٢١﴾

Yashhadu hul muqarra boon

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

إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ ﴿٢٢﴾

Innal abraara lafee Na'eem

22 Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure

عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ ﴿٢٣﴾

'Alal araaa'iki yanzuroon

23 On adorned couches, observing.

تَعْرِفُ فِى وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ﴿٢٤﴾

Ta'rifu fee wujoohihim nadratan na'eem

24 You will recognize in their faces the radiance of pleasure.

يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍۢ مَّخْتُومٍ ﴿٢٥﴾

Yusqawna mir raheeqim makhtoom

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

خِتَٰمُهُۥ مِسْكٌۭ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلْمُتَنَٰفِسُونَ ﴿٢٦﴾

Khitaamuhoo misk; wa fee zaalika falyatanaafasil Mutanaafisoon

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

وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ ﴿٢٧﴾

Wa mizaajuhoo min Tasneem

27 And its mixture is of Tasneem,

عَيْنًۭا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ ﴿٢٨﴾

'Ainaiy yashrabu bihal muqarraboon

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

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا۟ كَانُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ يَضْحَكُونَ ﴿٢٩﴾

Innal lazeena ajramoo kaanoo minal lazeena aamanoo yadhakoon

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

وَإِذَا مَرُّوا۟ بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ ﴿٣٠﴾

Wa izaa marroo bihim yataghaamazoon

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

وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُوا۟ فَكِهِينَ ﴿٣١﴾

Wa izan qalabooo ilaaa ahlihimun qalaboo fakiheen

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

وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ ﴿٣٢﴾

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

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

وَمَآ أُرْسِلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ حَٰفِظِينَ ﴿٣٣﴾

Wa maaa ursiloo 'alaihim haafizeen

33 But they had not been sent as guardians over them.

فَٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ ﴿٣٤﴾

Fal yawmal lazeena aamanoo minal kuffaari yadhakoon

34 So Today those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers,

عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ ﴿٣٥﴾

'Alal araaa'iki yanzuroon

35 On adorned couches, observing.

هَلْ ثُوِّبَ ٱلْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ ﴿٣٦﴾

Hal suwwibal kuffaaru maa kaanoo yaf'aloon

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

Sources: Arabic text in Uthmani script (Tanzil edition); English translation: Saheeh International; transliteration in standard Latin letters. Transliteration helps with pronunciation but cannot render every Arabic letter.