Al-Mutaffifin
The Rigged Measure
In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. Woe to the defrauders, who, when they take a measure from people, exact the measure faithfully, and when they measure or weigh for them, cause loss.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ويل للمطففين الذين اذا اكتالوا على الناس يستوفون واذا كالوهم او وزنوهم يخسرونDo they not think that they will be raised for an immense Day, the Day when mankind will stand before the Guardian of all beings?
الا يظن اوليك انهم مبعوثون ليوم عظيم يوم يقوم الناس لرب العلمينBy no means! Surely, the record of the depraved is in Sijjin.
كلا ان كتب الفجار لفي سجينAnd what will give you an idea of what Sijjin is? A written record.
وما ادرىك ما سجين كتب مرقومWoe, that Day, to the deniers, those who deny the Day of Retribution.
ويل يوميذ للمكذبين الذين يكذبون بيوم الدينAnd none denies it except every crosser of limits, a transgressor; when Our signs are read to him, he says, "Legends of the ancients!"
وما يكذب به الا كل معتد اثيم اذا تتلى عليه ءايتنا قال اسطير الاولينBy no means! Rather, what they were earning has rusted their cores.
كلا بل ران على قلوبهم ما كانوا يكسبونBy no means! Surely, from their Guardian, that Day, they will be veiled.
كلا انهم عن ربهم يوميذ لمحجوبونThen surely, they will burn in the Blaze.
ثم انهم لصالوا الجحيمThen it will be said, "This is what you used to deny."
ثم يقال هذا الذي كنتم به تكذبونBy no means! Surely, the record of the virtuous is in 'Illiyyun.
كلا ان كتب الابرار لفي عليينAnd what will give you an idea of what 'Illiyyun is? A written record, witnessed by those brought near.
وما ادرىك ما عليون كتب مرقوم يشهده المقربونSurely, the virtuous will be in bliss, on adorned couches, observing; you will recognize in their faces the radiance of bliss; they will be given drink from a sealed nectar, whose seal is musk.
ان الابرار لفي نعيم على الارايك ينظرون تعرف في وجوههم نضرة النعيم يسقون من رحيق مختوم ختمه مسكAnd for this let the competitors compete.
وفي ذلك فليتنافس المتنفسونAnd its mixture is of Tasnim, a spring from which those brought near drink.
ومزاجه من تسنيم عينا يشرب بها المقربونIndeed, those who cut themselves off used to laugh at those who believed, and when they passed by them, they winked at one another, and when they returned to their people, they returned delighting, and when they saw them, they said, "Indeed, these are truly astray" — while they had not been sent as preservers over them.
ان الذين اجرموا كانوا من الذين ءامنوا يضحكون واذا مروا بهم يتغامزون واذا انقلبوا الى اهلهم انقلبوا فكهين واذا راوهم قالوا ان هولاء لضالون وما ارسلوا عليهم حفظينSo today those who believed are laughing at the disowners, upon adorned couches.
فاليوم الذين ءامنوا من الكفار يضحكون على الارايكObserving: have the disowners received the return of what they used to do?
ينظرون هل ثوب الكفار ما كانوا يفعلون