Al-Mutaffifin

Woe to the defrauders, who, when they take a measure from men, exact the measure faithfully, and when they measure or weigh for them, cause loss.

ويل للمطففين ٱلذين إذا ٱكتالوا على ٱلناس يستوفون وإذا كالوهم أو وزنوهم يخسرون

Do those not presume that they will be raised for an immense Day, the Day when mankind will stand before the Guardian of all beings?

ألا يظن أولئك أنهم مبعوثون ليوم عظيم يوم يقوم ٱلناس لرب ٱلعلمين

By no means! Surely, the record of the depraved is in Sijjin.

كلآ إن كتب ٱلفجار لفي سجين

And what will give you an idea of what Sijjin is? A numbered record.

ومآ أدرىك ما سجين كتب مرقوم

Woe, that Day, to the deniers, those who deny the Day of the Due.

ويل يومئذ للمكذبين ٱلذين يكذبون بيوم ٱلدين

And none denies it except every crosser of limits, a transgressor; when Our signs are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the ancients!"

وما يكذب به إلا كل معتد أثيم إذا تتلى عليه ءايتنا قال أسطير ٱلأولين

By no means! Rather, what they were earning has rusted their cores.

كلا بل ران على قلوبهم ما كانوا يكسبون

By no means! Surely, that Day, they will be veiled from their Guardian.

كلآ إنهم عن ربهم يومئذ لمحجوبون

Then surely, they will burn in the Blaze.

ثم إنهم لصالوا ٱلجحيم

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

ثم يقال هذا ٱلذي كنتم به تكذبون

By no means! Surely, the record of the virtuous is in 'Illiyyun.

كلآ إن كتب ٱلأبرار لفي عليين

And what will give you an idea of what 'Illiyyun is? A numbered record, witnessed by those brought near.

ومآ أدرىك ما عليون كتب مرقوم يشهده ٱلمقربون

And for this let the competitors compete.

وفي ذلك فليتنافس ٱلمتنفسون

And its blend is of Tasnim, a spring from which those brought near drink.

ومزاجه من تسنيم عينا يشرب بها ٱلمقربون

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, "These are surely astray" — while they had not been sent as preservers over them.

إن ٱلذين أجرموا كانوا من ٱلذين ءامنوا يضحكون وإذا مروا بهم يتغامزون وإذا ٱنقلبوا إلى أهلهم ٱنقلبوا فكهين وإذا رأوهم قالوا إن هؤلآء لضآلون ومآ أرسلوا عليهم حفظين

So today those who believed are laughing at the disowners, upon adorned couches.

فٱليوم ٱلذين ءامنوا من ٱلكفار يضحكون على ٱلأرآئك

They look: have the disowners received the return of what they used to do?

ينظرون هل ثوب ٱلكفار ما كانوا يفعلون