Al-Mutaffifin

waylun lil'muṭaffifīna

Woe to those who give short measure,

alladhīna idhā ik'tālū ʿalā l-nāsi yastawfūna

who demand of other people full measure for themselves,

wa-idhā kālūhum aw wazanūhum yukh'sirūna

but give less than they should when it is they who weigh or measure for others!

alā yaẓunnu ulāika annahum mabʿūthūna

Do these people not realize that they will be raised up

liyawmin ʿaẓīmin

on a mighty Day,

yawma yaqūmu l-nāsu lirabbi l-ʿālamīna

a Day when everyone will stand before the Lord of the Worlds?

kallā inna kitāba l-fujāri lafī sijjīnin

No indeed! The list of the wicked is in Sijjin––

wamā adrāka mā sijjīnun

what will explain to you what Sijjin is?––

kitābun marqūmun

a clearly numbered list.

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna

Woe on that day to the deniers,

alladhīna yukadhibūna biyawmi l-dīni

those who deny the Day of Judgement!

wamā yukadhibu bihi illā kullu muʿ'tadin athīmin

Only the evil aggressor denies it:

idhā tut'lā ʿalayhi āyātunā qāla asāṭīru l-awalīna

when Our revelations are recited to him, he says, ‘Ancient fables!’

kallā bal rāna ʿalā qulūbihim mā kānū yaksibūna

No indeed! Their hearts are encrusted with what they have done.

kallā innahum ʿan rabbihim yawma-idhin lamaḥjūbūna

No indeed! On that Day they will be screened off from their Lord,

thumma innahum laṣālū l-jaḥīmi

they will burn in Hell,

thumma yuqālu hādhā alladhī kuntum bihi tukadhibūna

and they will be told, ‘This is what you called a lie.’

kallā inna kitāba l-abrāri lafī ʿilliyyīna

No indeed! The list of the truly good is in 'Illiyyin––

wamā adrāka mā ʿilliyyūna

what will explain to you what 'Illiyyin is?––

kitābun marqūmun

a clearly written list,

yashhaduhu l-muqarabūna

witnessed by those brought near.

inna l-abrāra lafī naʿīmin

The truly good will live in bliss,

ʿalā l-arāiki yanẓurūna

seated on couches, gazing around.

taʿrifu fī wujūhihim naḍrata l-naʿīmi

You will recognize on their faces the radiance of bliss.

yus'qawna min raḥīqin makhtūmin

They will be served a sealed nectar,

khitāmuhu mis'kun wafī dhālika falyatanāfasi l-mutanāfisūna

its seal [perfumed with] a fragrant herb––let those who strive, strive for this––

wamizājuhu min tasnīmin

mixed with the water of Tasnim,

ʿaynan yashrabu bihā l-muqarabūna

a spring from which those brought near will drink.

inna alladhīna ajramū kānū mina alladhīna āmanū yaḍḥakūna

The wicked used to laugh at the believers––

wa-idhā marrū bihim yataghāmazūna

they would wink at one another when the believers passed by them,

wa-idhā inqalabū ilā ahlihimu inqalabū fakihīna

joke about them when they got back to their own people,

wa-idhā ra-awhum qālū inna hāulāi laḍāllūna

and say, when they saw them, ‘These people are misguided,’

wamā ur'silū ʿalayhim ḥāfiẓīna

though they were not sent to be their keepers-

fal-yawma alladhīna āmanū mina l-kufāri yaḍḥakūna

so today the believers are laughing at the disbelievers

ʿalā l-arāiki yanẓurūna

as they sit on couches, gazing around.

hal thuwwiba l-kufāru mā kānū yafʿalūna

Have the disbelievers [not] been repaid for their deeds?