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Surah 83 · 36 verses · Meccan · Juz 30

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بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1

وَيۡلࣱ لِّلۡمُطَفِّفِينَ ۝١

Woe to the defrauders[1],
Footnotes
[1] i.e., those who cheat people by giving them less in sale transactions, an amount so little as to hardly be noticed.
2

ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكۡتَالُواْ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسۡتَوۡفُونَ ۝٢

those who take full measure when they take from others,
3

وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمۡ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمۡ يُخۡسِرُونَ ۝٣

but they give less when they measure or weigh for them.
4

أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبۡعُوثُونَ ۝٤

Do they really not think that they will be resurrected
5

لِيَوۡمٍ عَظِيمࣲ ۝٥

for a momentous Day,
6

يَوۡمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ۝٦

a Day when people will stand before the Lord of the worlds?
7

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلۡفُجَّارِ لَفِي سِجِّينࣲ ۝٧

No indeed! The record of the wicked is surely in Sijjīn.
8

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينࣱ ۝٨

How do you know what Sijjīn is?
9

كِتَٰبࣱ مَّرۡقُومࣱ ۝٩

It is a clearly inscribed Record.
10

وَيۡلࣱ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ۝١٠

Woe on that Day to the deniers,
11

ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ ۝١١

those who deny the Judgment Day!
12

وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعۡتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ ۝١٢

None denies it except every sinful transgressor.
13

إِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ۝١٣

When Our verses are recited to him, he says, “Ancient fables[2]!”
Footnotes
[2] i.e., tales of old times, legends of former peoples.
14

كَلَّاۖ بَلۡۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ ۝١٤

No indeed! Their hearts have been stained by what they used to commit[3]!
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[3] i.e., their sins and evil deeds.
15

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمۡ عَن رَّبِّهِمۡ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ لَّمَحۡجُوبُونَ ۝١٥

No indeed! On that Day they will be barred from seeing their Lord[4].
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[4] As a punishment, since the believers will see Him.
16

ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمۡ لَصَالُواْ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ۝١٦

They will then surely enter the Blazing Fire,
17

ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ۝١٧

then they will be told, “This is what you used to deny.”
18

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارِ لَفِي عِلِّيِّينَ ۝١٨

No indeed! The record of the righteous is certainly in ‘illiyyīn –
19

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ ۝١٩

and how do you know what ‘illiyyūn is? –
20

كِتَٰبࣱ مَّرۡقُومࣱ ۝٢٠

It is a record inscribed,
21

يَشۡهَدُهُ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ ۝٢١

witnessed by those who are close to Allah.
22

إِنَّ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ ۝٢٢

Indeed, the righteous will be in Bliss,
23

عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ ۝٢٣

seated on the couches, gazing in wonder.
24

تَعۡرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِهِمۡ نَضۡرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ۝٢٤

You will see on their faces the radiance of bliss.
25

يُسۡقَوۡنَ مِن رَّحِيقࣲ مَّخۡتُومٍ ۝٢٥

They will be served to drink pure wine from a sealed container,
26

خِتَٰمُهُۥ مِسۡكࣱۚ وَفِي ذَٰلِكَ فَلۡيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلۡمُتَنَٰفِسُونَ ۝٢٦

whose last sip is musk[5] – let those who strive, strive for that –
Footnotes
[5] i.e., having a lingering odor.
27

وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسۡنِيمٍ ۝٢٧

and it will be mixed with water from the spring of Tasnīm[6],
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[6] It is the highest spring in Paradise.
28

عَيۡنࣰا يَشۡرَبُ بِهَا ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ ۝٢٨

a spring from which those who are close to Allah will drink.
29

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجۡرَمُواْ كَانُواْ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ يَضۡحَكُونَ ۝٢٩

Indeed, the wicked used to laugh at the believers;
30

وَإِذَا مَرُّواْ بِهِمۡ يَتَغَامَزُونَ ۝٣٠

when they passed by them, they would wink at one another,
31

وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓاْ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُواْ فَكِهِينَ ۝٣١

and when they went back to their people, they would return exulting.
32

وَإِذَا رَأَوۡهُمۡ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ ۝٣٢

When they saw the believers, they would say, “These people are truly misguided,”
33

وَمَآ أُرۡسِلُواْ عَلَيۡهِمۡ حَٰفِظِينَ ۝٣٣

although they were not sent as their keepers.
34

فَٱلۡيَوۡمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡكُفَّارِ يَضۡحَكُونَ ۝٣٤

So Today[7] the believers will laugh at the disbelievers,
Footnotes
[7] i.e., the Day of Judgment.
35

عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ ۝٣٥

while sitting on the couches, gazing around.
36

هَلۡ ثُوِّبَ ٱلۡكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُواْ يَفۡعَلُونَ ۝٣٦

Have the disbelievers been rewarded except for what they used to do?