Al-Mutaffifin

وَيْلٌ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ

Waylul lil-muṭaffifeen,―

Woe to those who give less [than due],

ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكْتَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ

ʹAllaẓeena ʹiẓak taaloo ʻalan naasi yastawfoon,

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

وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ

Wa-ʹiẓaa kaaloohum ʹaw Wazanoohum yukhsiroon.

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

أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ

ʹAlaa yaz̤̣unnu ʹulaaaʹika ʹannahum mabʻoos̤oon

Do they not think that they will be resurrected

لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

Li-Yawmin ʻAz̤̣eem.

For a tremendous Day -

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Yawma yaq̣oomun naasu li-Rabbil ʻAalameen?

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

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَـٰبَ ٱلْفُجَّارِ لَفِى سِجِّينٍ

Kallaaa ʹinna Kitaabal fujjaari lafee Sijjeen.

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

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ

Wa-maaa ʹadraaka maa- Sijjeen?

And what can make you know what is sijjeen?

كِتَـٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ

Kitaabum marq̣oom.

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

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Wayluñy Yawmaʹiẓil lil-mukaẓẓibeen―

Woe, that Day, to the deniers,

ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

ʹAllaẓeena yukaẓẓiboona bi-Yawmid Deen.

Who deny the Day of Recompense.

وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ

Wa-maa yukaẓẓibu biheee ʹillaa kullu muʻtadin ʹas̤eem!

And none deny it except every sinful transgressor.

إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

ʹIẓaa tutlaa ʻalayhi ʹAayaatunaa q̣aala ʹAsaaṭeerul ʹAwwaleen!

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

كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ

Kallaa bal; raana ʻalaa q̣uloobihim maa kaanoo yaksiboon!

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

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ

Kallaaa ʹinnahum ʻar Rabbihim Yawmaʹiẓil lamaḥjooboon.

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

ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُوا۟ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

S̤umma ʹinnahum laṣaalul Jaḥeem.

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

ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ

S̤umma yuq̣aalu haaẓal laẓee kuñtum̃ bihee tukaẓẓiboon!

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

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَـٰبَ ٱلْأَبْرَارِ لَفِى عِلِّيِّينَ

Kallaaa ʹinna Kitaabal ʹAbraari lafee ʻIlliyyeen.

No! Indeed, the record of the righteous is in ʿilliyyūn.

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ

Wa-maaa ʹadraaka maa- ʻIlliyyoon?

And what can make you know what is ʿilliyyūn?

كِتَـٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ

Kitaabum marq̣oom,

It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed

يَشْهَدُهُ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ

Yashhaduhul Muq̣arraboon.

Which is witnessed by those brought near [to Allāh].

إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ

ʹInnal ʹAbraara lafee Naʻeem:

Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure

عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ

ʻAlal ʹaraaaʹiki yañz̤̣uroon:

On adorned couches, observing.

تَعْرِفُ فِى وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

Taʻrifu fee wujoohihim naḍratan Naʻeem.

You will recognize in their faces the radiance of pleasure.

يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍ مَّخْتُومٍ

Yusq̣awna mir raḥeeq̣im makhtoom:

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

خِتَـٰمُهُۥ مِسْكٌ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلْمُتَنَـٰفِسُونَ

Khitaamuhoo misk: wa-fee ẓaalika falyatanaafasil mutanaafisoon:

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

وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ

Wa-mizaajuhoo miñ Tasneem,

And its mixture is of Tasneem,

عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ

ʻAynañy yashrabu bihal Muq̣arraboon.

A spring from which those near [to Allāh] drink.

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا۟ كَانُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ يَضْحَكُونَ

ʹInnal laẓeena ʹajramoo kaanoo minal laẓeena ʹaamanoo yaḍḥakoon,

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

وَإِذَا مَرُّوا۟ بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ

Wa-ʹiẓaa marroo bihim yatag̣aamazoon;

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

وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُوا۟ فَكِهِينَ

Wa-ʹiẓañ q̣alabooo ʹilaaa ʹahlihimuñ q̣alaboo fakiheen;

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

وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ

Wa-ʹiẓaa raʹawhum q̣aalooo ʹinna haaaʹulaaaʹi laḍaaal-loon!

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

وَمَآ أُرْسِلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ حَـٰفِظِينَ

Wa-maaa ʹursiloo ʹalayhim Ḥaafiz̤̣een.

But they had not been sent as guardians over them.

فَٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ

Fal-Yawmal laẓeena ʹaamanoo minal kuffaari yuḍḥakoon:

So Today those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers,

عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ

ʻAlal ʹaraaaʹiki yañz̤̣uroon.

On adorned couches, observing.

هَلْ ثُوِّبَ ٱلْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ

Hal s̤uwwibal kuffaaru maa- kaanoo yafʻaloon?

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