وَيْلٌ لِلْمُطَفِّفِينَ
Waylun lilmutaffifeen
Woe to those that deal in fraud,-
الَّذِينَ إِذَا اكْتَالُوا عَلَى النَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ
Allatheena itha iktalooAAala annasi yastawfoon
Those who, when they have to receive by measure from men, exact full measure,
وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَوْ وَزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ
Wa-itha kaloohum aw wazanoohumyukhsiroon
But when they have to give by measure or weight to men, give less than due.
أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُولَٰئِكَ أَنَّهُمْ مَبْعُوثُونَ
Ala yathunnu ola-ikaannahum mabAAoothoon
Do they not think that they will be called to account?-
لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
Liyawmin AAatheem
On a Mighty Day,
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ النَّاسُ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
Yawma yaqoomu annasu lirabbialAAalameen
A Day when (all) mankind will stand before the Lord of the Worlds?
كَلَّا إِنَّ كِتَابَ الْفُجَّارِ لَفِي سِجِّينٍ
Kalla inna kitaba alfujjarilafee sijjeen
Nay! Surely the record of the wicked is (preserved) in Sijjin.
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ
Wama adraka ma sijjeen
And what will explain to thee what Sijjin is?
كِتَابٌ مَرْقُومٌ
Kitabun marqoom
(There is) a Register (fully) inscribed.
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Waylun yawma-ithin lilmukaththibeen
Woe, that Day, to those that deny-
الَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ
Allatheena yukaththiboonabiyawmi addeen
Those that deny the Day of Judgment.
وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
Wama yukaththibu bihi illakullu muAAtadin atheem
And none can deny it but the Transgressor beyond bounds the Sinner!
إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
Itha tutla AAalayhi ayatunaqala asateeru al-awwaleen
When Our Signs are rehearsed to him, he says, "Tales of the ancients!"
كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ مَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ
Kalla bal rana AAalaquloobihim ma kanoo yaksiboon
By no means! but on their hearts is the stain of the (ill) which they do!
كَلَّا إِنَّهُمْ عَنْ رَبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَمَحْجُوبُونَ
Kalla innahum AAan rabbihim yawma-ithinlamahjooboon
Verily, from (the Light of) their Lord, that Day, will they be veiled.
ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُو الْجَحِيمِ
Thumma innahum lasaloo aljaheem
Further, they will enter the Fire of Hell.
ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا الَّذِي كُنْتُمْ بِهِ تُكَذِّبُونَ
Thumma yuqalu hatha allatheekuntum bihi tukaththiboon
Further, it will be said to them: "This is the (reality) which ye rejected as false!
كَلَّا إِنَّ كِتَابَ الْأَبْرَارِ لَفِي عِلِّيِّينَ
Kalla inna kitaba al-abrarilafee AAilliyyeen
Day, verily the record of the Righteous is (preserved) in 'Illiyin.
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ
Wama adraka maAAilliyyoon
And what will explain to thee what 'Illiyun is?
كِتَابٌ مَرْقُومٌ
Kitabun marqoom
(There is) a Register (fully) inscribed,
يَشْهَدُهُ الْمُقَرَّبُونَ
Yashhaduhu almuqarraboon
To which bear witness those Nearest (to Allah).
إِنَّ الْأَبْرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ
Inna al-abrara lafee naAAeem
Truly the Righteous will be in Bliss:
عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنْظُرُونَ
AAala al-ara-iki yanthuroon
On Thrones (of Dignity) will they command a sight (of all things):
تَعْرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ النَّعِيمِ
TaAArifu fee wujoohihim nadrata annaAAeem
Thou wilt recognise in their faces the beaming brightness of Bliss.
يُسْقَوْنَ مِنْ رَحِيقٍ مَخْتُومٍ
Yusqawna min raheeqin makhtoom
Their thirst will be slaked with Pure Wine sealed:
خِتَامُهُ مِسْكٌ ۚ وَفِي ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ الْمُتَنَافِسُونَ
Khitamuhu miskun wafee thalikafalyatanafasi almutanafisoon
The seal thereof will be Musk: And for this let those aspire, who have aspirations:
وَمِزَاجُهُ مِنْ تَسْنِيمٍ
Wamizajuhu min tasneem
With it will be (given) a mixture of Tasnim:
عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا الْمُقَرَّبُونَ
AAaynan yashrabu biha almuqarraboon
A spring, from (the waters) whereof drink those Nearest to Allah.
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا كَانُوا مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يَضْحَكُونَ
Inna allatheena ajramoo kanoomina allatheena amanoo yadhakoon
Those in sin used to laugh at those who believed,
وَإِذَا مَرُّوا بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ
Wa-itha marroo bihim yataghamazoon
And whenever they passed by them, used to wink at each other (in mockery);
وَإِذَا انْقَلَبُوا إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِمُ انْقَلَبُوا فَكِهِينَ
Wa-itha inqalaboo ila ahlihimuinqalaboo fakiheen
And when they returned to their own people, they would return jesting;
وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوا إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ لَضَالُّونَ
Wa-itha raawhum qaloo inna haola-iladalloon
And whenever they saw them, they would say, "Behold! These are the people truly astray!"
وَمَا أُرْسِلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ حَافِظِينَ
Wama orsiloo AAalayhim hafitheen
But they had not been sent as keepers over them!
فَالْيَوْمَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ
Falyawma allatheena amanoomina alkuffari yadhakoon
But on this Day the Believers will laugh at the Unbelievers:
عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنْظُرُونَ
AAala al-ara-iki yanthuroon
On Thrones (of Dignity) they will command (a sight) (of all things).
هَلْ ثُوِّبَ الْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا يَفْعَلُونَ
Hal thuwwiba alkuffaru ma kanooyafAAaloon
Will not the Unbelievers have been paid back for what they did?