بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَيْلٌۭ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ ﴿1﴾
Ahmed Ali
WOE TO THOSE who give short measure,
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ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكْتَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ ﴿2﴾
Ahmed Ali
Who insist on being given full when they take from others,
وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ ﴿3﴾
Ahmed Ali
Whilst when they measure or weigh for them, give less.
أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ ﴿4﴾
Ahmed Ali
Do they not think they will be raised (to life) again
لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍۢ ﴿5﴾
Ahmed Ali
On a grievous day,
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ﴿6﴾
Ahmed Ali
The day all mankind will stand before the Lord of all the worlds?
كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلْفُجَّارِ لَفِى سِجِّينٍۢ ﴿7﴾
Ahmed Ali
Indeed the ledger of the wicked will be in (the lowest depths) Sijjin.
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٌۭ ﴿8﴾
Ahmed Ali
How will you comprehend what Sijjin is?
كِتَٰبٌۭ مَّرْقُومٌۭ ﴿9﴾
Ahmed Ali
It is a (repository of) distinctly written record.
وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿10﴾
Ahmed Ali
Ah the woe that day for those who deny,
ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿11﴾
Ahmed Ali
Who call the Day of judgement a lie!
وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ ﴿12﴾
Ahmed Ali
None denies it but the sinful transgressors.
إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿13﴾
Ahmed Ali
When Our revelations are recited before him, he says: "These are fables of long ago."
كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ ﴿14﴾
Ahmed Ali
No. In fact what they have been doing has rusted their hearts.
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ ﴿15﴾
Ahmed Ali
Therefore they will be screened off from their Lord that day,
ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُوا۟ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ﴿16﴾
Ahmed Ali
Then they will indeed burn in Hell.
ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ﴿17﴾
Ahmed Ali
They will then be told: "This is what you had denied."
كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلْأَبْرَارِ لَفِى عِلِّيِّينَ ﴿18﴾
Ahmed Ali
Surely the ledger of the pious will be in 'Illiyun (heights above the heights).
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ ﴿19﴾
Ahmed Ali
But how will you comprehend what 'Illiyun is?
كِتَٰبٌۭ مَّرْقُومٌۭ ﴿20﴾
Ahmed Ali
It is a (repository of) distinctly written record
يَشْهَدُهُ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ ﴿21﴾
Ahmed Ali
Witnessed by those who are honoured.
إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ ﴿22﴾
Ahmed Ali
Verily the pious will be in heaven,
عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ ﴿23﴾
Ahmed Ali
On couches face to face.
تَعْرِفُ فِى وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ﴿24﴾
Ahmed Ali
On their faces you will see the glow of beatitude.
يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍۢ مَّخْتُومٍ ﴿25﴾
Ahmed Ali
They will be served the choicest wine, sealed
خِتَٰمُهُۥ مِسْكٌۭ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلْمُتَنَٰفِسُونَ ﴿26﴾
Ahmed Ali
With a sealing of musk, which those who aspire for the best should desire, --
وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ ﴿27﴾
Ahmed Ali
Blended with the water of Tasnim, (heights ultimate of evolution),
عَيْنًۭا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ ﴿28﴾
Ahmed Ali
A fountain from which only they who are honoured drink.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا۟ كَانُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ يَضْحَكُونَ ﴿29﴾
Ahmed Ali
The sinners indeed laughed at believers
وَإِذَا مَرُّوا۟ بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ ﴿30﴾
Ahmed Ali
And winked at one another as they passed by them;
وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُوا۟ فَكِهِينَ ﴿31﴾
Ahmed Ali
And when they went back to their people turned to make fun of them;
وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ ﴿32﴾
Ahmed Ali
And when they saw them, they said: "They have indeed gone astray."
وَمَآ أُرْسِلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ حَٰفِظِينَ ﴿33﴾
Ahmed Ali
But they were not Sent to be guardians over them!
فَٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ ﴿34﴾
Ahmed Ali
So, the believers will laugh at the infidels on that day,
عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ ﴿35﴾
Ahmed Ali
Regarding them from their cushioned seats.
هَلْ ثُوِّبَ ٱلْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ ﴿36﴾
Ahmed Ali
Will not the infidels pay for what they had done?