ONE AYAT A DAY

Surah Al-Mutaffifin — The Defrauding

Surah 83 · 36 ayahs · Meccan

Ayah 1

وَيْلٌ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِيْنَۙ

Wailul lil-muṭaffifīn(a).

Woe to those who give less [than due],

Ayah 2

الَّذِيْنَ اِذَا اكْتَالُوْا عَلَى النَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُوْنَۖ

Allażīna iżaktālū ‘alan-nāsi yastaufūn(a).

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

Ayah 3

وَاِذَا كَالُوْهُمْ اَوْ وَّزَنُوْهُمْ يُخْسِرُوْنَۗ

Wa iżā kālūhum au wazanūhum yukhsirūn(a).

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

Ayah 4

اَلَا يَظُنُّ اُولٰۤىِٕكَ اَنَّهُمْ مَّبْعُوْثُوْنَۙ

Alā yaẓunnu ulā'ika annahum mab‘ūṡūn(a).

Do they not think that they will be resurrected

Ayah 5

لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيْمٍۙ

Liyaumin ‘aẓīm(in).

For a tremendous Day -

Ayah 6

يَّوْمَ يَقُوْمُ النَّاسُ لِرَبِّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَۗ

Yauma yaqūmun-nāsu lirabbil-‘ālamīn(a).

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

Ayah 7

كَلَّآ اِنَّ كِتٰبَ الْفُجَّارِ لَفِيْ سِجِّيْنٍۗ

Kallā inna kitābal-fujjāri lafī sijjīn(in).

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

Ayah 8

وَمَآ اَدْرٰىكَ مَا سِجِّيْنٌۗ

Wa mā adrāka mā sijjīn(un).

And what can make you know what is sijjeen?

Ayah 9

كِتٰبٌ مَّرْقُوْمٌۗ

Kitābum marqūm(un).

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

Ayah 10

وَيْلٌ يَّوْمَىِٕذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِيْنَۙ

Wailuy yauma'iżil lil-mukażżibīn(a).

Woe, that Day, to the deniers,

Ayah 11

الَّذِيْنَ يُكَذِّبُوْنَ بِيَوْمِ الدِّيْنِۗ

Allażīna yukażżibūna biyaumid-dīn(i).

Who deny the Day of Recompense.

Ayah 12

وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهٖٓ اِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ اَثِيْمٍۙ

Wa mā yukażżibu bihī illā kullu mu‘tadin aṡīm(in).

And none deny it except every sinful transgressor.

Ayah 13

اِذَا تُتْلٰى عَلَيْهِ اٰيٰتُنَا قَالَ اَسَاطِيْرُ الْاَوَّلِيْنَۗ

Iżā tutlā ‘alaihi āyātunā qāla asāṭīrul-awwalīn(a).

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

Ayah 14

كَلَّا بَلْ ۜرَانَ عَلٰى قُلُوْبِهِمْ مَّا كَانُوْا يَكْسِبُوْنَ

Kallā bal…rāna ‘alā qulūbihim mā kānū yaksibūn(a).

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

Ayah 15

كَلَّآ اِنَّهُمْ عَنْ رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَىِٕذٍ لَّمَحْجُوْبُوْنَۗ

Kallā innahum ‘ar rabbihim yauma'iżil lamaḥjūbūn(a).

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

Ayah 16

ثُمَّ اِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُوا الْجَحِيْمِۗ

Ṡumma innahum laṣālul-jaḥīm(i).

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

Ayah 17

ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هٰذَا الَّذِيْ كُنْتُمْ بِهٖ تُكَذِّبُوْنَۗ

Ṡumma yuqālu hāżal-lażī kuntum bihī tukażżibūn(a).

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

Ayah 18

كَلَّآ اِنَّ كِتٰبَ الْاَبْرَارِ لَفِيْ عِلِّيِّيْنَۗ

Kallā inna kitābal-abrāri lafī ‘illiyyīn(a).

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

Ayah 19

وَمَآ اَدْرٰىكَ مَا عِلِّيُّوْنَۗ

Wa mā adrāka mā ‘illiyyūn(a).

And what can make you know what is ʿilliyyūn?

Ayah 20

كِتٰبٌ مَّرْقُوْمٌۙ

Kitābum marqūm(un).

It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed

Ayah 21

يَّشْهَدُهُ الْمُقَرَّبُوْنَۗ

Yasyhaduhul-muqarrabūn(a).

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

Ayah 22

اِنَّ الْاَبْرَارَ لَفِيْ نَعِيْمٍۙ

Innal-abrāra lafī na‘īm(in).

Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure

Ayah 23

عَلَى الْاَرَاۤىِٕكِ يَنْظُرُوْنَۙ

‘Alal-arā'iki yanẓurūn(a).

On adorned couches, observing.

Ayah 24

تَعْرِفُ فِيْ وُجُوْهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ النَّعِيْمِۚ

Ta‘rifu fī wujūhihim naḍratan na‘īm(i).

You will recognize in their faces the radiance of pleasure.

Ayah 25

يُسْقَوْنَ مِنْ رَّحِيْقٍ مَّخْتُوْمٍۙ

Yusqauna mir raḥīqim makhtūm(in).

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

Ayah 26

خِتٰمُهٗ مِسْكٌ ۗوَفِيْ ذٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ الْمُتَنٰفِسُوْنَۗ

Khitāmuhū misk(un), wa fī żālika falyatanāfasil-mutanāfisūn(a).

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

Ayah 27

وَمِزَاجُهٗ مِنْ تَسْنِيْمٍۙ

Wa mizājuhū min tasnīm(in).

And its mixture is of Tasneem,

Ayah 28

عَيْنًا يَّشْرَبُ بِهَا الْمُقَرَّبُوْنَۗ

‘Ainay yasyrabu bihal-muqarrabūn(a).

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

Ayah 29

اِنَّ الَّذِيْنَ اَجْرَمُوْا كَانُوْا مِنَ الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا يَضْحَكُوْنَۖ

Innal-lażīna ajramū kānū minal-lażīna āmanū yaḍḥakūn(a).

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

Ayah 30

وَاِذَا مَرُّوْا بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُوْنَۖ

Wa iżā marrū bihim yatagāmazūn(a).

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

Ayah 31

وَاِذَا انْقَلَبُوْٓا اِلٰٓى اَهْلِهِمُ انْقَلَبُوْا فَكِهِيْنَۖ

Wa iżanqalabū ilā ahlihimunqalabū fakihīn(a).

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

Ayah 32

وَاِذَا رَاَوْهُمْ قَالُوْٓا اِنَّ هٰٓؤُلَاۤءِ لَضَاۤلُّوْنَۙ

Wa iżā ra'auhum qālū inna hā'ulā'i laḍāllūn(a).

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

Ayah 33

وَمَآ اُرْسِلُوْا عَلَيْهِمْ حٰفِظِيْنَۗ

Wa mā ursilū ‘alaihim ḥāfiẓīn(a).

But they had not been sent as guardians over them.

Ayah 34

فَالْيَوْمَ الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُوْنَۙ

Fal-yaumal-lażīna āmanū minal kuffāri yaḍḥakūn(a).

So Today those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers,

Ayah 35

عَلَى الْاَرَاۤىِٕكِ يَنْظُرُوْنَۗ

‘Alal-arā'iki yanẓurūn(a).

On adorned couches, observing.

Ayah 36

هَلْ ثُوِّبَ الْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوْا يَفْعَلُوْنَ ࣖ

Hal ṡuwwibal-kuffāru mā kānū yaf‘alūn(a).

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