Al-Mutaffifin

Wailul lil mutaffifeen

WOE UNTO THOSE who give short measure:

Allazeena izak taaloo 'alan naasi yastawfoon

those who, when they are to receive their due from [other] people, demand that it be given in full –

Wa izaa kaaloohum aw wazanoohum yukhsiroon

but when they have to measure or weigh whatever they owe to others, give less than what is due!

Alaa yazunnu ulaaa'ika annahum mab'oosoon

Do they not know that they are bound to be raised from the dead

Li Yawmin 'Azeem

[and called to account] on an awesome Day –

Yawma yaqoomun naasu li Rabbil 'aalameen

the Day when all men shall stand before the Sustainer of all the worlds?

Kallaaa inna kitaabal fujjaari lafee Sijjeen

NAY, VERILY, the record of the wicked is indeed [set down] in a mode inescapable!

Wa maa adraaka maa Sijjeen

And what could make thee conceive what that that mode inescapable will be?

Kitaabum marqoom

A record [indelibly] inscribed!

Wailuny yawma'izil lil mukazzibeen

Woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth –

Allazeena yukazziboona bi yawmid deen

those who give the lie to the [coming of] Judgment Day:

Wa maa yukazzibu biheee illaa kullu mu'tadin aseem

for, none gives the lie to it but such as are wont to transgress against all that is [and are] immersed in sin:

Izaa tutlaa'alaihi aayaatunaa qaala asaateerul awwaleen

[and so,] whenever Our messages are conveyed to them, they but say, "Fables of ancient times!"

Kallaa bal raana 'alaa quloobihim maa kaanoo yaksiboon

Nay, but their hearts are corroded by all [the evil] that they were wont to do!

Kallaaa innahum 'ar Rabbihim yawma'izil lamah jooboon

Nay, verily, from [the grace of] their Sustainer shall they on that Day be debarred;

Summa innahum lasaa lul jaheem

and then, behold, they shall enter the blazing fire

Summa yuqaalu haazal lazee kuntum bihee tukazziboon

and be told: "This is the [very thing] to which you were wont to give the lie!"

Kallaaa inna kitaabal abraari lafee'Illiyyeen

NAY, VERILY - the record of the truly virtuous is [set down] in a mode most lofty!

Wa maaa adraaka maa 'Illiyyoon

And what could make thee conceive what that mode most lofty will be?

Kitaabum marqoom

A record [indelibly] inscribed,

Yashhadu hul muqarra boon

witnessed~ by all who have [ever] been drawn close unto God.

Innal abraara lafee Na'eem

Behold, [in the life to come] the truly virtuous will indeed be in bliss:

'Alal araaa'iki yanzuroon

[resting on couches, they will look up [to God]:

Ta'rifu fee wujoohihim nadratan na'eem

upon their faces thou wilt see the brightness of bliss.

Yusqawna mir raheeqim makhtoom

They will be given a drink of pure wine whereon the seal [of God] will have been set,

Khitaamuhoo misk; wa fee zaalika falyatanaafasil Mutanaafisoon

pouring forth with a fragrance of musk. To that [wine of paradise], then, let all such aspire as [are willing to] aspire to things of high account:

Wa mizaajuhoo min Tasneem

for it is composed of all that is most exalting

'Ainaiy yashrabu bihal muqarraboon

a source [of bliss] whereof those who are drawn close unto God shall drink.

Innal lazeena ajramoo kaanoo minal lazeena aamanoo yadhakoon

BEHOLD, those who have abandoned themselves to sin are wont to laugh at such as have attained to faith

Wa izaa marroo bihim yataghaamazoon

and whenever they pass by them, they wink at one another [derisively];

Wa izan qalabooo ilaaa ahlihimun qalaboo fakiheen

and whenever they return to people of their own kind, they return full of jests;

Wa izaa ra awhum qaalooo inna haaa'ulaaa'i ladaaal loon

and whenever they see those [who believe,] they say, "Behold, these [people] have indeed gone astray!"

Wa maaa ursiloo 'alaihim haafizeen

And, withal, they have no call to watch over [the beliefs of] others...

Fal yawmal lazeena aamanoo minal kuffaari yadhakoon

But on the Day [of Judgment], they who had attained to faith will [be able to] laugh at the [erstwhile] deniers of the truth:

'Alal araaa'iki yanzuroon

[for, resting in paradise] on couches, they will look on [and say to themselves]:

Hal suwwibal kuffaaru maa kaanoo yaf'aloon

"Are these deniers of the truth being [thus] requited for [aught but] what they were wont to do?"