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Surah 83
المُطَفِّفِينَ
سورۃ المُطَفِّفِينَ
The Defrauding • Mecca • 36 ayahs
المُطَفِّفِينَ
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Ayah 83:1
وَيْلٌ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ١
Woe to those who give less [than due],1
Ayah 83:2
ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكْتَالُوا عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ٢
Who, when they take a measure from people, take in full.
Ayah 83:3
وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ٣
But if they give by measure or by weight to them, they cause loss.
Ayah 83:4
أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُولَـٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ٤
Do they not think that they will be resurrected
Ayah 83:5
لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ٥
For a tremendous Day -
Ayah 83:6
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ٦
The Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of the worlds?
Ayah 83:7
كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَـٰبَ ٱلْفُجَّارِ لَفِى سِجِّينٍ٧
No! Indeed, the record of the wicked is in sijjeen.
Ayah 83:8
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ٨
And what can make you know what is sijjeen?
Ayah 83:9
كِتَـٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ٩
It is [their destination1 recorded in] a register inscribed.
Ayah 83:10
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ١٠
Woe, that Day, to the deniers,
Ayah 83:11
ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ١١
Who deny the Day of Recompense.
Ayah 83:12
وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ١٢
And none deny it except every sinful transgressor.
Ayah 83:13
إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ١٣
When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."
Ayah 83:14
كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ١٤
No! Rather, the stain has covered their hearts of that which they were earning.1
Ayah 83:15
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ١٥
No! Indeed, from their Lord, that Day, they will be partitioned.1
Ayah 83:16
ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُوا ٱلْجَحِيمِ١٦
Then indeed, they will [enter and] burn in Hellfire.
Ayah 83:17
ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ١٧
Then it will be said [to them], "This is what you used to deny."
Ayah 83:18
كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَـٰبَ ٱلْأَبْرَارِ لَفِى عِلِّيِّينَ١٨
No! Indeed, the record of the righteous is in ʿilliyyūn.
Ayah 83:19
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ١٩
And what can make you know what is ʿilliyyūn?
Ayah 83:20
كِتَـٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ٢٠
It is [their destination1 recorded in] a register inscribed
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Surah Al-Mutaffifin (Defrauding) is chapter 83 of the Quran and contains 36 ayahs. The reader provides Arabic text with Urdu and English translations. Choose an ayah below to open its reference page.
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