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Ayah 1بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَيْلٌۭ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ
English Translation
WOE UNTO THOSE who give short measure:
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Surah 83
Al-Mutaffifin
Defrauding
36 VersesMeccan RevelationMishary Rashid Alafasy
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Ayah 2ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكْتَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ
English Translation
those who, when they are to receive their due from [other] people, demand that it be given in full –
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Ayah 3وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ
English Translation
but when they have to measure or weigh whatever they owe to others, give less than what is due!
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Ayah 4أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ
English Translation
Do they not know that they are bound to be raised from the dead
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Ayah 5لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍۢ
English Translation
[and called to account] on an awesome Day –
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Ayah 6يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
English Translation
the Day when all men shall stand before the Sustainer of all the worlds?
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Ayah 7كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلْفُجَّارِ لَفِى سِجِّينٍۢ
English Translation
NAY, VERILY, the record of the wicked is indeed [set down] in a mode inescapable!
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Ayah 8وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٌۭ
English Translation
And what could make thee conceive what that that mode inescapable will be?
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Ayah 9كِتَٰبٌۭ مَّرْقُومٌۭ
English Translation
A record [indelibly] inscribed!
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Ayah 10وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
English Translation
Woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth –
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Ayah 11ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
English Translation
those who give the lie to the [coming of] Judgment Day:
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Ayah 12وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
English Translation
for, none gives the lie to it but such as are wont to transgress against all that is [and are] immersed in sin:
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Ayah 13إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
English Translation
[and so,] whenever Our messages are conveyed to them, they but say, "Fables of ancient times!"
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Ayah 14كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ
English Translation
Nay, but their hearts are corroded by all [the evil] that they were wont to do!
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Ayah 15كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ
English Translation
Nay, verily, from [the grace of] their Sustainer shall they on that Day be debarred;
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Ayah 16ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُوا۟ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
English Translation
and then, behold, they shall enter the blazing fire
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Ayah 17ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ
English Translation
and be told: "This is the [very thing] to which you were wont to give the lie!"
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Ayah 18كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلْأَبْرَارِ لَفِى عِلِّيِّينَ
English Translation
NAY, VERILY - the record of the truly virtuous is [set down] in a mode most lofty!
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Ayah 19وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ
English Translation
And what could make thee conceive what that mode most lofty will be?
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Ayah 20كِتَٰبٌۭ مَّرْقُومٌۭ
English Translation
A record [indelibly] inscribed,
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Ayah 21يَشْهَدُهُ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ
English Translation
witnessed~ by all who have [ever] been drawn close unto God.
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Ayah 22إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ
English Translation
Behold, [in the life to come] the truly virtuous will indeed be in bliss:
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Ayah 23عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ
English Translation
[resting on couches, they will look up [to God]:
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Ayah 24تَعْرِفُ فِى وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
English Translation
upon their faces thou wilt see the brightness of bliss.
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Ayah 25يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍۢ مَّخْتُومٍ
English Translation
They will be given a drink of pure wine whereon the seal [of God] will have been set,
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Ayah 26خِتَٰمُهُۥ مِسْكٌۭ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلْمُتَنَٰفِسُونَ
English Translation
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:
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Ayah 27وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ
English Translation
for it is composed of all that is most exalting
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Ayah 28عَيْنًۭا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ
English Translation
a source [of bliss] whereof those who are drawn close unto God shall drink.
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Ayah 29إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا۟ كَانُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ يَضْحَكُونَ
English Translation
BEHOLD, those who have abandoned themselves to sin are wont to laugh at such as have attained to faith
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Ayah 30وَإِذَا مَرُّوا۟ بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ
English Translation
and whenever they pass by them, they wink at one another [derisively];
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Ayah 31وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُوا۟ فَكِهِينَ
English Translation
and whenever they return to people of their own kind, they return full of jests;
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Ayah 32وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ
English Translation
and whenever they see those [who believe,] they say, "Behold, these [people] have indeed gone astray!"
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Ayah 33وَمَآ أُرْسِلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ حَٰفِظِينَ
English Translation
And, withal, they have no call to watch over [the beliefs of] others...
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Ayah 34فَٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ
English Translation
But on the Day [of Judgment], they who had attained to faith will [be able to] laugh at the [erstwhile] deniers of the truth:
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Ayah 35عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ
English Translation
[for, resting in paradise] on couches, they will look on [and say to themselves]:
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Ayah 36هَلْ ثُوِّبَ ٱلْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ
English Translation
"Are these deniers of the truth being [thus] requited for [aught but] what they were wont to do?"
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