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المُطَفِّفِين

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

Surah 83. Defrauding, The Defrauders, The Cheats, Cheating (al-Mutaffifin)

36 verses Meccan
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83:1 ›
وَيْلٌ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Woe to those who give less in measure or weight
Waylun lilmutaffifeena
83:2 ›
الَّذِينَ إِذَا اكْتَالُوا عَلَى النَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
When (they) take by measure from others, they take (from them) full
Allatheena itha iktaloo AAala alnnasi yastawfoona
83:3 ›
وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And when they (themselves) give by measure or weigh to others, they give them less
Wa-itha kaloohum aw wazanoohum yukhsiroona
83:4 ›
أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُولَٰئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Do they not believe that they will be raised up (again after death)
Ala yathunnu ola-ika annahum mabAAoothoona
83:5 ›
لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
For a Terrible Day
Liyawmin AAatheemin
83:6 ›
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ النَّاسُ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
The Day when all mankind will stand before the Lord of all the worlds
Yawma yaqoomu alnnasu lirabbi alAAalameena
83:7 ›
كَلَّا إِنَّ كِتَابَ الْفُجَّارِ لَفِي سِجِّينٍ
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
It is true that the record of the evildoers is kept in Sijjin (the ante-chamber of Hell)
Kalla inna kitaba alfujjari lafee sijjeenin
83:8 ›
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And what do you know what Sijjin is
Wama adraka ma sijjeenun
83:9 ›
كِتَابٌ مَّرْقُومٌ
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
It is an inscribed book (set down in the large ante-chamber of the prison of Hell, with the names and evil deeds of every inmate of Hell registered in it)
Kitabun marqoomun
83:10 ›
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Woe to the deniers on that Day
Waylun yawma-ithin lilmukaththibeena
83:11 ›
الَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Those who deny the Day of Recompense
Allatheena yukaththiboona biyawmi alddeeni
83:12 ›
وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And no one else denies it except every defiant and sinner
Wama yukaththibu bihi illa kullu muAAtadin atheemin
83:13 ›
إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
When Our Revelations are read out to him, he says (or thinks) that (they are) tales of the ancients
Itha tutla AAalayhi ayatuna qala asateeru al-awwaleena
83:14 ›
كَلَّا بَلْ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
That is not at all (the case); rather (the fact is that the evil deeds) which they earned have rusted their hearts. (The Revelations, therefore, do not move their hearts.
Kalla bal rana AAala quloobihim ma kanoo yaksiboona
83:15 ›
كَلَّا إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
The truth is that they will be screened off (to deprive them of) the sight of their Lord
Kalla innahum AAan rabbihim yawma-ithin lamahjooboona
83:16 ›
ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُو الْجَحِيمِ
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Then they will be cast into Hell
Thumma innahum lasaloo aljaheemi
83:17 ›
ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا الَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِ تُكَذِّبُونَ
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Then it will be said to them: ‘This is (the punishment of Hell) which you used to belie.
Thumma yuqalu hatha allathee kuntum bihi tukaththiboona
83:18 ›
كَلَّا إِنَّ كِتَابَ الْأَبْرَارِ لَفِي عِلِّيِّينَ
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
This is (also) true that the record of the truly pious is for sure maintained in ‘Illiyyin (the ante-chamber of Paradise)
Kalla inna kitaba al-abrari lafee AAilliyyeena
83:19 ›
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And what do you know what ‘Illiyyin is
Wama adraka ma AAilliyyoona
83:20 ›
كِتَابٌ مَّرْقُومٌ
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
It is an inscribed book (set down in the large ante-chamber of a lofty mansion of Paradise with the names and pious deeds of those who will be allocated superior stations in Paradise)
Kitabun marqoomun
83:21 ›
يَشْهَدُهُ الْمُقَرَّبُونَ
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
The angels closest (to Allah) remain present here
Yashhaduhu almuqarraboona
83:22 ›
إِنَّ الْأَبْرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Indeed, the truly pious, (joyful and glad,) will be in blissful Paradise
Inna al-abrara lafee naAAeemin
83:23 ›
عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنظُرُونَ
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Reclining on couches, enjoying the wonderful sights
AAala al-ara-iki yanthuroona
83:24 ›
تَعْرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ النَّعِيمِ
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
You will find on their faces the glow and freshness of bliss and delight
TaAArifu fee wujoohihim nadrata alnnaAAeemi
83:25 ›
يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍ مَّخْتُومٍ
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
They shall be served with securely sealed delicious and holy beverage
Yusqawna min raheeqin makhtoomin
83:26 ›
خِتَامُهُ مِسْكٌ وَفِي ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ الْمُتَنَافِسُونَ
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Its seal will be musk. And (it is this beverage which) all aspirants should hastily strive and compete to acquire. (Some seek the drink of bliss whilst others long for the drink of nearness, and still others yearn for the drink of countenance—all will be served according to their respective tastes)
Khitamuhu miskun wafee thalika falyatanafasi almutanafisoona
83:27 ›
وَمِزَاجُهُ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And this (beverage of Paradise) will be mixed with the water of Tasnim
Wamizajuhu min tasneemin
83:28 ›
عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا الْمُقَرَّبُونَ
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
(This Tasnim) is a fountain at which only those drawn close will drink
AAaynan yashrabu biha almuqarraboona
83:29 ›
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا كَانُوا مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يَضْحَكُونَ
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Surely (in the worldly life), the evildoers used to ridicule the believers
Inna allatheena ajramoo kanoo mina allatheena amanoo yadhakoona
83:30 ›
وَإِذَا مَرُّوا بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And winked at one another when they passed by them
Wa-itha marroo bihim yataghamazoona
83:31 ›
وَإِذَا انقَلَبُوا إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِمُ انقَلَبُوا فَكِهِينَ
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And when they went back to their families, they used to exult over the believers (by comparing the believers’ destitution and their own affluence) and returned speaking of them with jests
Wa-itha inqalaboo ila ahlihimu inqalaboo fakiheena
83:32 ›
وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوا إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ لَضَالُّونَ
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And when they (the arrogant people) saw these (the indigent believers), they used to say: ‘They have gone astray,’ (i.e., they have lost the world whilst the Hereafter is nothing but fiction.
Wa-itha raawhum qaloo inna haola-i ladalloona
83:33 ›
وَمَا أُرْسِلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ حَافِظِينَ
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Yet they had not been sent to watch over their (state of affairs)
Wama orsiloo AAalayhim hafitheena
83:34 ›
فَالْيَوْمَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
So (see) Today the believers are laughing at the disbelievers
Faalyawma allatheena amanoo mina alkuffari yadhakoona
83:35 ›
عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنظُرُونَ
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Reclining on ornamented couches, they are viewing the sight (comparing their own prosperity and the disbelievers’ impoverishment)
AAala al-ara-iki yanthuroona
83:36 ›
هَلْ ثُوِّبَ الْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا يَفْعَلُونَ
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
So, have the disbelievers been rewarded in full for (the mockery), which they used to inflict upon (the believers)
Hal thuwwiba alkuffaru ma kanoo yafAAaloona
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Surah
Defrauding, The Defrauders, The Cheats, Cheating
Verses
36
Revelation
Meccan
Juz
30
Translations
65

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Fraud Accountability Paradise Hellfire

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