Defrauding, The Defrauders, The Cheats, Cheating — Muhammad Asad Translation – Parallel Quran

1 Default in Duty

وَيْلٌ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ

WOE UNTO THOSE who give short measure

Waylun lilmutaffifeena

الَّذِينَ إِذَا اكْتَالُوا عَلَى النَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ

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

Allatheena itha iktaloo AAala alnnasi yastawfoona

وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ

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

Wa-itha kaloohum aw wazanoohum yukhsiroona

أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُولَٰئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ

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

Ala yathunnu ola-ika annahum mabAAoothoona

لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

[and called to account] on an awesome Day –

Liyawmin AAatheemin

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ النَّاسُ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

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

Yawma yaqoomu alnnasu lirabbi alAAalameena

كَلَّا إِنَّ كِتَابَ الْفُجَّارِ لَفِي سِجِّينٍ

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

Kalla inna kitaba alfujjari lafee sijjeenin

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ

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

Wama adraka ma sijjeenun

كِتَابٌ مَّرْقُومٌ

A record [indelibly] inscribed

Kitabun marqoomun

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

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

Waylun yawma-ithin lilmukaththibeena

الَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ

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

Allatheena yukaththiboona biyawmi alddeeni

وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ

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

Wama yukaththibu bihi illa kullu muAAtadin atheemin

إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ

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

Itha tutla AAalayhi ayatuna qala asateeru al-awwaleena

كَلَّا بَلْ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ

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

Kalla bal rana AAala quloobihim ma kanoo yaksiboona

كَلَّا إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ

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

Kalla innahum AAan rabbihim yawma-ithin lamahjooboona

ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُو الْجَحِيمِ

and then, behold, they shall enter the blazing fir

Thumma innahum lasaloo aljaheemi

ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا الَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِ تُكَذِّبُونَ

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

Thumma yuqalu hatha allathee kuntum bihi tukaththiboona

كَلَّا إِنَّ كِتَابَ الْأَبْرَارِ لَفِي عِلِّيِّينَ

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

Kalla inna kitaba al-abrari lafee AAilliyyeena

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ

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

Wama adraka ma AAilliyyoona

كِتَابٌ مَّرْقُومٌ

A record [indelibly] inscribed

Kitabun marqoomun

يَشْهَدُهُ الْمُقَرَّبُونَ

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

Yashhaduhu almuqarraboona

إِنَّ الْأَبْرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ

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

Inna al-abrara lafee naAAeemin

عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنظُرُونَ

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

AAala al-ara-iki yanthuroona

تَعْرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ النَّعِيمِ

upon their faces thou wilt see the brightness of bliss

TaAArifu fee wujoohihim nadrata alnnaAAeemi

يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍ مَّخْتُومٍ

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

Yusqawna min raheeqin makhtoomin

خِتَامُهُ مِسْكٌ وَفِي ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ الْمُتَنَافِسُونَ

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

Khitamuhu miskun wafee thalika falyatanafasi almutanafisoona

وَمِزَاجُهُ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ

for it is composed of all that is most exaltin

Wamizajuhu min tasneemin

عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا الْمُقَرَّبُونَ

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

AAaynan yashrabu biha almuqarraboona

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا كَانُوا مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يَضْحَكُونَ

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

Inna allatheena ajramoo kanoo mina allatheena amanoo yadhakoona

وَإِذَا مَرُّوا بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ

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

Wa-itha marroo bihim yataghamazoona

وَإِذَا انقَلَبُوا إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِمُ انقَلَبُوا فَكِهِينَ

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

Wa-itha inqalaboo ila ahlihimu inqalaboo fakiheena

وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوا إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ لَضَالُّونَ

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

Wa-itha raawhum qaloo inna haola-i ladalloona

وَمَا أُرْسِلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ حَافِظِينَ

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

Wama orsiloo AAalayhim hafitheena

فَالْيَوْمَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ

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

Faalyawma allatheena amanoo mina alkuffari yadhakoona

عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنظُرُونَ

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

AAala al-ara-iki yanthuroona

هَلْ ثُوِّبَ الْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا يَفْعَلُونَ

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

Hal thuwwiba alkuffaru ma kanoo yafAAaloona

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