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المُطَفِّفِين

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

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

36 verses Meccan
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83:1 ›
وَيْلٌ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Woe to the curtailer
Waylun lilmutaffifeena
83:2 ›
الَّذِينَ إِذَا اكْتَالُوا عَلَى النَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
who, when they measure something to receive from people, take it in full
Allatheena itha iktaloo AAala alnnasi yastawfoona
83:3 ›
وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
and when they measure or weigh something to give it to them, give less than due
Wa-itha kaloohum aw wazanoohum yukhsiroona
83:4 ›
أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُولَٰئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Do they not think that they have to be raised u
Ala yathunnu ola-ika annahum mabAAoothoona
83:5 ›
لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
on a Great Day
Liyawmin AAatheemin
83:6 ›
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ النَّاسُ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
the Day when all the people will stand before the Lord of the worlds
Yawma yaqoomu alnnasu lirabbi alAAalameena
83:7 ›
كَلَّا إِنَّ كِتَابَ الْفُجَّارِ لَفِي سِجِّينٍ
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Never! (i.e. they should never act in such a way.) Indeed the record of deeds of the sinners is in Sijjin
Kalla inna kitaba alfujjari lafee sijjeenin
83:8 ›
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
And what may let you know what Sijjin is
Wama adraka ma sijjeenun
83:9 ›
كِتَابٌ مَّرْقُومٌ
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
A register, inscribed
Kitabun marqoomun
83:10 ›
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Woe that day to the deniers
Waylun yawma-ithin lilmukaththibeena
83:11 ›
الَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
who deny the Day of Requital
Allatheena yukaththiboona biyawmi alddeeni
83:12 ›
وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
And none denies it but every sinful transgressor
Wama yukaththibu bihi illa kullu muAAtadin atheemin
83:13 ›
إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
When Our verses are recited to him, he says, .(These are) tales of the ancients
Itha tutla AAalayhi ayatuna qala asateeru al-awwaleena
83:14 ›
كَلَّا بَلْ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
No! But that which they used to commit has covered their hearts with rust
Kalla bal rana AAala quloobihim ma kanoo yaksiboona
83:15 ›
كَلَّا إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
No! Indeed they will be screened off from their Lord on that Day
Kalla innahum AAan rabbihim yawma-ithin lamahjooboona
83:16 ›
ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُو الْجَحِيمِ
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Then they will have to enter the Hell
Thumma innahum lasaloo aljaheemi
83:17 ›
ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا الَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِ تُكَذِّبُونَ
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Then it will be said, .This is what you used to deny
Thumma yuqalu hatha allathee kuntum bihi tukaththiboona
83:18 ›
كَلَّا إِنَّ كِتَابَ الْأَبْرَارِ لَفِي عِلِّيِّينَ
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
No! The record of deeds of the righteous is in ‘Illiyyun
Kalla inna kitaba al-abrari lafee AAilliyyeena
83:19 ›
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
And what may let you know what ‘Illiyyun is
Wama adraka ma AAilliyyoona
83:20 ›
كِتَابٌ مَّرْقُومٌ
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
A register inscribed
Kitabun marqoomun
83:21 ›
يَشْهَدُهُ الْمُقَرَّبُونَ
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
attended by those (angels) who are blessed with nearness to Allah
Yashhaduhu almuqarraboona
83:22 ›
إِنَّ الْأَبْرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Indeed the righteous will be in absolute bliss
Inna al-abrara lafee naAAeemin
83:23 ›
عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنظُرُونَ
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
While (sitting) on thrones they will be watching (the scenes of Paradise)
AAala al-ara-iki yanthuroona
83:24 ›
تَعْرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ النَّعِيمِ
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
You will recognize the glamour of bliss on their faces
TaAArifu fee wujoohihim nadrata alnnaAAeemi
83:25 ›
يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍ مَّخْتُومٍ
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
They will be served with a pure sealed wine to drink
Yusqawna min raheeqin makhtoomin
83:26 ›
خِتَامُهُ مِسْكٌ وَفِي ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ الْمُتَنَافِسُونَ
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
the seal of which will be of musk.___It is this (bliss) in aspiring for which the competitors should race each other
Khitamuhu miskun wafee thalika falyatanafasi almutanafisoona
83:27 ›
وَمِزَاجُهُ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
__and it will be blended with (a drink from) Tasnim
Wamizajuhu min tasneemin
83:28 ›
عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا الْمُقَرَّبُونَ
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
a spring from which will drink those who are blessed with nearness
AAaynan yashrabu biha almuqarraboona
83:29 ›
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا كَانُوا مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يَضْحَكُونَ
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Indeed those who were guilty used to laugh at those who believed
Inna allatheena ajramoo kanoo mina allatheena amanoo yadhakoona
83:30 ›
وَإِذَا مَرُّوا بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
and when they passed by them, they used to wink at one another
Wa-itha marroo bihim yataghamazoona
83:31 ›
وَإِذَا انقَلَبُوا إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِمُ انقَلَبُوا فَكِهِينَ
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
and when they went back to their family, they went enjoying their mockery
Wa-itha inqalaboo ila ahlihimu inqalaboo fakiheena
83:32 ›
وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوا إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ لَضَالُّونَ
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
and when they saw them, they said, .Surely these are the ones who have gone astray
Wa-itha raawhum qaloo inna haola-i ladalloona
83:33 ›
وَمَا أُرْسِلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ حَافِظِينَ
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
while they were not sent as watchmen over them
Wama orsiloo AAalayhim hafitheena
83:34 ›
فَالْيَوْمَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
So, today those who believed will laugh at the disbelievers
Faalyawma allatheena amanoo mina alkuffari yadhakoona
83:35 ›
عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنظُرُونَ
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
While (sitting) on thrones, they will be seein
AAala al-ara-iki yanthuroona
83:36 ›
هَلْ ثُوِّبَ الْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا يَفْعَلُونَ
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
whether the disbelievers have been paid back for what they used to do
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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