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المُطَفِّفِين

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

36 verses Meccan
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83:1 ›
وَيْلٌ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ
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Woe to those who give short measure.
Waylun lilmutaffifeena
83:2 ›
الَّذِينَ إِذَا اكْتَالُوا عَلَى النَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ
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Those who when they take measure from mankind, they take in full,
Allatheena itha iktaloo AAala alnnasi yastawfoona
83:3 ›
وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ
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And when they measure for them or weigh for them, they cause loss.
Wa-itha kaloohum aw wazanoohum yukhsiroona
83:4 ›
أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُولَٰئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ
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Do those not think that they will be raised
Ala yathunnu ola-ika annahum mabAAoothoona
83:5 ›
لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
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To a great day?
Liyawmin AAatheemin
83:6 ›
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ النَّاسُ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
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A day mankind will stand before the Lord of the worlds.
Yawma yaqoomu alnnasu lirabbi alAAalameena
83:7 ›
كَلَّا إِنَّ كِتَابَ الْفُجَّارِ لَفِي سِجِّينٍ
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Not so, indeed, the book of the wicked is surely in sijjin.
Kalla inna kitaba alfujjari lafee sijjeenin
83:8 ›
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ
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And what will make you know what sijjin is?
Wama adraka ma sijjeenun
83:9 ›
كِتَابٌ مَّرْقُومٌ
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A written book.
Kitabun marqoomun
83:10 ›
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
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Woe on that day to those who say it is a lie!
Waylun yawma-ithin lilmukaththibeena
83:11 ›
الَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ
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Those who say the Day of Judgment is a lie.
Allatheena yukaththiboona biyawmi alddeeni
83:12 ›
وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
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And none will say it is a lie except every sinful transgressor,
Wama yukaththibu bihi illa kullu muAAtadin atheemin
83:13 ›
إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
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When Our signs are recited to him, he says, 'Legends of the former people.'
Itha tutla AAalayhi ayatuna qala asateeru al-awwaleena
83:14 ›
كَلَّا بَلْ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ
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Not so, nay, what they used to earn is rust upon their hearts.
Kalla bal rana AAala quloobihim ma kanoo yaksiboona
83:15 ›
كَلَّا إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ
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Not so, indeed, they surely are veiled from their Lord on that day.
Kalla innahum AAan rabbihim yawma-ithin lamahjooboona
83:16 ›
ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُو الْجَحِيمِ
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Then, indeed, they surely will broil in the Hellfire.
Thumma innahum lasaloo aljaheemi
83:17 ›
ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا الَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِ تُكَذِّبُونَ
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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
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Not so, indeed, the book of the righteous is surely in illiyun.
Kalla inna kitaba al-abrari lafee AAilliyyeena
83:19 ›
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ
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And what will make you know what illiyun is?
Wama adraka ma AAilliyyoona
83:20 ›
كِتَابٌ مَّرْقُومٌ
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A written book.
Kitabun marqoomun
83:21 ›
يَشْهَدُهُ الْمُقَرَّبُونَ
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Those who are brought near witness it.
Yashhaduhu almuqarraboona
83:22 ›
إِنَّ الْأَبْرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ
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Indeed the righteous are surely in pleasure,
Inna al-abrara lafee naAAeemin
83:23 ›
عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنظُرُونَ
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On raised couches, they will look.
AAala al-ara-iki yanthuroona
83:24 ›
تَعْرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ النَّعِيمِ
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You will recognise in their faces the brightness of pleasure.
TaAArifu fee wujoohihim nadrata alnnaAAeemi
83:25 ›
يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍ مَّخْتُومٍ
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They will be given to drink of sealed pure wine.
Yusqawna min raheeqin makhtoomin
83:26 ›
خِتَامُهُ مِسْكٌ وَفِي ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ الْمُتَنَافِسُونَ
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Its seal is musk. And for that then let the aspirers aspire.
Khitamuhu miskun wafee thalika falyatanafasi almutanafisoona
83:27 ›
وَمِزَاجُهُ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ
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And its mixture is of Tasnim,
Wamizajuhu min tasneemin
83:28 ›
عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا الْمُقَرَّبُونَ
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A spring. Those who are brought near will drink from it.
AAaynan yashrabu biha almuqarraboona
83:29 ›
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا كَانُوا مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يَضْحَكُونَ
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Indeed, those who sinned used to laugh at those who believed.
Inna allatheena ajramoo kanoo mina allatheena amanoo yadhakoona
83:30 ›
وَإِذَا مَرُّوا بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ
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And when they pass by them they make signs to one another with their eyes.
Wa-itha marroo bihim yataghamazoona
83:31 ›
وَإِذَا انقَلَبُوا إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِمُ انقَلَبُوا فَكِهِينَ
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And when they turn over to their people, they turn over jesting.
Wa-itha inqalaboo ila ahlihimu inqalaboo fakiheena
83:32 ›
وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوا إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ لَضَالُّونَ
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And when they see them they say, 'Indeed, these surely err.'
Wa-itha raawhum qaloo inna haola-i ladalloona
83:33 ›
وَمَا أُرْسِلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ حَافِظِينَ
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And they were not sent as guardians over them.
Wama orsiloo AAalayhim hafitheena
83:34 ›
فَالْيَوْمَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ
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So today those who believed will laugh at the disbelievers,
Faalyawma allatheena amanoo mina alkuffari yadhakoona
83:35 ›
عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنظُرُونَ
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On raised couches, they will look.
AAala al-ara-iki yanthuroona
83:36 ›
هَلْ ثُوِّبَ الْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا يَفْعَلُونَ
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Are the disbelievers rewarded 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

Themes in This Surah

Fraud Accountability Paradise Hellfire

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