Defrauding, The Defrauders, The Cheats, Cheating — Yusuf Ali Orig 1938 Translation – Parallel Quran

1 Default in Duty

وَيْلٌ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Woe to those that deal in fraud,

Waylun lilmutaffifeena

الَّذِينَ إِذَا اكْتَالُوا عَلَى النَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Those who, when they have to receive by measure from men, exact full measure

Allatheena itha iktaloo AAala alnnasi yastawfoona

وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

But when they have to give by measure or weight to men, give less than due

Wa-itha kaloohum aw wazanoohum yukhsiroona

أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُولَٰئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Do they not think that they will be called to account?

Ala yathunnu ola-ika annahum mabAAoothoona

لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

On a Mighty Day

Liyawmin AAatheemin

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ النَّاسُ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

A Day when (all) mankind will stand before the Lord of the Worlds

Yawma yaqoomu alnnasu lirabbi alAAalameena

كَلَّا إِنَّ كِتَابَ الْفُجَّارِ لَفِي سِجِّينٍ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Day! Surely the record of the wicked is (preserved) in Sijjin

Kalla inna kitaba alfujjari lafee sijjeenin

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And what will explain to thee what Sijjin is

Wama adraka ma sijjeenun

كِتَابٌ مَّرْقُومٌ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

(There is) a Register (fully) inscribed

Kitabun marqoomun

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Woe, that Day, to those that deny

Waylun yawma-ithin lilmukaththibeena

الَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Those that deny the Day of Judgment

Allatheena yukaththiboona biyawmi alddeeni

وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And none can deny it but the Transgressor beyond bounds the Sinner

Wama yukaththibu bihi illa kullu muAAtadin atheemin

إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

When Our Signs are rehearsed to him, he says, "Tales of the ancients!"

Itha tutla AAalayhi ayatuna qala asateeru al-awwaleena

كَلَّا بَلْ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

By no means! but on their hearts is the stain of the (ill) which they do

Kalla bal rana AAala quloobihim ma kanoo yaksiboona

كَلَّا إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Verily, from (the Light of) their Lord, that Day, will they be veiled

Kalla innahum AAan rabbihim yawma-ithin lamahjooboona

ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُو الْجَحِيمِ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Further, they will enter the Fire of Hell

Thumma innahum lasaloo aljaheemi

ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا الَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِ تُكَذِّبُونَ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Further, it will be said to them: "This is the (reality) which ye rejected as false

Thumma yuqalu hatha allathee kuntum bihi tukaththiboona

كَلَّا إِنَّ كِتَابَ الْأَبْرَارِ لَفِي عِلِّيِّينَ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Day, verily the record of the Righteous is (preserved) in 'Illiyin

Kalla inna kitaba al-abrari lafee AAilliyyeena

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And what will explain to thee what 'Illiyun is

Wama adraka ma AAilliyyoona

كِتَابٌ مَّرْقُومٌ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

(There is) a Register (fully) inscribed

Kitabun marqoomun

يَشْهَدُهُ الْمُقَرَّبُونَ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

To which bear witness those Nearest (to God)

Yashhaduhu almuqarraboona

إِنَّ الْأَبْرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Truly the Righteous will be in Bliss

Inna al-abrara lafee naAAeemin

عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنظُرُونَ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

On Thrones (of Dignity) will they command a sight (of all things)

AAala al-ara-iki yanthuroona

تَعْرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ النَّعِيمِ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Thou wilt recognise in their faces the beaming brightness of Bliss

TaAArifu fee wujoohihim nadrata alnnaAAeemi

يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍ مَّخْتُومٍ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Their thirst will be slaked with Pure Wine sealed

Yusqawna min raheeqin makhtoomin

خِتَامُهُ مِسْكٌ وَفِي ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ الْمُتَنَافِسُونَ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

The seal thereof will be Musk: And for this let those aspire, who have aspirations

Khitamuhu miskun wafee thalika falyatanafasi almutanafisoona

وَمِزَاجُهُ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

With it will be (given) a mixture of Tasnim

Wamizajuhu min tasneemin

عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا الْمُقَرَّبُونَ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

A spring, from (the waters) whereof drink those Nearest to God

AAaynan yashrabu biha almuqarraboona

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا كَانُوا مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يَضْحَكُونَ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Those in sin used to laugh at those who believed

Inna allatheena ajramoo kanoo mina allatheena amanoo yadhakoona

وَإِذَا مَرُّوا بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And whenever they passed by them, used to wink at each other (in mockery)

Wa-itha marroo bihim yataghamazoona

وَإِذَا انقَلَبُوا إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِمُ انقَلَبُوا فَكِهِينَ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And when they returned to their own people, they would return jesting

Wa-itha inqalaboo ila ahlihimu inqalaboo fakiheena

وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوا إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ لَضَالُّونَ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And whenever they saw them, they would say, "Behold! These are the people truly astray!"

Wa-itha raawhum qaloo inna haola-i ladalloona

وَمَا أُرْسِلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ حَافِظِينَ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

But they had not been sent as keepers over them

Wama orsiloo AAalayhim hafitheena

فَالْيَوْمَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

But on this Day the Believers will laugh at the Unbelievers

Faalyawma allatheena amanoo mina alkuffari yadhakoona

عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنظُرُونَ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

On Thrones (of Dignity) they will command (a sight) (of all things)

AAala al-ara-iki yanthuroona

هَلْ ثُوِّبَ الْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا يَفْعَلُونَ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Will not the Unbelievers have been paid back for what they did

Hal thuwwiba alkuffaru ma kanoo yafAAaloona

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