بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
وَيۡلٞ لِّلۡمُطَفِّفِينَ ١
Woe to those who give short measure,
ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكۡتَالُواْ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسۡتَوۡفُونَ ٢
who demand of other people full measure for themselves,
وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمۡ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمۡ يُخۡسِرُونَ ٣
but give less than they should when it is they who weigh or measure for others!
أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبۡعُوثُونَ ٤
Do these people not realize that they will be raised up
لِيَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٖ ٥
on a mighty Day,
يَوۡمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٦
a Day when everyone will stand before the Lord of the Worlds?
كـَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلۡفُجَّارِ لَفِي سِجِّينٖ ٧
No indeed! The list of the wicked is in Sijjin––
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٞ ٨
what will explain to you what Sijjin is?––
كِتَٰبٞ مَّرۡقُومٞ ٩
a clearly numbered list.
وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ١٠
Woe on that day to the deniers,
ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ ١١
those who deny the Day of Judgement!
وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعۡتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ ١٢
Only the evil aggressor denies it:
إِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٣
when Our revelations are recited to him, he says, ‘Ancient fables!’
كـَلَّاۖ بَلۡۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ ١٤
No indeed! Their hearts are encrusted with what they have done.
كـَلَّآ إِنَّهُمۡ عَن رَّبِّهِمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّمَحۡجُوبُونَ ١٥
No indeed! On that Day they will be screened off from their Lord,
ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمۡ لَصَالُواْ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ١٦
they will burn in Hell,
ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ١٧
and they will be told, ‘This is what you called a lie.’
كـَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارِ لَفِي عِلِّيِّينَ ١٨
No indeed! The list of the truly good is in 'Illiyyin––
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ ١٩
what will explain to you what 'Illiyyin is?––
كِتَٰبٞ مَّرۡقُومٞ ٢٠
a clearly written list,
يَشۡهَدُهُ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ ٢١
witnessed by those brought near.
إِنَّ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ ٢٢
The truly good will live in bliss,
عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ ٢٣
seated on couches, gazing around.
تَعۡرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِهِمۡ نَضۡرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ٢٤
You will recognize on their faces the radiance of bliss.
يُسۡقَوۡنَ مِن رَّحِيقٖ مَّخۡتُومٍ ٢٥
They will be served a sealed nectar,
خِتَٰمُهُۥ مِسۡكٞۚ وَفِي ذَٰلِكَ فَلۡيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلۡمُتَنَٰفِسُونَ ٢٦
its seal [perfumed with] a fragrant herb––let those who strive, strive for this––
وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسۡنِيمٍ ٢٧
mixed with the water of Tasnim,
عَيۡنٗا يَشۡرَبُ بِهَا ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ ٢٨
a spring from which those brought near will drink.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجۡرَمُواْ كَانُواْ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ يَضۡحَكُونَ ٢٩
The wicked used to laugh at the believers––
وَإِذَا مَرُّواْ بِهِمۡ يَتَغَامَزُونَ ٣٠
they would wink at one another when the believers passed by them,
وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓاْ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُواْ فَكِهِينَ ٣١
joke about them when they got back to their own people,
وَإِذَا رَأَوۡهُمۡ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ ٣٢
and say, when they saw them, ‘These people are misguided,’
وَمَآ أُرۡسِلُواْ عَلَيۡهِمۡ حَٰفِظِينَ ٣٣
though they were not sent to be their keepers-
فَٱلۡيَوۡمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡكُفَّارِ يَضۡحَكُونَ ٣٤
so today the believers are laughing at the disbelievers
عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ ٣٥
as they sit on couches, gazing around.
هَلۡ ثُوِّبَ ٱلۡكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُواْ يَفۡعَلُونَ ٣٦
Have the disbelievers [not] been repaid for their deeds?
Translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem · Recitation: Mahmoud Khalil Al-Husary · Quran.Foundation