Mishkatمِشْكَاة

Surah 83 · Meccan · 36 verses · juz 30

Al-Mutaffifin سُورَةُ المُطَفِّفِينَ

Defrauding

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

وَيْلٌۭ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ ﴿1﴾

Woe unto the defrauders:

83:1 · Al-Mutaffifin · juz 30 · page 587 · tafsir at quran.com

ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكْتَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ ﴿2﴾

Those who when they take the measure from mankind demand it full,

83:2 · Al-Mutaffifin · juz 30 · page 587 · tafsir at quran.com

وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ ﴿3﴾

But if they measure unto them or weight for them, they cause them loss.

83:3 · Al-Mutaffifin · juz 30 · page 587 · tafsir at quran.com

أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ ﴿4﴾

Do such (men) not consider that they will be raised again

83:4 · Al-Mutaffifin · juz 30 · page 587 · tafsir at quran.com

لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍۢ ﴿5﴾

Unto an Awful Day,

83:5 · Al-Mutaffifin · juz 30 · page 587 · tafsir at quran.com

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ﴿6﴾

The day when (all) mankind stand before the Lord of the Worlds?

83:6 · Al-Mutaffifin · juz 30 · page 587 · tafsir at quran.com

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلْفُجَّارِ لَفِى سِجِّينٍۢ ﴿7﴾

Nay, but the record of the vile is in Sijjin -

83:7 · Al-Mutaffifin · juz 30 · page 588 · tafsir at quran.com

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٌۭ ﴿8﴾

Ah! what will convey unto thee what Sijjin is! -

83:8 · Al-Mutaffifin · juz 30 · page 588 · tafsir at quran.com

كِتَٰبٌۭ مَّرْقُومٌۭ ﴿9﴾

A written record.

83:9 · Al-Mutaffifin · juz 30 · page 588 · tafsir at quran.com

وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿10﴾

Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

83:10 · Al-Mutaffifin · juz 30 · page 588 · tafsir at quran.com

ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿11﴾

Those who deny the Day of Judgment

83:11 · Al-Mutaffifin · juz 30 · page 588 · tafsir at quran.com

وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ ﴿12﴾

Which none denieth save each criminal transgressor,

83:12 · Al-Mutaffifin · juz 30 · page 588 · tafsir at quran.com

إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿13﴾

Who, when thou readest unto him Our revelations, saith: (Mere) fables of the men of old.

83:13 · Al-Mutaffifin · juz 30 · page 588 · tafsir at quran.com

كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ ﴿14﴾

Nay, but that which they have earned is rust upon their hearts.

83:14 · Al-Mutaffifin · juz 30 · page 588 · tafsir at quran.com

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ ﴿15﴾

Nay, but surely on that day they will be covered from (the mercy of) their Lord.

83:15 · Al-Mutaffifin · juz 30 · page 588 · tafsir at quran.com

ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُوا۟ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ﴿16﴾

Then lo! they verily will burn in hell,

83:16 · Al-Mutaffifin · juz 30 · page 588 · tafsir at quran.com

ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ﴿17﴾

And it will be said (unto them): This is that which ye used to deny.

83:17 · Al-Mutaffifin · juz 30 · page 588 · tafsir at quran.com

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلْأَبْرَارِ لَفِى عِلِّيِّينَ ﴿18﴾

Nay, but the record of the righteous is in 'Illiyin -

83:18 · Al-Mutaffifin · juz 30 · page 588 · tafsir at quran.com

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ ﴿19﴾

Ah, what will convey unto thee what 'Illiyin is! -

83:19 · Al-Mutaffifin · juz 30 · page 588 · tafsir at quran.com

كِتَٰبٌۭ مَّرْقُومٌۭ ﴿20﴾

A written record,

83:20 · Al-Mutaffifin · juz 30 · page 588 · tafsir at quran.com

يَشْهَدُهُ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ ﴿21﴾

Attested by those who are brought near (unto their Lord).

83:21 · Al-Mutaffifin · juz 30 · page 588 · tafsir at quran.com

إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ ﴿22﴾

Lo! the righteous verily are in delight,

83:22 · Al-Mutaffifin · juz 30 · page 588 · tafsir at quran.com

عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ ﴿23﴾

On couches, gazing,

83:23 · Al-Mutaffifin · juz 30 · page 588 · tafsir at quran.com

تَعْرِفُ فِى وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ﴿24﴾

Thou wilt know in their faces the radiance of delight.

83:24 · Al-Mutaffifin · juz 30 · page 588 · tafsir at quran.com

يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍۢ مَّخْتُومٍ ﴿25﴾

They are given to drink of a pure wine, sealed,

83:25 · Al-Mutaffifin · juz 30 · page 588 · tafsir at quran.com

خِتَٰمُهُۥ مِسْكٌۭ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلْمُتَنَٰفِسُونَ ﴿26﴾

Whose seal is musk - for this let (all) those strive who strive for bliss -

83:26 · Al-Mutaffifin · juz 30 · page 588 · tafsir at quran.com

وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ ﴿27﴾

And mixed with water of Tasnim,

83:27 · Al-Mutaffifin · juz 30 · page 588 · tafsir at quran.com

عَيْنًۭا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ ﴿28﴾

A spring whence those brought near (to Allah) drink.

83:28 · Al-Mutaffifin · juz 30 · page 588 · tafsir at quran.com

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا۟ كَانُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ يَضْحَكُونَ ﴿29﴾

Lo! the guilty used to laugh at those who believed,

83:29 · Al-Mutaffifin · juz 30 · page 588 · tafsir at quran.com

وَإِذَا مَرُّوا۟ بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ ﴿30﴾

And wink one to another when they passed them;

83:30 · Al-Mutaffifin · juz 30 · page 588 · tafsir at quran.com

وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُوا۟ فَكِهِينَ ﴿31﴾

And when they returned to their own folk, they returned jesting;

83:31 · Al-Mutaffifin · juz 30 · page 588 · tafsir at quran.com

وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ ﴿32﴾

And when they saw them they said: Lo! these have gone astray.

83:32 · Al-Mutaffifin · juz 30 · page 588 · tafsir at quran.com

وَمَآ أُرْسِلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ حَٰفِظِينَ ﴿33﴾

Yet they were not sent as guardians over them.

83:33 · Al-Mutaffifin · juz 30 · page 588 · tafsir at quran.com

فَٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ ﴿34﴾

This day it is those who believe who have the laugh of disbelievers,

83:34 · Al-Mutaffifin · juz 30 · page 588 · tafsir at quran.com

عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ ﴿35﴾

On high couches, gazing.

83:35 · Al-Mutaffifin · juz 30 · page 589 · tafsir at quran.com

هَلْ ثُوِّبَ ٱلْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ ﴿36﴾

Are not the disbelievers paid for what they used to do?

83:36 · Al-Mutaffifin · juz 30 · page 589 · tafsir at quran.com

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