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83. Al-Mutaffifin - The Defrauding
| 1 | WOE TO THOSE who give short measure, |
| 2 | Who insist on being given full when they take from others, |
| 3 | Whilst when they measure or weigh for them, give less. |
| 4 | Do they not think they will be raised (to life) again |
| 5 | On a grievous day, |
| 6 | The day all mankind will stand before the Lord of all the worlds? |
| 7 | Indeed the ledger of the wicked will be in (the lowest depths) Sijjin. |
| 8 | How will you comprehend what Sijjin is? |
| 9 | It is a (repository of) distinctly written record. |
| 10 | Ah the woe that day for those who deny, |
| 11 | Who call the Day of judgement a lie! |
| 12 | None denies it but the sinful transgressors. |
| 13 | When Our revelations are recited before him, he says: "These are fables of long ago." |
| 14 | No. In fact what they have been doing has rusted their hearts. |
| 15 | Therefore they will be screened off from their Lord that day, |
| 16 | Then they will indeed burn in Hell. |
| 17 | They will then be told: "This is what you had denied." |
| 18 | Surely the ledger of the pious will be in 'Illiyun (heights above the heights). |
| 19 | But how will you comprehend what 'Illiyun is? |
| 20 | It is a (repository of) distinctly written record |
| 21 | Witnessed by those who are honoured. |
| 22 | Verily the pious will be in heaven, |
| 23 | On couches face to face. |
| 24 | On their faces you will see the glow of beatitude. |
| 25 | They will be served the choicest wine, sealed |
| 26 | With a sealing of musk, which those who aspire for the best should desire, -- |
| 27 | Blended with the water of Tasnim, (heights ultimate of evolution), |
| 28 | A fountain from which only they who are honoured drink. |
| 29 | The sinners indeed laughed at believers |
| 30 | And winked at one another as they passed by them; |
| 31 | And when they went back to their people turned to make fun of them; |
| 32 | And when they saw them, they said: "They have indeed gone astray." |
| 33 | But they were not Sent to be guardians over them! |
| 34 | So, the believers will laugh at the infidels on that day, |
| 35 | Regarding them from their cushioned seats. |
| 36 | Will not the infidels pay for what they had done? |