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83. Al-Mutaffifin - The Defrauding
| 1 | Woe to the stinters who, |
| 2 | when they measure against the people, take full measure |
| 3 | but, when they measure for them or weigh for them, do skimp. |
| 4 | Do those not think that they shall be raised up |
| 5 | unto a mighty day |
| 6 | a day when mankind shall stand before the Lord of all Being? |
| 7 | No indeed; the Book of the libertines is in Sijjin; |
| 8 | and what shall teach thee what is Sijjin? |
| 9 | A book inscribed. |
| 10 | Woe that day unto those who cry it lies, |
| 11 | who cry lies to the Day of Doom; |
| 12 | and none cries lies to it but every guilty aggressor. |
| 13 | When our signs are recited to him, he says, 'Fairy-tales of the ancients!' |
| 14 | No indeed; but that they were earning has rusted upon their hearts. |
| 15 | No indeed; but upon that day they shall be veiled from their Lord, |
| 16 | then they shall roast in Hell. |
| 17 | Then it shall be said to them, 'This is that you cried lies to.' |
| 18 | No indeed; the book of the pious is in Illiyun; |
| 19 | and what shall teach thee what is Illiyun? |
| 20 | A book inscribed, |
| 21 | witnessed by those brought nigh. |
| 22 | Surely the pious shall be in bliss, |
| 23 | upon couches gazing; |
| 24 | thou knowest in their faces the radiancy of bliss |
| 25 | as they are given to drink of a wine sealed |
| 26 | whose seal is musk -- so after that let the strivers strive -- |
| 27 | and whose mixture is Tasnim, |
| 28 | a fountain at which do drink those brought nigh. |
| 29 | Behold, the sinners were laughing at the believers, |
| 30 | when them passed them by winking at one another, |
| 31 | and when they returned to their people they returned blithely, |
| 32 | and when they saw them they said, 'Lo, these men are astray!' |
| 33 | Yet they were not sent as watchers over them. |
| 34 | So today the believers are laughing at the unbelievers, |
| 35 | upon couches gazing. |
| 36 | Have the unbelievers been rewarded what they were doing? |