This page contains the Arabic text, audio recitation, and English - Yusuf Ali translation of Surah Al-Mutaffifin (Those Who Deal in Fraud).
وَیۡلࣱ لِّلۡمُطَفِّفِینَ
﴿١﴾
Woe to those that deal in fraud,-(1)
Tafseer:
ٱلَّذِینَ إِذَا ٱكۡتَالُواْ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ یَسۡتَوۡفُونَ
﴿٢﴾
Those who, when they have to receive by measure from men, exact full measure,(2)
Tafseer:
وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمۡ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمۡ یُخۡسِرُونَ
﴿٣﴾
But when they have to give by measure or weight to men, give less than due.(3)
Tafseer:
أَلَا یَظُنُّ أُوْلَـٰۤىِٕكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبۡعُوثُونَ
﴿٤﴾
Do they not think that they will be called to account?-(4)
Tafseer:
لِیَوۡمٍ عَظِیمࣲ
﴿٥﴾
On a Mighty Day,(5)
Tafseer:
یَوۡمَ یَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ
﴿٦﴾
A Day when (all) mankind will stand before the Lord of the Worlds?(6)
Tafseer:
كَلَّاۤ إِنَّ كِتَـٰبَ ٱلۡفُجَّارِ لَفِی سِجِّینࣲ
﴿٧﴾
Nay! Surely the record of the wicked is (preserved) in Sijjin.(7)
Tafseer:
وَمَاۤ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّینࣱ
﴿٨﴾
And what will explain to thee what Sijjin is?(8)
Tafseer:
كِتَـٰبࣱ مَّرۡقُومࣱ
﴿٩﴾
(There is) a Register (fully) inscribed.(9)
Tafseer:
وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ
﴿١٠﴾
Woe, that Day, to those that deny-(10)
Tafseer:
ٱلَّذِینَ یُكَذِّبُونَ بِیَوۡمِ ٱلدِّینِ
﴿١١﴾
Those that deny the Day of Judgment.(11)
Tafseer:
وَمَا یُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦۤ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعۡتَدٍ أَثِیمٍ
﴿١٢﴾
And none can deny it but the Transgressor beyond bounds the Sinner!(12)
Tafseer:
إِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَیۡهِ ءَایَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِیرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ
﴿١٣﴾
When Our Signs are rehearsed to him, he says, "Tales of the ancients!"(13)
Tafseer:
كَلَّاۖ بَلۡۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُواْ یَكۡسِبُونَ
﴿١٤﴾
By no means! but on their hearts is the stain of the (ill) which they do!(14)
Tafseer:
كَلَّاۤ إِنَّهُمۡ عَن رَّبِّهِمۡ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لَّمَحۡجُوبُونَ
﴿١٥﴾
Verily, from (the Light of) their Lord, that Day, will they be veiled.(15)
Tafseer:
ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمۡ لَصَالُواْ ٱلۡجَحِیمِ
﴿١٦﴾
Further, they will enter the Fire of Hell.(16)
Tafseer:
ثُمَّ یُقَالُ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِی كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ
﴿١٧﴾
Further, it will be said to them: "This is the (reality) which ye rejected as false!(17)
Tafseer:
كَلَّاۤ إِنَّ كِتَـٰبَ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارِ لَفِی عِلِّیِّینَ
﴿١٨﴾
Day, verily the record of the Righteous is (preserved) in 'Illiyin.(18)
Tafseer:
وَمَاۤ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّیُّونَ
﴿١٩﴾
And what will explain to thee what 'Illiyun is?(19)
Tafseer:
كِتَـٰبࣱ مَّرۡقُومࣱ
﴿٢٠﴾
(There is) a Register (fully) inscribed,(20)
Tafseer:
یَشۡهَدُهُ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ
﴿٢١﴾
To which bear witness those Nearest (to Allah).(21)
Tafseer:
إِنَّ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارَ لَفِی نَعِیمٍ
﴿٢٢﴾
Truly the Righteous will be in Bliss:(22)
Tafseer:
عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَاۤىِٕكِ یَنظُرُونَ
﴿٢٣﴾
On Thrones (of Dignity) will they command a sight (of all things):(23)
Tafseer:
تَعۡرِفُ فِی وُجُوهِهِمۡ نَضۡرَةَ ٱلنَّعِیمِ
﴿٢٤﴾
Thou wilt recognise in their faces the beaming brightness of Bliss.(24)
Tafseer:
یُسۡقَوۡنَ مِن رَّحِیقࣲ مَّخۡتُومٍ
﴿٢٥﴾
Their thirst will be slaked with Pure Wine sealed:(25)
Tafseer:
خِتَـٰمُهُۥ مِسۡكࣱۚ وَفِی ذَ ٰلِكَ فَلۡیَتَنَافَسِ ٱلۡمُتَنَـٰفِسُونَ
﴿٢٦﴾
The seal thereof will be Musk: And for this let those aspire, who have aspirations:(26)
Tafseer:
وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسۡنِیمٍ
﴿٢٧﴾
With it will be (given) a mixture of Tasnim:(27)
Tafseer:
عَیۡنࣰا یَشۡرَبُ بِهَا ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ
﴿٢٨﴾
A spring, from (the waters) whereof drink those Nearest to Allah.(28)
Tafseer:
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِینَ أَجۡرَمُواْ كَانُواْ مِنَ ٱلَّذِینَ ءَامَنُواْ یَضۡحَكُونَ
﴿٢٩﴾
Those in sin used to laugh at those who believed,(29)
Tafseer:
وَإِذَا مَرُّواْ بِهِمۡ یَتَغَامَزُونَ
﴿٣٠﴾
And whenever they passed by them, used to wink at each other (in mockery);(30)
Tafseer:
وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوۤاْ إِلَىٰۤ أَهۡلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُواْ فَكِهِینَ
﴿٣١﴾
And when they returned to their own people, they would return jesting;(31)
Tafseer:
وَإِذَا رَأَوۡهُمۡ قَالُوۤاْ إِنَّ هَـٰۤؤُلَاۤءِ لَضَاۤلُّونَ
﴿٣٢﴾
And whenever they saw them, they would say, "Behold! These are the people truly astray!"(32)
Tafseer:
وَمَاۤ أُرۡسِلُواْ عَلَیۡهِمۡ حَـٰفِظِینَ
﴿٣٣﴾
But they had not been sent as keepers over them!(33)
Tafseer:
فَٱلۡیَوۡمَ ٱلَّذِینَ ءَامَنُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡكُفَّارِ یَضۡحَكُونَ
﴿٣٤﴾
But on this Day the Believers will laugh at the Unbelievers:(34)
Tafseer:
عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَاۤىِٕكِ یَنظُرُونَ
﴿٣٥﴾
On Thrones (of Dignity) they will command (a sight) (of all things).(35)
Tafseer:
هَلۡ ثُوِّبَ ٱلۡكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُواْ یَفۡعَلُونَ
﴿٣٦﴾
Will not the Unbelievers have been paid back for what they did?(36)
Tafseer: