Al-Mutaffifin
المطففين
The Defrauding · 36 ayahs
- 1
وَيْلٌ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ
Woe to the stinters;
- 2
ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكْتَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ
those who, when they take from others by measure, take their full share;
- 3
وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ
but who, when they measure or weigh for others, give less than their due.
- 4
أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ
Do they not realise that they will be raised to life
- 5
لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
on a Great Day,
- 6
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
a Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of the Universe?
- 7
كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَـٰبَ ٱلْفُجَّارِ لَفِى سِجِّينٍ
No indeed! Verily the deeds of the wicked are in the Record locked up in the prison-house!
- 8
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ
And how would you know what the Record of the prison-house is?
- 9
كِتَـٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ
It is a Book inscribed.
- 10
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Woe, then, to those that give the lie,