English - Chapter 83 - Al-Mutaffifin

Woe to the stinters who

when they measure against the people, take full measure

but, when they measure for them or weigh for them, do skimp

Do those not think that they shall be raised up

unto a mighty day

a day when mankind shall stand before the Lord of all Being

No indeed; the Book of the libertines is in Sijjin

and what shall teach thee what is Sijjin

A book inscribed

Woe that day unto those who cry it lies

who cry lies to the Day of Doom

and none cries lies to it but every guilty aggressor

When our signs are recited to him, he says, 'Fairy-tales of the ancients

No indeed; but that they were earning has rusted upon their hearts

No indeed; but upon that day they shall be veiled from their Lord

then they shall roast in Hell

Then it shall be said to them, 'This is that you cried lies to

No indeed; the book of the pious is in Illiyun

and what shall teach thee what is Illiyun

A book inscribed

witnessed by those brought nigh

Surely the pious shall be in bliss

upon couches gazing

thou knowest in their faces the radiancy of bliss

as they are given to drink of a wine sealed

whose seal is musk -- so after that let the strivers strive

and whose mixture is Tasnim

a fountain at which do drink those brought nigh

Behold, the sinners were laughing at the believers

when them passed them by winking at one another

and when they returned to their people they returned blithely

and when they saw them they said, 'Lo, these men are astray

Yet they were not sent as watchers over them

So today the believers are laughing at the unbelievers

upon couches gazing

Have the unbelievers been rewarded what they were doing