English - Chapter 83 - Al-Mutaffifin

Woe to the stinters

those who, when they take from others by measure, take their full share

but who, when they measure or weigh for others, give less than their due

Do they not realise that they will be raised to life

on a Great Day

a Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of the Universe

No indeed! Verily the deeds of the wicked are in the Record locked up in the prison-house

And how would you know what the Record of the prison-house is

It is a Book inscribed

Woe, then, to those that give the lie

those that give the lie to the Day of Recompense

Yet none gives the lie to it except the transgressor immersed in sin

who, when Our verses are recited to him, says: "Mere tales of olden times

No indeed! The truth is that their hearts have become rusted on account of their evil deeds

No indeed! On that Day they will be screened off from seeing their Lord

and then they shall enter Hell

whereafter they will be told: "This is what you used to give the lie to

No indeed! Verily, the deeds of the virtuous shall be in the record of the exalted ones

And what do you know what the Record of the exalted ones is

It is a Book inscribed

which the angels placed near Allah to safeguard

Verily the virtuous shall be in Bliss

resting on couches, looking around

You shall see upon their faces the glow of bliss

They will be served a drink of the finest sealed wine

whose seal is musk – so let all aspirants aspire after that –

a wine whose mixture is Tasnim

a fountain at which the chosen ones shall drink

Behold, the wicked were wont to laugh at the believers

when they passed by them they winked

and when they went back to their families, they went back jesting

and when they saw the believers, they said: "Lo! These are the erring ones

(they said so although) they had not been appointed watchers over them

But today the believers are laughing at the unbelievers

seated upon their couches, they are looking around

Have the unbelievers been duly rewarded for their deeds