The Qur'an, 83. at-Tatfif
83. at-Tatfif: The Defrauders
1 Woe unto the defrauders:
2 Those who when they take the
measure from mankind demand it full,
3 But if they measure unto them
or weight for them, they cause them loss.
4 Do such (men) not consider
that they will be raised again
5 Unto an Awful Day,
6 The day when (all) mankind
stand before the Lord of the Worlds ?
7 Nay, but the record of the
vile is in Sijjin -
8 Ah! what will convey unto
thee what Sijjin is! -
9 A written record.
10 Woe unto the repudiators
on that day!
11 Those who deny the Day of
Judgment
12 Which none denieth save each
criminal transgressor,
13 Who, when thou readest unto
him Our revelations, saith: (Mere) fables of the men of old.
14 Nay, but that which they
have earned is rust upon their hearts.
15 Nay, but surely on that day
they will be covered from (the mercy of) their Lord.
16 Then lo! they verily will
burn in hell,
17 And it will be said (unto
them): This is that which ye used to deny.
18 Nay, but the record of the
righteous is in 'Illiyin -
19 Ah, what will convey unto
thee what 'Illiyin is! -
20 A written record,
21 Attested by those who are
brought near (unto their Lord).
22 Lo! the righteous verily
are in delight,
23 On couches, gazing,
24 Thou wilt know in their faces
the radiance of delight.
25 They are given to drink of
a pure wine, sealed,
26 Whose seal is musk - for
this let (all) those strive who strive for bliss -
27 And mixed with water of Tasnim,
28 A spring whence those brought
near (to Allah) drink.
29 Lo! the guilty used to laugh
at those who believed,
30 And wink one to another when
they passed them;
31 And when they returned to
their own folk, they returned jesting;
32 And when they saw them they
said: Lo! these have gone astray.
33 Yet they were not sent as
guardians over them.
34 This day it is those who
believe who have the laugh of disbelievers,
35 On high couches, gazing.
36 Are not the disbelievers
paid for what they used to do ?
