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Verse 1
وَيْلٌۭ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ
Transliteration
Wailul lil mutaffifeen
Translation
Woe to the defrauders,
Surah 83
Defrauding
المطففين
Al-Mutaffifin
Meccan36 Verses
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Verse 2
ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكْتَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ
Transliteration
Allazeena izak taaloo 'alan naasi yastawfoon
Translation
those who take full measure when they take from others,
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Verse 3
وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ
Transliteration
Wa izaa kaaloohum aw wazanoohum yukhsiroon
Translation
but they give less when they measure or weigh for them.
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Verse 4
أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ
Transliteration
Alaa yazunnu ulaaa'ika annahum mab'oosoon
Translation
Do they really not think that they will be resurrected
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Verse 5
لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍۢ
Transliteration
Li Yawmin 'Azeem
Translation
for a momentous Day,
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Verse 6
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
Transliteration
Yawma yaqoomun naasu li Rabbil 'aalameen
Translation
a Day when people will stand before the Lord of the worlds?
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Verse 7
كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلْفُجَّارِ لَفِى سِجِّينٍۢ
Transliteration
Kallaaa inna kitaabal fujjaari lafee Sijjeen
Translation
No indeed! The record of the wicked is surely in Sijjīn.
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Verse 8
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٌۭ
Transliteration
Wa maa adraaka maa Sijjeen
Translation
How do you know what Sijjīn is?
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Verse 9
كِتَٰبٌۭ مَّرْقُومٌۭ
Transliteration
Kitaabum marqoom
Translation
It is a clearly inscribed Record.
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Verse 10
وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Transliteration
Wailuny yawma'izil lil mukazzibeen
Translation
Woe on that Day to the deniers,
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Verse 11
ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
Transliteration
Allazeena yukazziboona bi yawmid deen
Translation
those who deny the Judgment Day!
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Verse 12
وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
Transliteration
Wa maa yukazzibu biheee illaa kullu mu'tadin aseem
Translation
None denies it except every sinful transgressor.
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Verse 13
إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
Transliteration
Izaa tutlaa'alaihi aayaatunaa qaala asaateerul awwaleen
Translation
When Our verses are recited to him, he says, “Ancient fables!”
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Verse 14
كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ
Transliteration
Kallaa bal raana 'alaa quloobihim maa kaanoo yaksiboon
Translation
No indeed! Their hearts have been stained by what they used to commit!
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Verse 15
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ
Transliteration
Kallaaa innahum 'ar Rabbihim yawma'izil lamah jooboon
Translation
No indeed! On that Day they will be barred from seeing their Lord.
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Verse 16
ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُوا۟ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
Transliteration
Summa innahum lasaa lul jaheem
Translation
They will then surely enter the Blazing Fire,
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Verse 17
ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ
Transliteration
Summa yuqaalu haazal lazee kuntum bihee tukazziboon
Translation
then they will be told, “This is what you used to deny.”
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Verse 18
كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلْأَبْرَارِ لَفِى عِلِّيِّينَ
Transliteration
Kallaaa inna kitaabal abraari lafee'Illiyyeen
Translation
No indeed! The record of the righteous is certainly in ‘illiyyīn –
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Verse 19
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ
Transliteration
Wa maaa adraaka maa 'Illiyyoon
Translation
and how do you know what ‘illiyyūn is? –
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Verse 20
كِتَٰبٌۭ مَّرْقُومٌۭ
Transliteration
Kitaabum marqoom
Translation
It is a record inscribed,
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Verse 21
يَشْهَدُهُ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ
Transliteration
Yashhadu hul muqarra boon
Translation
witnessed by those who are close to Allah.
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Verse 22
إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ
Transliteration
Innal abraara lafee Na'eem
Translation
Indeed, the righteous will be in Bliss,
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Verse 23
عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ
Transliteration
'Alal araaa'iki yanzuroon
Translation
seated on the couches, gazing in wonder.
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Verse 24
تَعْرِفُ فِى وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
Transliteration
Ta'rifu fee wujoohihim nadratan na'eem
Translation
You will see on their faces the radiance of bliss.
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Verse 25
يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍۢ مَّخْتُومٍ
Transliteration
Yusqawna mir raheeqim makhtoom
Translation
They will be served to drink pure wine from a sealed container,
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Verse 26
خِتَٰمُهُۥ مِسْكٌۭ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلْمُتَنَٰفِسُونَ
Transliteration
Khitaamuhoo misk; wa fee zaalika falyatanaafasil Mutanaafisoon
Translation
whose last sip is musk – let those who strive, strive for that –
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Verse 27
وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ
Transliteration
Wa mizaajuhoo min Tasneem
Translation
and it will be mixed with water from the spring of Tasnīm,
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Verse 28
عَيْنًۭا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ
Transliteration
'Ainaiy yashrabu bihal muqarraboon
Translation
a spring from which those who are close to Allah will drink.
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Verse 29
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا۟ كَانُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ يَضْحَكُونَ
Transliteration
Innal lazeena ajramoo kaanoo minal lazeena aamanoo yadhakoon
Translation
Indeed, the wicked used to laugh at the believers;
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Verse 30
وَإِذَا مَرُّوا۟ بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ
Transliteration
Wa izaa marroo bihim yataghaamazoon
Translation
when they passed by them, they would wink at one another,
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Verse 31
وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُوا۟ فَكِهِينَ
Transliteration
Wa izan qalabooo ilaaa ahlihimun qalaboo fakiheen
Translation
and when they went back to their people, they would return exulting.
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Verse 32
وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ
Transliteration
Wa izaa ra awhum qaalooo inna haaa'ulaaa'i ladaaal loon
Translation
When they saw the believers, they would say, “These people are truly misguided,”
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Verse 33
وَمَآ أُرْسِلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ حَٰفِظِينَ
Transliteration
Wa maaa ursiloo 'alaihim haafizeen
Translation
although they were not sent as their keepers.
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Verse 34
فَٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ
Transliteration
Fal yawmal lazeena aamanoo minal kuffaari yadhakoon
Translation
So Today the believers will laugh at the disbelievers,
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Verse 35
عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ
Transliteration
'Alal araaa'iki yanzuroon
Translation
while sitting on the couches, gazing around.
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Verse 36
هَلْ ثُوِّبَ ٱلْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ
Transliteration
Hal suwwibal kuffaaru maa kaanoo yaf'aloon
Translation
Have the disbelievers been rewarded except for what they used to do?