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 Surah Al-Mutaffifin 83:1-17 [1/1] ↕
  
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وَيْلٌWoe
لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَto those who give less,
﴿١﴾
ٱلَّذِينَThose who
إِذَاwhen
ٱكْتَالُواْthey take a measure
عَلَىfrom
ٱلنَّاسِthe people,
يَسْتَوْفُونَthey take in full,
﴿٢﴾
وَإِذَاBut when
كَالُوهُمْthey give by measure (to) them
أَوor
وَّزَنُوهُمْthey weigh (for) them
يُخْسِرُونَthey give less.
﴿٣﴾
أَلَاDo not
يَظُنُّthink
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَthose
أَنَّهُمthat they
مَّبْعُوثُونَ(will be) resurrected,
﴿٤﴾
لِيَوْمٍFor a Day
عَظِيمٍGreat,
﴿٥﴾
يَوْمَ(The) Day
يَقُومُwill stand
ٱلنَّاسُmankind
لِرَبِّbefore (the) Lord
ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ(of) the worlds?
﴿٦﴾
كَلَّآNay!
إِنَّIndeed,
كِتَـٰبَ(the) record
ٱلْفُجَّارِ(of) the wicked
لَفِى(is) surely in
سِجِّينٍSijjin.
﴿٧﴾
وَمَآAnd what
أَدْرَٮٰكَcan make you know
مَاwhat
سِجِّينٌ(is) Sijjin?
﴿٨﴾
كِتَـٰبٌA book
مَّرْقُومٌwritten.
﴿٩﴾
وَيْلٌWoe
يَوْمَئِذٍthat Day
لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَto the deniers,
﴿١٠﴾
ٱلَّذِينَThose who
يُكَذِّبُونَdeny
بِيَوْمِ(the) Day
ٱلدِّينِ(of) the Judgment.
﴿١١﴾
وَمَاAnd not
يُكَذِّبُcan deny
بِهِۦٓ[of] it
إِلَّاexcept
كُلُّevery
مُعْتَدٍtransgressor
أَثِيمٍsinful.
﴿١٢﴾
إِذَاWhen
تُتْلَىٰare recited
عَلَيْهِto him
ءَايَـٰتُنَاOur Verses,
قَالَhe says,
أَسَـٰطِيرُ`Stories
ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ(of) the former (people).`
﴿١٣﴾
كَلَّا‌ۖNay!
بَلْۜBut,
رَانَ(the) stain has covered
عَلَىٰ[over]
قُلُوبِهِمtheir hearts
مَّا(for) what
كَانُواْthey were
يَكْسِبُونَearning.
﴿١٤﴾
كَلَّآNay!
إِنَّهُمْIndeed, they
عَنfrom
رَّبِّهِمْtheir Lord
يَوْمَئِذٍthat Day
لَّمَحْجُوبُونَsurely will be partitioned.
﴿١٥﴾
ثُمَّThen
إِنَّهُمْindeed, they
لَصَالُواْ(surely) will burn
ٱلْجَحِيمِ(in) the Hellfire.
﴿١٦﴾
ثُمَّThen
يُقَالُit will be said,
هَـٰذَا`This
ٱلَّذِى(is) what
كُنتُمyou used (to)
بِهِۦ[of it]
تُكَذِّبُونَdeny.`
﴿١٧﴾

بِسۡمِ اللهِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ الرَّحِيۡمِ وَيۡلٌ لِّلۡمُطَفِّفِيۡنَۙ‏  الَّذِيۡنَ اِذَا اكۡتَالُوۡا عَلَى النَّاسِ يَسۡتَوۡفُوۡنَۖ‏  وَاِذَا كَالُوۡهُمۡ اَوْ وَّزَنُوۡهُمۡ يُخۡسِرُوۡنَؕ‏  اَلَا يَظُنُّ اُولٰٓـئِكَ اَنَّهُمۡ مَّبۡعُوۡثُوۡنَۙ‏  لِيَوۡمٍ عَظِيۡمٍۙ‏  يَّوۡمَ يَقُوۡمُ النَّاسُ لِرَبِّ الۡعٰلَمِيۡنَؕ‏  كَلَّاۤ اِنَّ كِتٰبَ الۡفُجَّارِ لَفِىۡ سِجِّيۡنٍؕ‏  وَمَاۤ اَدۡرٰٮكَ مَا سِجِّيۡنٌؕ‏  كِتٰبٌ مَّرۡقُوۡمٌؕ‏  وَيۡلٌ يَّوۡمَـئِذٍ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِيۡنَۙ‏  الَّذِيۡنَ يُكَذِّبُوۡنَ بِيَوۡمِ الدِّيۡنِؕ‏  وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهٖۤ اِلَّا كُلُّ مُعۡتَدٍ اَثِيۡمٍۙ‏  اِذَا تُتۡلٰى عَلَيۡهِ اٰيٰتُنَا قَالَ اَسَاطِيۡرُ الۡاَوَّلِيۡنَؕ‏  كَلَّا​ بَلۡ رَانَ عَلٰى قُلُوۡبِهِمۡ مَّا كَانُوۡا يَكۡسِبُوۡنَ‏  كَلَّاۤ اِنَّهُمۡ عَنۡ رَّبِّهِمۡ يَوۡمَـئِذٍ لَّمَحۡجُوۡبُوۡنَ​ؕ‏  ثُمَّ اِنَّهُمۡ لَصَالُوا الۡجَحِيۡمِؕ‏  ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هٰذَا الَّذِىۡ كُنۡتُمۡ بِهٖ تُكَذِّبُوۡنَؕ‏ 
Translation
(83:1) Woe to the stinters; 1 (83:2) those who, when they take from others by measure, take their full share; 2 (83:3) but who, when they measure or weigh for others, give less than their due. (83:4) Do they not realise that they will be raised to life (83:5) on a Great Day, 3 (83:6) a Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of the Universe? (83:7) No indeed!4 Verily the deeds of the wicked are in the Record locked up in the prison-house!5 (83:8) And how would you know what the Record of the prison-house is? (83:9) It is a Book inscribed. (83:10) Woe, then, to those that give the lie, (83:11) those that give the lie to the Day of Recompense. (83:12) Yet none gives the lie to it except the transgressor immersed in sin; (83:13) who, when Our verses are recited to him,6 says: “Mere tales of olden times!” (83:14) No indeed! The truth is that their hearts have become rusted on account of their evil deeds.7 (83:15) No indeed! On that Day they will be screened off from seeing their Lord,8 (83:16) and then they shall enter Hell, (83:17) whereafter they will be told: “This is what you used to give the lie to.”
Commentary

1. In the original the word mutaffifin has been used, which is derived from tatfif, a word used for an inferior and base thing in Arabic. Terminologically, tatfif is used for giving short weight and short measure fraudulently, for the person who acts thus while measuring or weighing, does not defraud another by any substantial amount, but skimps small amounts from what is due to every customer cleverly, and the poor customer does not know of what and of how much he is being deprived by the seller.

2. At several places in the Quran, giving of short measure and weight has been condemned and measuring fully and weighing rightly has been stressed. In Surah Al-Anaam, it has been enjoined: You should use a full measure and a just balance. We charge one only with that much responsibility that one can bear. (verse 152). In Surah Bani Israil, it has been said: Give full measure when you measure and weigh with even scales. (verse 35). In Surah Ar-Rehman, it has been stressed: Do not upset the balance: weigh with equity and do not give short weight. (verses 8-9). The people of the Prophet Shuaib (peace be upon him) were punished for the reason that the evil of giving short measure and weight had become widespread among them and in spite of his counsel and advice they did not refrain from it.

3. A Great Day: the Day of Resurrection when all men and jinn will be called to account together in the divine court and decisions of vital importance will be made pertaining to rewards and punishments.

4. That is, these people are wrong in thinking that they will be let off without being called to account when they have committed such and such crimes in the world. .

5. The word sijjin in the original is derived from sijn (a prison) and the explanation of it that follows shows that it implies the general register in which the actions and deeds of the people worthy of punishment are being recorded.

6. Our verses: Those verses in which news of the Day of Recompense has been given.

7. That is, they have no good reason for regarding the meting out of rewards and punishments as unreal. What has made them say is this: Is it that their hearts have become rusty because of their sins; therefore, a thing which is thoroughly reasonable appears unreal and unreasonable to them. The explanation of this rust as given by the Prophet (peace be upon him) is as follows: When a servant commits a sin, it marks a black stain on his heart. If he offers repentance, the stain is washed off, but if he persists in wrongdoing, it spreads over the entire heart. (Musnad Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Nasai, Ibn Majah, Ibn Jarir, Hakim, Ibn Abi Hatim, Ibn Hibban and others).

8. That is, these people will remain deprived of the vision of Allah with which the righteous will be blessed. (For further explanation, see (E.N. 17 of Surah Al -Qiyamah).