بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَيْلٌۭ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ (1)

WOE UNTO THOSE who give short measure:

ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكْتَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ (2)

those who, when they are to receive their due from [other] people, demand that it be given in full –

وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ (3)

but when they have to measure or weigh whatever they owe to others, give less than what is due!

أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ (4)

Do they not know that they are bound to be raised from the dead

لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍۢ (5)

[and called to account] on an awesome Day –

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ (6)

the Day when all men shall stand before the Sustainer of all the worlds?

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلْفُجَّارِ لَفِى سِجِّينٍۢ (7)

NAY, VERILY, the record of the wicked is indeed [set down] in a mode inescapable!

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٌۭ (8)

And what could make thee conceive what that that mode inescapable will be?

كِتَٰبٌۭ مَّرْقُومٌۭ (9)

A record [indelibly] inscribed!

وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ (10)

Woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth –

ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ (11)

those who give the lie to the [coming of] Judgment Day:

وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ (12)

for, none gives the lie to it but such as are wont to transgress against all that is [and are] immersed in sin:

إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ (13)

[and so,] whenever Our messages are conveyed to them, they but say, "Fables of ancient times!"

كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ (14)

Nay, but their hearts are corroded by all [the evil] that they were wont to do!

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ (15)

Nay, verily, from [the grace of] their Sustainer shall they on that Day be debarred;

ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُوا۟ ٱلْجَحِيمِ (16)

and then, behold, they shall enter the blazing fire

ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ (17)

and be told: "This is the [very thing] to which you were wont to give the lie!"

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلْأَبْرَارِ لَفِى عِلِّيِّينَ (18)

NAY, VERILY - the record of the truly virtuous is [set down] in a mode most lofty!

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ (19)

And what could make thee conceive what that mode most lofty will be?

كِتَٰبٌۭ مَّرْقُومٌۭ (20)

A record [indelibly] inscribed,

يَشْهَدُهُ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ (21)

witnessed~ by all who have [ever] been drawn close unto God.

إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ (22)

Behold, [in the life to come] the truly virtuous will indeed be in bliss:

عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ (23)

[resting on couches, they will look up [to God]:

تَعْرِفُ فِى وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ (24)

upon their faces thou wilt see the brightness of bliss.

يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍۢ مَّخْتُومٍ (25)

They will be given a drink of pure wine whereon the seal [of God] will have been set,

خِتَٰمُهُۥ مِسْكٌۭ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلْمُتَنَٰفِسُونَ (26)

pouring forth with a fragrance of musk. To that [wine of paradise], then, let all such aspire as [are willing to] aspire to things of high account:

وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ (27)

for it is composed of all that is most exalting

عَيْنًۭا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ (28)

a source [of bliss] whereof those who are drawn close unto God shall drink.

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا۟ كَانُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ يَضْحَكُونَ (29)

BEHOLD, those who have abandoned themselves to sin are wont to laugh at such as have attained to faith

وَإِذَا مَرُّوا۟ بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ (30)

and whenever they pass by them, they wink at one another [derisively];

وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُوا۟ فَكِهِينَ (31)

and whenever they return to people of their own kind, they return full of jests;

وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ (32)

and whenever they see those [who believe,] they say, "Behold, these [people] have indeed gone astray!"

وَمَآ أُرْسِلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ حَٰفِظِينَ (33)

And, withal, they have no call to watch over [the beliefs of] others...

فَٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ (34)

But on the Day [of Judgment], they who had attained to faith will [be able to] laugh at the [erstwhile] deniers of the truth:

عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ (35)

[for, resting in paradise] on couches, they will look on [and say to themselves]:

هَلْ ثُوِّبَ ٱلْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ (36)

"Are these deniers of the truth being [thus] requited for [aught but] what they were wont to do?"