Surah Al-Mutaffifin
سورة المطففين
Defrauding
Surah 83 · 36 Ayahs
What Is Surah Al-Mutaffifin?
Surah Al-Mutaffifin is Surah 83 of the Quran. It contains 36 ayahs and was revealed in Makkah.
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Ayah 1
وَيْلٌ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ
Meaning
Woe to the curtailers
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Ayah 2
ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكْتَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ
Meaning
who, when they measure something to receive from people, take it in full,
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Ayah 3
وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ
Meaning
and when they measure or weigh something to give it to them, give less than due.
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Ayah 4
أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ
Meaning
Do they not think that they have to be raised up
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Ayah 5
لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
Meaning
on a Great Day,
- 6
Ayah 6
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
Meaning
the Day when all the people will stand before the Lord of the worlds?
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Ayah 7
كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَـٰبَ ٱلْفُجَّارِ لَفِى سِجِّينٍ
Meaning
Never! (i.e. they should never act in such a way.) Indeed the record of deeds of the sinners is in Sijjīn .
- 8
Ayah 8
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ
Meaning
And what may let you know what Sijjīn is?
- 9
Ayah 9
كِتَـٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ
Meaning
A register, inscribed!
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Ayah 10
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Meaning
Woe that day to the deniers,
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Ayah 11
ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
Meaning
who deny the Day of Requital!
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Ayah 12
وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
Meaning
And none denies it but every sinful transgressor.
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Ayah 13
إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
Meaning
When Our verses are recited to him, he says, “(These are) tales of the ancients.”
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Ayah 14
كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ
Meaning
No! But that which they used to commit has covered their hearts with rust.
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Ayah 15
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ
Meaning
No! Indeed they will be screened off from their Lord on that Day.
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Ayah 16
ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُوا۟ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
Meaning
Then they will have to enter the Hell.
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Ayah 17
ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ
Meaning
Then it will be said, “This is what you used to deny.”
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Ayah 18
كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَـٰبَ ٱلْأَبْرَارِ لَفِى عِلِّيِّينَ
Meaning
No! The record of deeds of the righteous is in ‘Illiyyūn .
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Ayah 19
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ
Meaning
And what may let you know what ‘Illiyyūn is ?
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Ayah 20
كِتَـٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ
Meaning
A register inscribed,
- 21
Ayah 21
يَشْهَدُهُ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ
Meaning
attended by those (angels) who are blessed with nearness to Allah!
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Ayah 22
إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ
Meaning
Indeed the righteous will be in absolute bliss.
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Ayah 23
عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ
Meaning
While (sitting) on thrones they will be watching (the scenes of Paradise).
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Ayah 24
تَعْرِفُ فِى وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
Meaning
You will recognize the glamour of bliss on their faces.
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Ayah 25
يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍ مَّخْتُومٍ
Meaning
They will be served with a pure sealed wine to drink,
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Ayah 26
خِتَـٰمُهُۥ مِسْكٌ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلْمُتَنَـٰفِسُونَ
Meaning
the seal of which will be of musk.-It is this (bliss) in aspiring for which the competitors should race each other.
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Ayah 27
وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ
Meaning
-and it will be blended with (a drink from) Tasnīm ,
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Ayah 28
عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ
Meaning
a spring from which will drink those who are blessed with nearness.
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Ayah 29
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا۟ كَانُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ يَضْحَكُونَ
Meaning
Indeed those who were guilty used to laugh at those who believed,
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Ayah 30
وَإِذَا مَرُّوا۟ بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ
Meaning
and when they passed by them, they used to wink at one another,
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Ayah 31
وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُوا۟ فَكِهِينَ
Meaning
and when they went back to their family, they went enjoying their mockery,
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Ayah 32
وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ
Meaning
and when they saw them, they said, “Surely these are the ones who have gone astray”
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Ayah 33
وَمَآ أُرْسِلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ حَـٰفِظِينَ
Meaning
while they were not sent as watchmen over them.
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Ayah 34
فَٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ
Meaning
So, today those who believed will laugh at the disbelievers.
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Ayah 35
عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ
Meaning
While (sitting) on thrones, they will be seeing
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Ayah 36
هَلْ ثُوِّبَ ٱلْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ
Meaning
whether the disbelievers have been paid back for what they used to do.
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