Surah Al-Mutaffifin (The Defrauders)

Topics in Surah Al-Mutaffifin

Study guides that discuss verses of this surah, most connected first.

• Repelling (Daf') (11 verses)
• Hastening (Musara'ah) (11 verses)
• The Heart (Qalb) (9 verses)
• Security (Amn) (8 verses)
• Disbelief (Kufr) (8 verses)
• Distraction (Lahw) (8 verses)
• Inheritance (Wirathah) (8 verses)
• Righteousness (Birr) (7 verses)
• Intoxicants (Khamr) (7 verses)
• Society (Mujtama') (7 verses)
• Fairness (Insaf) (6 verses)
• Defrauding (Bakhs) (6 verses)
• Censure (Dhamm) (6 verses)
• Play (La'ib) (6 verses)
• Paradise (Jannah) (5 verses)

Read Surah Al-Mutaffifin with English translation

1. 83:1

   بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَيْلٌۭ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ

   Woe to those who give short measure,

2. 83:2

   ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكْتَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ

   who demand of other people full measure for themselves,

3. 83:3

   وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ

   but give less than they should when it is they who weigh or measure for others!

4. 83:4

   أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ

   Do these people not realize that they will be raised up

5. 83:5

   لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍۢ

   on a mighty Day,

6. 83:6

   يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

   a Day when everyone will stand before the Lord of the Worlds?

7. 83:7

   كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلْفُجَّارِ لَفِى سِجِّينٍۢ

   No indeed! The list of the wicked is in Sijjin––

8. 83:8

   وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٌۭ

   what will explain to you what Sijjin is?––

9. 83:9

   كِتَٰبٌۭ مَّرْقُومٌۭ

   a clearly numbered list.

10. 83:10

    وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

    Woe on that day to the deniers,

11. 83:11

    ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

    those who deny the Day of Judgement!

12. 83:12

    وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ

    Only the evil aggressor denies it:

13. 83:13

    إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    when Our revelations are recited to him, he says, ‘Ancient fables!’

14. 83:14

    كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ

    No indeed! Their hearts are encrusted with what they have done.

15. 83:15

    كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ

    No indeed! On that Day they will be screened off from their Lord,

16. 83:16

    ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُوا۟ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

    they will burn in Hell,

17. 83:17

    ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ

    and they will be told, ‘This is what you called a lie.’

18. 83:18

    كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلْأَبْرَارِ لَفِى عِلِّيِّينَ

    No indeed! The list of the truly good is in 'Illiyyin––

19. 83:19

    وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ

    what will explain to you what 'Illiyyin is?––

20. 83:20

    كِتَٰبٌۭ مَّرْقُومٌۭ

    a clearly written list,

21. 83:21

    يَشْهَدُهُ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ

    witnessed by those brought near.

22. 83:22

    إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ

    The truly good will live in bliss,

23. 83:23

    عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ

    seated on couches, gazing around.

24. 83:24

    تَعْرِفُ فِى وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

    You will recognize on their faces the radiance of bliss.

25. 83:25

    يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍۢ مَّخْتُومٍ

    They will be served a sealed nectar,

26. 83:26

    خِتَٰمُهُۥ مِسْكٌۭ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلْمُتَنَٰفِسُونَ

    its seal [perfumed with] a fragrant herb––let those who strive, strive for this––

27. 83:27

    وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ

    mixed with the water of Tasnim,

28. 83:28

    عَيْنًۭا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ

    a spring from which those brought near will drink.

29. 83:29

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا۟ كَانُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ يَضْحَكُونَ

    The wicked used to laugh at the believers––

30. 83:30

    وَإِذَا مَرُّوا۟ بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ

    they would wink at one another when the believers passed by them,

31. 83:31

    وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُوا۟ فَكِهِينَ

    joke about them when they got back to their own people,

32. 83:32

    وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ

    and say, when they saw them, ‘These people are misguided,’

33. 83:33

    وَمَآ أُرْسِلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ حَٰفِظِينَ

    though they were not sent to be their keepers-

34. 83:34

    فَٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ

    so today the believers are laughing at the disbelievers

35. 83:35

    عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ

    as they sit on couches, gazing around.

36. 83:36

    هَلْ ثُوِّبَ ٱلْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ

    Have the disbelievers [not] been repaid for their deeds?

English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.