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Translation of the meanings Surah: Al-Mutaffifīn   Ayah:
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Al-Mutaffifīn

Ayah: 1

وَيۡلٞ لِّلۡمُطَفِّفِينَ
Woe to the defrauders[1],
[1] i.e., those who cheat people by giving them less in sale transactions, an amount so little as to hardly be noticed.
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Ayah: 2

ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكۡتَالُواْ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسۡتَوۡفُونَ
those who take full measure when they take from others,
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Ayah: 3

وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمۡ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمۡ يُخۡسِرُونَ
but they give less when they measure or weigh for them.
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Ayah: 4

أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبۡعُوثُونَ
Do they really not think that they will be resurrected
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Ayah: 5

لِيَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٖ
for a momentous Day,
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Ayah: 6

يَوۡمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
a Day when people will stand before the Lord of the worlds?
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Ayah: 7

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلۡفُجَّارِ لَفِي سِجِّينٖ
No indeed! The record of the wicked is surely in Sijjīn.
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Ayah: 8

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٞ
How do you know what Sijjīn is?
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Ayah: 9

كِتَٰبٞ مَّرۡقُومٞ
It is a clearly inscribed Record.
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Ayah: 10

وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ
Woe on that Day to the deniers,
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Ayah: 11

ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ
those who deny the Judgment Day!
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Ayah: 12

وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعۡتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
None denies it except every sinful transgressor.
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Ayah: 13

إِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
When Our verses are recited to him, he says, “Ancient fables[2]!”
[2] i.e., tales of old times, legends of former peoples.
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Ayah: 14

كَلَّاۖ بَلۡۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ
No indeed! Their hearts have been stained by what they used to commit[3]!
[3] i.e., their sins and evil deeds.
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Ayah: 15

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمۡ عَن رَّبِّهِمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّمَحۡجُوبُونَ
No indeed! On that Day they will be barred from seeing their Lord[4].
[4] As a punishment, since the believers will see Him.
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Ayah: 16

ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمۡ لَصَالُواْ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ
They will then surely enter the Blazing Fire,
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Ayah: 17

ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ
then they will be told, “This is what you used to deny.”
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Ayah: 18

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارِ لَفِي عِلِّيِّينَ
No indeed! The record of the righteous is certainly in ‘illiyyīn –
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Ayah: 19

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ
and how do you know what ‘illiyyūn is? –
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Ayah: 20

كِتَٰبٞ مَّرۡقُومٞ
It is a record inscribed,
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Ayah: 21

يَشۡهَدُهُ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ
witnessed by those who are close to Allah.
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Ayah: 22

إِنَّ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ
Indeed, the righteous will be in Bliss,
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Ayah: 23

عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ
seated on the couches, gazing in wonder.
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Ayah: 24

تَعۡرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِهِمۡ نَضۡرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
You will see on their faces the radiance of bliss.
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Ayah: 25

يُسۡقَوۡنَ مِن رَّحِيقٖ مَّخۡتُومٍ
They will be served to drink pure wine from a sealed container,
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Ayah: 26

خِتَٰمُهُۥ مِسۡكٞۚ وَفِي ذَٰلِكَ فَلۡيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلۡمُتَنَٰفِسُونَ
whose last sip is musk[5] – let those who strive, strive for that –
[5] i.e., having a lingering odor.
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Ayah: 27

وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسۡنِيمٍ
and it will be mixed with water from the spring of Tasnīm[6],
[6] It is the highest spring in Paradise.
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Ayah: 28

عَيۡنٗا يَشۡرَبُ بِهَا ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ
a spring from which those who are close to Allah will drink.
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Ayah: 29

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجۡرَمُواْ كَانُواْ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ يَضۡحَكُونَ
Indeed, the wicked used to laugh at the believers;
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Ayah: 30

وَإِذَا مَرُّواْ بِهِمۡ يَتَغَامَزُونَ
when they passed by them, they would wink at one another,
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Ayah: 31

وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓاْ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُواْ فَكِهِينَ
and when they went back to their people, they would return exulting.
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Ayah: 32

وَإِذَا رَأَوۡهُمۡ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ
When they saw the believers, they would say, “These people are truly misguided,”
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Ayah: 33

وَمَآ أُرۡسِلُواْ عَلَيۡهِمۡ حَٰفِظِينَ
although they were not sent as their keepers.
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Ayah: 34

فَٱلۡيَوۡمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡكُفَّارِ يَضۡحَكُونَ
So Today[7] the believers will laugh at the disbelievers,
[7] i.e., the Day of Judgment.
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Ayah: 35

عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ
while sitting on the couches, gazing around.
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Ayah: 36

هَلۡ ثُوِّبَ ٱلۡكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُواْ يَفۡعَلُونَ
Have the disbelievers been rewarded except for what they used to do?
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