The Qur'an · Pickthall Translation

83. Al-Mutaffifin

Pickthall translation · 36 verses

Surah Al-Mutaffifin (83) of the Holy Qur'an, in the respected public domain Pickthall translation. It opens: “Woe unto the defrauders” — the complete text of all 36 verses is below, free to read online, no account needed.

1Woe unto the defrauders

2Those who when they take the measure from mankind demand it full

3But if they measure unto them or weight for them, they cause them loss

4Do such (men) not consider that they will be raised again

5Unto an Awful Day

6The day when (all) mankind stand before the Lord of the Worlds

7Nay, but the record of the vile is in Sijjin

8Ah! what will convey unto thee what Sijjin is

9A written record

10Woe unto the repudiators on that day

11Those who deny the Day of Judgment

12Which none denieth save each criminal transgressor

13Who, when thou readest unto him Our revelations, saith: (Mere) fables of the men of old

14Nay, but that which they have earned is rust upon their hearts

15Nay, but surely on that day they will be covered from (the mercy of) their Lord

16Then lo! they verily will burn in hell

17And it will be said (unto them): This is that which ye used to deny

18Nay, but the record of the righteous is in 'Illiyin

19Ah, what will convey unto thee what 'Illiyin is

20A written record

21Attested by those who are brought near (unto their Lord)

22Lo! the righteous verily are in delight

23On couches, gazing

24Thou wilt know in their faces the radiance of delight

25They are given to drink of a pure wine, sealed

26Whose seal is musk - for this let (all) those strive who strive for bliss

27And mixed with water of Tasnim

28A spring whence those brought near (to Allah) drink

29Lo! the guilty used to laugh at those who believed

30And wink one to another when they passed them

31And when they returned to their own folk, they returned jesting

32And when they saw them they said: Lo! these have gone astray

33Yet they were not sent as guardians over them

34This day it is those who believe who have the laugh of disbelievers

35On high couches, gazing

36Are not the disbelievers paid for what they used to do

36 verses · Pickthall translation (public domain)

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