سورة المطففينAl-MutaffifinThe Defrauding83Chapter36VersesMakkiRevelationExplore Surah Statistics, Insights and Metadata
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About Surah Al-Mutaffifin
Al-Mutaffifin opens with a direct warning to those who cheat in trade — demanding full measure when receiving but shortchanging others when giving — a common dishonest practice at the time. It expands this specific warning into a broader description of accountability, contrasting the sealed, honored record of the righteous with the corrupted record of the wicked, and describing how those who mocked believers in this life will watch the righteous be honored in the next.
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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وَيۡلٞ لِّلۡمُطَفِّفِينَ
Wailul lil mutaffifeen
Woe unto the defrauders:
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2
ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكۡتَالُواْ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسۡتَوۡفُونَ
Allazeena izak taaloo 'alan naasi yastawfoon
Those who when they take the measure from mankind demand it full,
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3
وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمۡ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمۡ يُخۡسِرُونَ
Wa izaa kaaloohum aw wazanoohum yukhsiroon
But if they measure unto them or weight for them, they cause them loss.
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أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبۡعُوثُونَ
Alaa yazunnu ulaaa'ika annahum mab'oosoon
Do such (men) not consider that they will be raised again
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لِيَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٖ
Li Yawmin 'Azeem
Unto an Awful Day,
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يَوۡمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
Yawma yaqoomun naasu li Rabbil 'aalameen
The day when (all) mankind stand before the Lord of the Worlds?
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كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلۡفُجَّارِ لَفِي سِجِّينٖ
Kallaaa inna kitaabal fujjaari lafee Sijjeen
Nay, but the record of the vile is in Sijjin -
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وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٞ
Wa maa adraaka maa Sijjeen
Ah! what will convey unto thee what Sijjin is! -
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كِتَٰبٞ مَّرۡقُومٞ
Kitaabum marqoom
A written record.
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10
وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ
Wailuny yawma'izil lil mukazzibeen
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
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11
ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ
Allazeena yukazziboona bi yawmid deen
Those who deny the Day of Judgment
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12
وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعۡتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
Wa maa yukazzibu biheee illaa kullu mu'tadin aseem
Which none denieth save each criminal transgressor,
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13
إِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
Izaa tutlaa'alaihi aayaatunaa qaala asaateerul awwaleen
Who, when thou readest unto him Our revelations, saith: (Mere) fables of the men of old.
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14
كَلَّاۖ بَلۡۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ
Kallaa bal raana 'alaa quloobihim maa kaanoo yaksiboon
Nay, but that which they have earned is rust upon their hearts.
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15
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمۡ عَن رَّبِّهِمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّمَحۡجُوبُونَ
Kallaaa innahum 'ar Rabbihim yawma'izil lamah jooboon
Nay, but surely on that day they will be covered from (the mercy of) their Lord.
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ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمۡ لَصَالُواْ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ
Summa innahum lasaa lul jaheem
Then lo! they verily will burn in hell,
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ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ
Summa yuqaalu haazal lazee kuntum bihee tukazziboon
And it will be said (unto them): This is that which ye used to deny.
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كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارِ لَفِي عِلِّيِّينَ
Kallaaa inna kitaabal abraari lafee'Illiyyeen
Nay, but the record of the righteous is in 'Illiyin -
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وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ
Wa maaa adraaka maa 'Illiyyoon
Ah, what will convey unto thee what 'Illiyin is! -
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20
كِتَٰبٞ مَّرۡقُومٞ
Kitaabum marqoom
A written record,
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21
يَشۡهَدُهُ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ
Yashhadu hul muqarra boon
Attested by those who are brought near (unto their Lord).
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22
إِنَّ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ
Innal abraara lafee Na'eem
Lo! the righteous verily are in delight,
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23
عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ
'Alal araaa'iki yanzuroon
On couches, gazing,
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24
تَعۡرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِهِمۡ نَضۡرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
Ta'rifu fee wujoohihim nadratan na'eem
Thou wilt know in their faces the radiance of delight.
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يُسۡقَوۡنَ مِن رَّحِيقٖ مَّخۡتُومٍ
Yusqawna mir raheeqim makhtoom
They are given to drink of a pure wine, sealed,
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خِتَٰمُهُۥ مِسۡكٞۚ وَفِي ذَٰلِكَ فَلۡيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلۡمُتَنَٰفِسُونَ
Khitaamuhoo misk; wa fee zaalika falyatanaafasil Mutanaafisoon
Whose seal is musk - for this let (all) those strive who strive for bliss -
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وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسۡنِيمٍ
Wa mizaajuhoo min Tasneem
And mixed with water of Tasnim,
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عَيۡنٗا يَشۡرَبُ بِهَا ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ
'Ainaiy yashrabu bihal muqarraboon
A spring whence those brought near (to Allah) drink.
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إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجۡرَمُواْ كَانُواْ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ يَضۡحَكُونَ
Innal lazeena ajramoo kaanoo minal lazeena aamanoo yadhakoon
Lo! the guilty used to laugh at those who believed,
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وَإِذَا مَرُّواْ بِهِمۡ يَتَغَامَزُونَ
Wa izaa marroo bihim yataghaamazoon
And wink one to another when they passed them;
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وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓاْ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُواْ فَكِهِينَ
Wa izan qalabooo ilaaa ahlihimun qalaboo fakiheen
And when they returned to their own folk, they returned jesting;
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وَإِذَا رَأَوۡهُمۡ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ
Wa izaa ra awhum qaalooo inna haaa'ulaaa'i ladaaal loon
And when they saw them they said: Lo! these have gone astray.
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وَمَآ أُرۡسِلُواْ عَلَيۡهِمۡ حَٰفِظِينَ
Wa maaa ursiloo 'alaihim haafizeen
Yet they were not sent as guardians over them.
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فَٱلۡيَوۡمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡكُفَّارِ يَضۡحَكُونَ
Fal yawmal lazeena aamanoo minal kuffaari yadhakoon
This day it is those who believe who have the laugh of disbelievers,
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عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ
'Alal araaa'iki yanzuroon
On high couches, gazing.
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هَلۡ ثُوِّبَ ٱلۡكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُواْ يَفۡعَلُونَ
Hal suwwibal kuffaaru maa kaanoo yaf'aloon
Are not the disbelievers paid for what they used to do?
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