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سورة المطففين

Al-Mutaffifin · The Defrauding

36 ayahs Makki Pages 587–589 Juz 30
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Translation
Madd (maddah sign)Ghunnah (doubled noon / meem)Qalqalah
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وَيْلٌ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ ﴿١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWoe unto the defrauders:

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ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكْتَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ ﴿٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThose who when they take the measure from mankind demand it full,

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وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ ﴿٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut if they measure unto them or weight for them, they cause them loss.

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أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ ﴿٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallDo such (men) not consider that they will be raised again

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لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ ﴿٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallUnto an Awful Day,

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يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThe day when (all) mankind stand before the Lord of the Worlds?

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كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَـٰبَ ٱلْفُجَّارِ لَفِى سِجِّينٍ ﴿٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNay, but the record of the vile is in Sijjin -

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وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ ﴿٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAh! what will convey unto thee what Sijjin is! -

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كِتَـٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ ﴿٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallA written record.

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وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿١٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWoe unto the repudiators on that day!

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ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿١١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThose who deny the Day of Judgment

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وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ ﴿١٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhich none denieth save each criminal transgressor,

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إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿١٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWho, when thou readest unto him Our revelations, saith: (Mere) fables of the men of old.

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كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ ﴿١٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNay, but that which they have earned is rust upon their hearts.

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كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ ﴿١٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNay, but surely on that day they will be covered from (the mercy of) their Lord.

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ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُوا۟ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ﴿١٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen lo! they verily will burn in hell,

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ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ﴿١٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd it will be said (unto them): This is that which ye used to deny.

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كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَـٰبَ ٱلْأَبْرَارِ لَفِى عِلِّيِّينَ ﴿١٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNay, but the record of the righteous is in 'Illiyin -

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وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ ﴿١٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAh, what will convey unto thee what 'Illiyin is! -

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كِتَـٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ ﴿٢٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallA written record,

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يَشْهَدُهُ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ ﴿٢١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAttested by those who are brought near (unto their Lord).

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إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ ﴿٢٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! the righteous verily are in delight,

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عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ ﴿٢٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallOn couches, gazing,

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تَعْرِفُ فِى وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ﴿٢٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThou wilt know in their faces the radiance of delight.

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يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍ مَّخْتُومٍ ﴿٢٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey are given to drink of a pure wine, sealed,

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خِتَـٰمُهُۥ مِسْكٌ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلْمُتَنَـٰفِسُونَ ﴿٢٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhose seal is musk - for this let (all) those strive who strive for bliss -

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وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ ﴿٢٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd mixed with water of Tasnim,

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عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ ﴿٢٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallA spring whence those brought near (to Allah) drink.

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إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا۟ كَانُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ يَضْحَكُونَ ﴿٢٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! the guilty used to laugh at those who believed,

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وَإِذَا مَرُّوا۟ بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ ﴿٣٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd wink one to another when they passed them;

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وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُوا۟ فَكِهِينَ ﴿٣١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd when they returned to their own folk, they returned jesting;

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وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ ﴿٣٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd when they saw them they said: Lo! these have gone astray.

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وَمَآ أُرْسِلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ حَـٰفِظِينَ ﴿٣٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallYet they were not sent as guardians over them.

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فَٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ ﴿٣٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThis day it is those who believe who have the laugh of disbelievers,

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عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ ﴿٣٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallOn high couches, gazing.

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هَلْ ثُوِّبَ ٱلْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ ﴿٣٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAre not the disbelievers paid for what they used to do?

Mishary Rashid AlafasyMurattal · Al-Mutaffifin
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Quran text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani), tanzil.net – CC BY 3.0, unchanged. Translation: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall – Public domain (published 1930).