| | Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar rendition of Surah Defrauding, The Defrauders, The Cheats, Cheating(al-Mutaffifin)
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| 83:1 | | Woe be to the ones who give short measure, |
| 83:2 | | those who when they measure against humanity obtained full measure. |
| 83:3 | | Yet when they wanted to measure for them, or weigh for them, they skimp. |
| 83:4 | | Think those not that they will be ones who are raised up |
| 83:5 | | on the sublime Day, |
| 83:6 | | a Day when humanity will stand up for the Lord of the worlds? |
| 83:7 | | No indeed! Truly, the Book of the ones who act immorally is in Sijjin. |
| 83:8 | | And what will cause thee to recognize what Sijjin is? |
| 83:9 | | It is a written book. |
| 83:10 | | Woe on that Day to the ones who deny— |
| 83:11 | | those who deny the Day of Judgment! |
| 83:12 | | And none denies it but every sinful, exceeder of limits, |
| 83:13 | | who, when Our signs are recounted to him, he said: Fables of the ancient ones! |
| 83:14 | | No indeed! Nay! Their hearts will be overcome with rust from what they had been earning. |
| 83:15 | | No indeed! They will be from their Lord on that Day ones who are alienated. |
| 83:16 | | Truly, again, they will be ones who roast in hellfire. |
| 83:17 | | Again, it will be said to them after that: This is what you had been denying. |
| 83:18 | | No indeed! Truly, the book of the pious is in Illiyyun. |
| 83:19 | | And what will cause thee to recognize what Illiyyun is? |
| 83:20 | | It is a written book. |
| 83:21 | | Bearing witness to it are the ones who are brought near to God. |
| 83:22 | | Truly, the pious will be in bliss, |
| 83:23 | | on raised benches, looking on. |
| 83:24 | | Thou wilt recognize on their faces the radiancy of bliss. |
| 83:25 | | They will be given to drink sealed over exquisite wine. |
| 83:26 | | Its seal will have the lingering smell of musk. So for that, then, the ones who strive, strive. |
| 83:27 | | And the mixture will be of Tasnim, |
| 83:28 | | a spring from which will drink the ones who are brought near to it. |
| 83:29 | | Truly, those who sinned—at those who believed—had been laughing. |
| 83:30 | | And when they passed by them, they would wink at one another, |
| 83:31 | | and when they would turn about to their people, they would turn about acting as ones who are unconcerned. |
| 83:32 | | And when they saw them, they would say: Truly, these are ones who go astray. |
| 83:33 | | They were sent as ones who guard over them. |
| 83:34 | | Then, on this Day, those who believed laugh at the ones who are ungrateful, |
| 83:35 | | seated on raised benches, they look on. |
| 83:36 | | Were the ones who are ungrateful not rewarded for what they had been accomplishing? |
