| | Maududi rendition of Surah Defrauding, The Defrauders, The Cheats, Cheating(al-Mutaffifin)
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| 83:1 | | Woe to the stinters |
| 83:2 | | those who, when they take from others by measure, take their full share |
| 83:3 | | but who, when they measure or weigh for others, give less than their due |
| 83:4 | | Do they not realise that they will be raised to lif |
| 83:5 | | on a Great Day |
| 83:6 | | a Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of the Universe |
| 83:7 | | No indeed! Verily the deeds of the wicked are in the Record locked up in the prison-house |
| 83:8 | | And how would you know what the Record of the prison-house is |
| 83:9 | | It is a Book inscribed |
| 83:10 | | Woe, then, to those that give the lie |
| 83:11 | | those that give the lie to the Day of Recompense |
| 83:12 | | Yet none gives the lie to it except the transgressor immersed in sin |
| 83:13 | | who, when Our verses are recited to him, says: "Mere tales of olden times!" |
| 83:14 | | No indeed! The truth is that their hearts have become rusted on account of their evil deeds |
| 83:15 | | No indeed! On that Day they will be screened off from seeing their Lord |
| 83:16 | | and then they shall enter Hell |
| 83:17 | | whereafter they will be told: "This is what you used to give the lie to." |
| 83:18 | | No indeed! Verily, the deeds of the virtuous shall be in the record of the exalted ones |
| 83:19 | | And what do you know what the Record of the exalted ones is |
| 83:20 | | It is a Book inscribed |
| 83:21 | | which the angels placed near Allah to safeguard |
| 83:22 | | Verily the virtuous shall be in Bliss |
| 83:23 | | resting on couches, looking around |
| 83:24 | | You shall see upon their faces the glow of bliss |
| 83:25 | | They will be served a drink of the finest sealed wine |
| 83:26 | | whose seal is musk – so let all aspirants aspire after that |
| 83:27 | | a wine whose mixture is Tasnim |
| 83:28 | | a fountain at which the chosen ones shall drink |
| 83:29 | | Behold, the wicked were wont to laugh at the believers |
| 83:30 | | when they passed by them they winked |
| 83:31 | | and when they went back to their families, they went back jesting |
| 83:32 | | and when they saw the believers, they said: "Lo! These are the erring ones" |
| 83:33 | | (they said so although) they had not been appointed watchers over them |
| 83:34 | | But today the believers are laughing at the unbelievers |
| 83:35 | | seated upon their couches, they are looking around |
| 83:36 | | Have the unbelievers been duly rewarded for their deeds |
