| | Aisha Bewley 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 a measure from people, exact full measure, |
| 83:3 | | but when they give them a measure or weight, hand over less than is due. |
| 83:4 | | Do such people not realise that they will be raised up |
| 83:5 | | on a Terrible Day, |
| 83:6 | | the Day mankind will stand before the Lord of all the worlds? |
| 83:7 | | No indeed! The book of the dissolute is in Sijjin. |
| 83:8 | | And what will convey to you what Sijjin is? |
| 83:9 | | A clearly written Book. |
| 83:10 | | Woe that Day to the deniers: |
| 83:11 | | those who deny the Day of Reckoning. |
| 83:12 | | No one denies it except for every evil aggressor. |
| 83:13 | | When Our Signs are recited to him, he says, ´Just myths and legends of the previous peoples!´ |
| 83:14 | | No indeed! Rather what they have earned has rusted up their hearts. |
| 83:15 | | No indeed! Rather that Day they will be veiled from their Lord. |
| 83:16 | | Then they will roast in the Blazing Fire. |
| 83:17 | | Then they will be told, ´This is what you denied.´ |
| 83:18 | | No indeed! The book of the truly good is in ´Illiyun. |
| 83:19 | | And what will convey to you what ´Illiyun is? |
| 83:20 | | A clearly written book. |
| 83:21 | | Those brought near will witness it. |
| 83:22 | | The truly good will be in perfect Bliss |
| 83:23 | | on couches gazing in wonder. |
| 83:24 | | You will recognise in their faces the radiance of delight. |
| 83:25 | | They are given the choicest sealed wine to drink, |
| 83:26 | | whose seal is musk — let people with aspiration aspire to that! — |
| 83:27 | | mixed with Tasnim: |
| 83:28 | | a fountain at which Those Brought Near will drink. |
| 83:29 | | Those who did evil used to laugh at those who had iman. |
| 83:30 | | When they passed by them, they would wink at one another. |
| 83:31 | | When they returned to their families, they would make a joke of them. |
| 83:32 | | When they saw them, they would say, ´Those people are misguided.´ |
| 83:33 | | But they were not sent as guardians over them. |
| 83:34 | | So today those who have iman are laughing at the kuffar, |
| 83:35 | | on couches, gazing in wonder. |
| 83:36 | | Have the kuffar been rewarded for what they did? |
