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Tafsir of Surah Al-Mutaffifin (83) — The Defrauding · المطففين
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Al-Mutaffifin 83:1
وَيۡلٞ لِّلۡمُطَفِّفِينَ
Woe to those who give less [than due]
Tafsir 83:1
Destruction and loss be for those who give short measure.
Al-Mutaffifin 83:2
ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكۡتَالُواْ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسۡتَوۡفُونَ
Who, when they take a measure from people, take in full
Tafsir 83:2
They are the ones who, when they measure for themselves from others, they take their full right without any reduction.
Al-Mutaffifin 83:3
وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمۡ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمۡ يُخۡسِرُونَ
But if they give by measure or by weight to them, they cause loss
Tafsir 83:3
But when they measure or weigh for people they reduce the measurement and weight. This was the practice of the people of Madinah at the time the Prophet (peace be on him) migrated to them.
Al-Mutaffifin 83:4
أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبۡعُوثُونَ
Do they not think that they will be resurrected
Tafsir 83:4
Do these people who do this evil act not know that they will resurrected before Allah?!
Al-Mutaffifin 83:5
لِيَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٖ
For a tremendous Day
Tafsir 83:5
For the reckoning and recompense on a day that is great because of the trials and horrors it contains.
Al-Mutaffifin 83:6
يَوۡمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
The Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of the worlds
Tafsir 83:6
The day when people will stand before the Lord of all creation, for the reckoning.
Al-Mutaffifin 83:7
كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلۡفُجَّارِ لَفِي سِجِّينٖ
No! Indeed, the record of the wicked is in sijjeen
Tafsir 83:7
The matter is not as you thought - that there is no resurrection after death. The book of the people of iniquity from amongst the disbelievers and hypocrites will be in loss in the lower earth.
Al-Mutaffifin 83:8
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٞ
And what can make you know what is sijjeen
Tafsir 83:8
O Messenger! What will tell you what Sijjin is?!
Al-Mutaffifin 83:9
كِتَٰبٞ مَّرۡقُومٞ
It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed
Tafsir 83:9
Their book is written and will not vanish. Nor will there be any increase or decrease in it.
Al-Mutaffifin 83:10
وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ
Woe, that Day, to the deniers
Tafsir 83:10
Destruction and loss on that day will be for those who deny.
Al-Mutaffifin 83:11
ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ
Who deny the Day of Recompense
Tafsir 83:11
Those who deny the day of recompense in which Allah will give His servants the recompense of the actions they did in the world.
Al-Mutaffifin 83:12
وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعۡتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
And none deny it except every sinful transgressor
Tafsir 83:12
None denies that day except every person who transgresses Allah’s limits and commits abundant sins.
Al-Mutaffifin 83:13
إِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples
Tafsir 83:13
When My verses revealed to My messenger are recited to him, he says: These are stories of the earlier nations and are not from Allah.
Al-Mutaffifin 83:14
كَلَّاۖ بَلۡۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ
No! Rather, the stain has covered their hearts of that which they were earning
Tafsir 83:14
The matter is not as these deniers thought. Instead, the sins they used to commit has dominated and covered their minds and they therefore have not seen the truth with their hearts.
Al-Mutaffifin 83:15
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمۡ عَن رَّبِّهِمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّمَحۡجُوبُونَ
No! Indeed, from their Lord, that Day, they will be partitioned
Tafsir 83:15
Indeed, they will be prevented from seeing their Lord on the day of judgment.
Al-Mutaffifin 83:16
ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمۡ لَصَالُواْ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ
Then indeed, they will [enter and] burn in Hellfire
Tafsir 83:16
Then they will enter the Fire, to suffer from its heat.
Al-Mutaffifin 83:17
ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ
Then it will be said [to them], "This is what you used to deny
Tafsir 83:17
Then on the Day of Judgement it will be said to them in rebuke and censure: This punishment that you received is what you used to deny in the world when your messenger told you about it.
Al-Mutaffifin 83:18
كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارِ لَفِي عِلِّيِّينَ
No! Indeed, the record of the righteous is in 'illiyyun
Tafsir 83:18
The matter is not as you thought - that there will be no reckoning or recompense. The book of the people of obedience will be in Illiyyun.
Al-Mutaffifin 83:19
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ
And what can make you know what is 'illiyyun
Tafsir 83:19
O Messenger! What will tell you what Illiyyun is?!
Al-Mutaffifin 83:20
كِتَٰبٞ مَّرۡقُومٞ
It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed
Tafsir 83:20
Their book is written and will not vanish. Nor will there be any increase or decrease in it.
Al-Mutaffifin 83:21
يَشۡهَدُهُ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ
Which is witnessed by those brought near [to Allah]
Tafsir 83:21
This book is witnessed by the angels brought near in every heaven.
Al-Mutaffifin 83:22
إِنَّ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ
Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure
Tafsir 83:22
Those who do an abundance of good deeds will be in everlasting bliss on the day of judgment.
Al-Mutaffifin 83:23
عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ
On adorned couches, observing
Tafsir 83:23
On decorated couches looking at their Lord, and at everything delightful and pleasing to their souls.
Al-Mutaffifin 83:24
تَعۡرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِهِمۡ نَضۡرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
You will recognize in their faces the radiance of pleasure
Tafsir 83:24
If you see them, you will see in their faces the effect of luxury; in their beauty and splendour.
Al-Mutaffifin 83:25
يُسۡقَوۡنَ مِن رَّحِيقٖ مَّخۡتُومٍ
They will be given to drink [pure] wine [which was] sealed
Tafsir 83:25
Their servants will give them wine from sealed containers to drink.
Al-Mutaffifin 83:26
خِتَٰمُهُۥ مِسۡكٞۚ وَفِي ذَٰلِكَ فَلۡيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلۡمُتَنَٰفِسُونَ
The last of it is musk. So for this let the competitors compete
Tafsir 83:26
It will give off the fragrance of musk until its very end. For this noble reward the competitors must compete, by doing what pleases Allah and leaving what angers Him.
Al-Mutaffifin 83:27
وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسۡنِيمٍ
And its mixture is of Tasneem
Tafsir 83:27
This sealed drink will be mixed from the spring of Tasnim.
Al-Mutaffifin 83:28
عَيۡنٗا يَشۡرَبُ بِهَا ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ
A spring from which those near [to Allah] drink
Tafsir 83:28
This is a spring in the highest part of Paradise, from which those brought near will drink purely and the rest of the believers will drink from it mixed with other drinks.
Al-Mutaffifin 83:29
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجۡرَمُواْ كَانُواْ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ يَضۡحَكُونَ
Indeed, those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed
Tafsir 83:29
Those who committed wrong by the disbelief they held used to mockingly laugh at those who had faith.
Al-Mutaffifin 83:30
وَإِذَا مَرُّواْ بِهِمۡ يَتَغَامَزُونَ
And when they passed by them, they would exchange derisive glances
Tafsir 83:30
When they passed by the believers they would wink at one another in ridicule and amusement.
Al-Mutaffifin 83:31
وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓاْ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُواْ فَكِهِينَ
And when they returned to their people, they would return jesting
Tafsir 83:31
When they returned to their families they would go back happy with their acts of disbelief and ridicule of the believers.
Al-Mutaffifin 83:32
وَإِذَا رَأَوۡهُمۡ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ
And when they saw them, they would say, "Indeed, those are truly lost
Tafsir 83:32
When they saw the Muslims, they would say: These people are astray from the path of truth, as they abandoned the religion of their forefathers.
Al-Mutaffifin 83:33
وَمَآ أُرۡسِلُواْ عَلَيۡهِمۡ حَٰفِظِينَ
But they had not been sent as guardians over them
Tafsir 83:33
Allah did not appoint them to guard their deeds so that they could make this statement of theirs.
Al-Mutaffifin 83:34
فَٱلۡيَوۡمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡكُفَّارِ يَضۡحَكُونَ
So Today those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers
Tafsir 83:34
On the Day of Judgment, those who have faith in Allah will laugh at the disbelievers just as the disbelievers used to laugh at them in the world.
Al-Mutaffifin 83:35
عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ
On adorned couches, observing
Tafsir 83:35
On decorated couches they will look at the everlasting bliss that Allah prepared for them.
Al-Mutaffifin 83:36
هَلۡ ثُوِّبَ ٱلۡكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُواْ يَفۡعَلُونَ
Have the disbelievers [not] been rewarded [this Day] for what they used to do
Tafsir 83:36
The disbelievers have been given the humiliating punishment as recompense of the actions they did in the world.
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