83:1
وَيۡلٞ لِّلۡمُطَفِّفِينَ ١
Woe to the defrauders[1],
Tafsir Notes
[1] i.e., those who cheat people by giving them less in sale transactions, an amount so little as to hardly be noticed.
سورة المطففينSurah Al-Mutaffifin · The Defrauding
Meccan36 ayahsPage 587–589Juz 30
Sheikh Mohamed Siddiq al-Minshawi · murattal
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
83:2
ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكۡتَالُواْ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسۡتَوۡفُونَ ٢
those who take full measure when they take from others,
83:3
وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمۡ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمۡ يُخۡسِرُونَ ٣
but they give less when they measure or weigh for them.
83:4
أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبۡعُوثُونَ ٤
Do they really not think that they will be resurrected
83:5
لِيَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٖ ٥
for a momentous Day,
83:6
يَوۡمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٦
a Day when people will stand before the Lord of the worlds?
83:7
كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلۡفُجَّارِ لَفِي سِجِّينٖ ٧
No indeed! The record of the wicked is surely in Sijjīn.
83:8
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٞ ٨
How do you know what Sijjīn is?
83:9
كِتَٰبٞ مَّرۡقُومٞ ٩
It is a clearly inscribed Record.
83:10
وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ١٠
Woe on that Day to the deniers,
83:11
ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ ١١
those who deny the Judgment Day!
83:12
وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعۡتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ ١٢
None denies it except every sinful transgressor.
83:13
إِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٣
When Our verses are recited to him, he says, “Ancient fables[2]!”
Tafsir Notes
[2] i.e., tales of old times, legends of former peoples.
83:14
كَلَّاۖ بَلۡۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ ١٤
No indeed! Their hearts have been stained by what they used to commit[3]!
Tafsir Notes
[3] i.e., their sins and evil deeds.
83:15
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمۡ عَن رَّبِّهِمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّمَحۡجُوبُونَ ١٥
No indeed! On that Day they will be barred from seeing their Lord[4].
Tafsir Notes
[4] As a punishment, since the believers will see Him.
83:16
ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمۡ لَصَالُواْ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ١٦
They will then surely enter the Blazing Fire,
83:17
ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ١٧
then they will be told, “This is what you used to deny.”
83:18
كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارِ لَفِي عِلِّيِّينَ ١٨
No indeed! The record of the righteous is certainly in ‘illiyyīn –
83:19
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ ١٩
and how do you know what ‘illiyyūn is? –
83:20
كِتَٰبٞ مَّرۡقُومٞ ٢٠
It is a record inscribed,
83:21
يَشۡهَدُهُ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ ٢١
witnessed by those who are close to Allah.
83:22
إِنَّ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ ٢٢
Indeed, the righteous will be in Bliss,
83:23
عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ ٢٣
seated on the couches, gazing in wonder.
83:24
تَعۡرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِهِمۡ نَضۡرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ٢٤
You will see on their faces the radiance of bliss.
83:25
يُسۡقَوۡنَ مِن رَّحِيقٖ مَّخۡتُومٍ ٢٥
They will be served to drink pure wine from a sealed container,
83:26
خِتَٰمُهُۥ مِسۡكٞۚ وَفِي ذَٰلِكَ فَلۡيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلۡمُتَنَٰفِسُونَ ٢٦
whose last sip is musk[5] – let those who strive, strive for that –
Tafsir Notes
[5] i.e., having a lingering odor.
83:27
وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسۡنِيمٍ ٢٧
and it will be mixed with water from the spring of Tasnīm[6],
Tafsir Notes
[6] It is the highest spring in Paradise.
83:28
عَيۡنٗا يَشۡرَبُ بِهَا ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ ٢٨
a spring from which those who are close to Allah will drink.
83:29
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجۡرَمُواْ كَانُواْ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ يَضۡحَكُونَ ٢٩
Indeed, the wicked used to laugh at the believers;
83:30
وَإِذَا مَرُّواْ بِهِمۡ يَتَغَامَزُونَ ٣٠
when they passed by them, they would wink at one another,
83:31
وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓاْ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُواْ فَكِهِينَ ٣١
and when they went back to their people, they would return exulting.
83:32
وَإِذَا رَأَوۡهُمۡ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ ٣٢
When they saw the believers, they would say, “These people are truly misguided,”
83:33
وَمَآ أُرۡسِلُواْ عَلَيۡهِمۡ حَٰفِظِينَ ٣٣
although they were not sent as their keepers.
83:34
فَٱلۡيَوۡمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡكُفَّارِ يَضۡحَكُونَ ٣٤
So Today[7] the believers will laugh at the disbelievers,
Tafsir Notes
[7] i.e., the Day of Judgment.
83:35
عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ ٣٥
while sitting on the couches, gazing around.
83:36
هَلۡ ثُوِّبَ ٱلۡكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُواْ يَفۡعَلُونَ ٣٦
Have the disbelievers been rewarded except for what they used to do?
Sources
- Mushaf text: King Fahd Glorious Quran Printing Complex (Madinah), narration of Hafs from ʿAsim, in the Uthmani script.
- Rowwad Translation Center — version 1.0.19, QuranEnc.com
- Al-Mukhtasar in Interpreting the Noble Quran — QuranEnc.com, retrieved 2026-09-14
- Recitation: Sheikh Mohamed Siddiq al-Minshawi (murattal), via quran.com and everyayah.com.
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