Section 1: Verses 1–36
Thematic progression across verses 1–36
وَيۡلࣱ لِّلۡمُطَفِّفِينَ 1
Wailul lil mutaffifeen
Woe to the defrauders
ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكۡتَالُواْ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسۡتَوۡفُونَ 2
Allazeena izak taaloo 'alan naasi yastawfoon
Those who, when they take a measure from people, they take in full
وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمۡ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمۡ يُخۡسِرُونَ 3
Wa izaa kaaloohum aw wazanoohum yukhsiroon
But when they measure or weigh to others, they cheat
أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبۡعُوثُونَ 4
Alaa yazunnu ulaaa'ika annahum mab'oosoon
Do these not know that they will be resurrected
لِيَوۡمٍ عَظِيمࣲ 5
Li Yawmin 'Azeem
For a Great Day
يَوۡمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ 6
Yawma yaqoomun naasu li Rabbil 'aalameen
The Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of the Worlds
كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلۡفُجَّارِ لَفِي سِجِّينࣲ 7
Kallaaa inna kitaabal fujjaari lafee Sijjeen
Not at all. The record of the wicked is in Sijjeen
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينࣱ 8
Wa maa adraaka maa Sijjeen
But how can you know what Sijjeen is
كِتَٰبࣱ مَّرۡقُومࣱ 9
Kitaabum marqoom
A numerical book
وَيۡلࣱ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ 10
Wailuny yawma'izil lil mukazzibeen
Woe on that Day to the deniers
ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ 11
Allazeena yukazziboona bi yawmid deen
Those who deny the Day of Reckoning
وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعۡتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ 12
Wa maa yukazzibu biheee illaa kullu mu'tadin aseem
But none denies it except the sinful aggressor
إِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ 13
Izaa tutlaa'alaihi aayaatunaa qaala asaateerul awwaleen
When Our revelations are recited to him, he says, “Legends of the ancients.”
كَلَّاۖ بَلۡۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ 14
Kallaa bal raana 'alaa quloobihim maa kaanoo yaksiboon
Not at all. Their hearts have become corroded by what they used to earn
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمۡ عَن رَّبِّهِمۡ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ لَّمَحۡجُوبُونَ 15
Kallaaa innahum 'ar Rabbihim yawma'izil lamah jooboon
Not at all. On that Day, they will be screened from their Lord
ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمۡ لَصَالُواْ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ 16
Summa innahum lasaa lul jaheem
Then they will roast in Hell
ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ 17
Summa yuqaalu haazal lazee kuntum bihee tukazziboon
Then it will be said, “This is what you used to deny.”
كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارِ لَفِي عِلِّيِّينَ 18
Kallaaa inna kitaabal abraari lafee'Illiyyeen
No indeed; the record of the righteous is in Elliyyeen
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ 19
Wa maaa adraaka maa 'Illiyyoon
But how can you know what Elliyyoon is
كِتَٰبࣱ مَّرۡقُومࣱ 20
Kitaabum marqoom
A numerical book
يَشۡهَدُهُ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ 21
Yashhadu hul muqarra boon
Witnessed by those brought near
إِنَّ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ 22
Innal abraara lafee Na'eem
Indeed, the righteous will be amid bliss
عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ 23
Alal araaa'iki yanzuroon
On thrones, looking on
تَعۡرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِهِمۡ نَضۡرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ 24
Ta'rifu fee wujoohihim nadratan na'eem
You will recognize on their faces the radiance of bliss
يُسۡقَوۡنَ مِن رَّحِيقࣲ مَّخۡتُومٍ 25
Yusqawna mir raheeqim makhtoom
They will be given to drink a sealed wine
خِتَٰمُهُۥ مِسۡكࣱۚ وَفِي ذَٰلِكَ فَلۡيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلۡمُتَنَٰفِسُونَ 26
Khitaamuhoo misk; wa fee zaalika falyatanaafasil Mutanaafisoon
Whose seal is musk—this is what competitors should compete for
وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسۡنِيمٍ 27
Wa mizaajuhoo min Tasneem
Its mixture is of Tasneem
عَيۡنࣰ ا يَشۡرَبُ بِهَا ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ 28
Ainaiy yashrabu bihal muqarraboon
A spring from which those brought near drink
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجۡرَمُواْ كَانُواْ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ يَضۡحَكُونَ 29
Innal lazeena ajramoo kaanoo minal lazeena aamanoo yadhakoon
Those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed
وَإِذَا مَرُّواْ بِهِمۡ يَتَغَامَزُونَ 30
Wa izaa marroo bihim yataghaamazoon
And when they passed by them, they would wink at one another
وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓاْ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُواْ فَكِهِينَ 31
Wa izan qalabooo ilaaa ahlihimun qalaboo fakiheen
And when they went back to their families, they would go back exulting
وَإِذَا رَأَوۡهُمۡ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ 32
Wa izaa ra awhum qaalooo inna haaa'ulaaa'i ladaaal loon
And if they saw them, they would say, “These people are lost.”
وَمَآ أُرۡسِلُواْ عَلَيۡهِمۡ حَٰفِظِينَ 33
Wa maaa ursiloo 'alaihim haafizeen
Yet they were not sent as guardians over them
فَٱلۡيَوۡمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡكُفَّارِ يَضۡحَكُونَ 34
Fal yawmal lazeena aamanoo minal kuffaari yadhakoon
But on that Day, those who believed will laugh at the unbelievers
عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ 35
Alal araaa'iki yanzuroon
On luxurious furnishings, looking on
هَلۡ ثُوِّبَ ٱلۡكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُواْ يَفۡعَلُونَ 36
Hal suwwibal kuffaaru maa kaanoo yaf'aloon
Have the unbelievers been repaid for what they used to do
Quran-Anchored Prophetic Context
Authentic narrations in the active corpus that explicitly cite, name, or explain verses in Surah Al-Mutaffifin.
وَعَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَيُّمَا مُسْلِمٍ كَسَا مُسْلِمًا ثَوْبًا عَلَى عُرْيٍ كَسَاهُ اللَّهُ مِنْ خُضْرِ الْجَنَّةِ وَأَيُّمَا مُسْلِمٍ أَطْعَمَ مُسْلِمًا عَلَى جُوعٍ أَطْعَمَهُ اللَّهُ مِنْ ثِمَارِ الْجَنَّةِ. وَأَيُّمَا مُسلم سقا مُسْلِمًا عَلَى ظَمَأٍ سَقَاهُ اللَّهُ مِنَ الرَّحِيقِ الْمَخْتُوم» . رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُد وَالتِّرْمِذِيّ
Abu Sa'id reported God’s messenger as saying, “If any Muslim clothes a Muslim when he is naked, God will clothe him with some of the green garments of paradise; if any Muslim feeds a Muslim when he is hungry, God will feed him with some of the fruits of paradise; and if any Muslim gives a Muslim drink when he is thirsty, God will give him some of the pure wine which is sealed* to drink.” Abu Dawud and Tirmidhi transmitted it. * Cf Quran 83:25.