Revealed in Makkah, Surah Al-Mutaffifin (The Defrauding) begins with a severe warning against those who cheat in business weights and measures, demanding full measure but giving less to others. It outlines the records of deeds—Sijjin for the wicked and 'Illiyyun for the righteous—and warns that those who mock the believers in this life will be mocked by them in the Hereafter.
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Waylun lilmutaffifeena
Translation
Woe to the defrauders
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Allatheena itha iktaloo AAala alnnasi yastawfoona
Translation
Those who, when they take a measure from people, they take in full
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Waitha kaloohum aw wazanoohum yukhsiroona
Translation
But when they measure or weigh to others, they cheat
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Ala yathunnu olaika annahum mabAAoothoona
Translation
Do these not know that they will be resurrected
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Liyawmin AAatheemin
Translation
For a Great Day
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Yawma yaqoomu alnnasu lirabbi alAAalameena
Translation
The Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of the Worlds
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Kalla inna kitaba alfujjari lafee sijjeenin
Translation
Not at all. The record of the wicked is in Sijjeen
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Wama adraka ma sijjeenun
Translation
But how can you know what Sijjeen is
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Kitabun marqoomun
Translation
A numerical book
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Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena
Translation
Woe on that Day to the deniers
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Allatheena yukaththiboona biyawmi alddeeni
Translation
Those who deny the Day of Reckoning
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Wama yukaththibu bihi illa kullu muAAtadin atheemin
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But none denies it except the sinful aggressor
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Itha tutla AAalayhi ayatuna qala asateeru alawwaleena
Translation
When Our revelations are recited to him, he says, “Legends of the ancients.”
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Kalla bal rana AAala quloobihim ma kanoo yaksiboona
Translation
Not at all. Their hearts have become corroded by what they used to earn
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Kalla innahum AAan rabbihim yawmaithin lamahjooboona
Translation
Not at all. On that Day, they will be screened from their Lord
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Thumma innahum lasaloo aljaheemi
Translation
Then they will roast in Hell
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Thumma yuqalu hatha allathee kuntum bihi tukaththiboona
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Then it will be said, “This is what you used to deny.”
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Kalla inna kitaba alabrari lafee AAilliyyeena
Translation
No indeed; the record of the righteous is in Elliyyeen
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Wama adraka ma AAilliyyoona
Translation
But how can you know what Elliyyoon is
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Kitabun marqoomun
Translation
A numerical book