83rd surah of the Quran

Surah Al-Mutaffifin

Defrauding

Meccan 36 verses Juz 30
Al-Mutaffifin

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

وَيْلٌۭ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ ﴿١﴾

Woe unto the defrauders:

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكْتَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ ﴿٢﴾

Those who when they take the measure from mankind demand it full,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ ﴿٣﴾

But if they measure unto them or weight for them, they cause them loss.

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ ﴿٤﴾

Do such (men) not consider that they will be raised again

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍۢ ﴿٥﴾

Unto an Awful Day,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ﴿٦﴾

The day when (all) mankind stand before the Lord of the Worlds?

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلْفُجَّارِ لَفِى سِجِّينٍۢ ﴿٧﴾

Nay, but the record of the vile is in Sijjin -

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٌۭ ﴿٨﴾

Ah! what will convey unto thee what Sijjin is! -

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

كِتَٰبٌۭ مَّرْقُومٌۭ ﴿٩﴾

A written record.

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿١٠﴾

Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿١١﴾

Those who deny the Day of Judgment

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ ﴿١٢﴾

Which none denieth save each criminal transgressor,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿١٣﴾

Who, when thou readest unto him Our revelations, saith: (Mere) fables of the men of old.

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ ﴿١٤﴾

Nay, but that which they have earned is rust upon their hearts.

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ ﴿١٥﴾

Nay, but surely on that day they will be covered from (the mercy of) their Lord.

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُوا۟ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ﴿١٦﴾

Then lo! they verily will burn in hell,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ﴿١٧﴾

And it will be said (unto them): This is that which ye used to deny.

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلْأَبْرَارِ لَفِى عِلِّيِّينَ ﴿١٨﴾

Nay, but the record of the righteous is in 'Illiyin -

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ ﴿١٩﴾

Ah, what will convey unto thee what 'Illiyin is! -

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

كِتَٰبٌۭ مَّرْقُومٌۭ ﴿٢٠﴾

A written record,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

يَشْهَدُهُ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ ﴿٢١﴾

Attested by those who are brought near (unto their Lord).

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ ﴿٢٢﴾

Lo! the righteous verily are in delight,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ ﴿٢٣﴾

On couches, gazing,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

تَعْرِفُ فِى وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ﴿٢٤﴾

Thou wilt know in their faces the radiance of delight.

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍۢ مَّخْتُومٍ ﴿٢٥﴾

They are given to drink of a pure wine, sealed,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

خِتَٰمُهُۥ مِسْكٌۭ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلْمُتَنَٰفِسُونَ ﴿٢٦﴾

Whose seal is musk - for this let (all) those strive who strive for bliss -

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ ﴿٢٧﴾

And mixed with water of Tasnim,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

عَيْنًۭا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ ﴿٢٨﴾

A spring whence those brought near (to Allah) drink.

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا۟ كَانُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ يَضْحَكُونَ ﴿٢٩﴾

Lo! the guilty used to laugh at those who believed,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

وَإِذَا مَرُّوا۟ بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ ﴿٣٠﴾

And wink one to another when they passed them;

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُوا۟ فَكِهِينَ ﴿٣١﴾

And when they returned to their own folk, they returned jesting;

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ ﴿٣٢﴾

And when they saw them they said: Lo! these have gone astray.

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

وَمَآ أُرْسِلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ حَٰفِظِينَ ﴿٣٣﴾

Yet they were not sent as guardians over them.

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

فَٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ ﴿٣٤﴾

This day it is those who believe who have the laugh of disbelievers,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ ﴿٣٥﴾

On high couches, gazing.

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

هَلْ ثُوِّبَ ٱلْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ ﴿٣٦﴾

Are not the disbelievers paid for what they used to do?

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

Al-Mutaffifin Verse 1 of 36

Arabic text: Uthmani script. English translation: Marmaduke Pickthall. Audio: everyayah.com.

About Surah Al-Mutaffifin

Surah Al-Mutaffifin (المطففين) is the 83rd surah of the Quran. It has 36 verses and is found in Juz 30. It is classified as a Meccan surah, meaning it was mainly revealed before the Prophet's migration (Hijra) to Medina.

Its name, المطففين, is commonly translated as “Defrauding”.

Questions about Surah Al-Mutaffifin

How many verses are in Surah Al-Mutaffifin?

Surah Al-Mutaffifin (المطففين) has 36 verses. It is the 83rd surah of the Quran, after Surah Al-Infitar and before Surah Al-Inshiqaq, and it is found in Juz 30.

Is Surah Al-Mutaffifin Meccan or Medinan?

It is classified as a Meccan surah, meaning it was mainly revealed before the Hijra. In the traditional order of revelation it is number 86 out of 114. Scholars sometimes differ about the place of revelation of some verses.

What does the name of Surah Al-Mutaffifin mean?

المطففين is commonly translated as “Defrauding”. The surahs are named after a word or a theme that appears in them, and the name is a label rather than a summary of the whole surah.

Which Juz is Surah Al-Mutaffifin in?

Surah Al-Mutaffifin is in Juz' 30.

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