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Surah Al-Mutaffifin

سورة المطففين · The Defrauding · 36 verses · Meccan

Surah Al-Mutaffifin (المطففين, "The Defrauding") is chapter 83 of the Quran. It has 36 verses, was revealed in Mecca and is found in juz 30. Here you can read the complete Arabic text with English translation and transliteration, and listen verse by verse.

Also written as: Mutaffifin

Number
83
Arabic
المطففين
Meaning
The Defrauding
Verses
36
Revealed in
Mecca
Juz
30
Mushaf page
587–589

Surah Al-Mutaffifin in Arabic and English

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

83:1

وَيۡلٞ لِّلۡمُطَفِّفِينَ ﴿١﴾

Waylun lilmutaffifeena

Woe to those who give less [than due]

83:2

ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكۡتَالُواْ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسۡتَوۡفُونَ ﴿٢﴾

Allatheena itha iktaloo ʿala alnnasi yastawfoona

Who, when they take a measure from people, take in full

83:3

وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمۡ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمۡ يُخۡسِرُونَ ﴿٣﴾

Waitha kaloohum aw wazanoohum yukhsiroona

But if they give by measure or by weight to them, they cause loss

83:4

أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبۡعُوثُونَ ﴿٤﴾

Ala yathunnu olaika annahum mabʿoothoona

Do they not think that they will be resurrected

83:5

لِيَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٖ ﴿٥﴾

Liyawmin ʿatheemin

For a tremendous Day

83:6

يَوۡمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ﴿٦﴾

Yawma yaqoomu alnnasu lirabbi alʿalameena

The Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of the worlds

83:7

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلۡفُجَّارِ لَفِي سِجِّينٖ ﴿٧﴾

Kalla inna kitaba alfujjari lafee sijjeenin

No! Indeed, the record of the wicked is in sijjeen

83:8

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٞ ﴿٨﴾

Wama adraka ma sijjeenun

And what can make you know what is sijjeen

83:9

كِتَٰبٞ مَّرۡقُومٞ ﴿٩﴾

Kitabun marqoomun

It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed

وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿١٠﴾

Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

Woe, that Day, to the deniers

ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿١١﴾

Allatheena yukaththiboona biyawmi alddeeni

Who deny the Day of Recompense

وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعۡتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ ﴿١٢﴾

Wama yukaththibu bihi illa kullu muʿtadin atheemin

And none deny it except every sinful transgressor

إِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ﴿١٣﴾

Itha tutla ʿalayhi ayatuna qala asateeru alawwaleena

When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples

كَلَّاۖ بَلۡۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ ﴿١٤﴾

Kalla bal rana ʿala quloobihim ma kanoo yaksiboona

No! Rather, the stain has covered their hearts of that which they were earning

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمۡ عَن رَّبِّهِمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّمَحۡجُوبُونَ ﴿١٥﴾

Kalla innahum ʿan rabbihim yawmaithin lamahjooboona

No! Indeed, from their Lord, that Day, they will be partitioned

ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمۡ لَصَالُواْ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ﴿١٦﴾

Thumma innahum lasaloo aljaheemi

Then indeed, they will [enter and] burn in Hellfire

ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ﴿١٧﴾

Thumma yuqalu hatha allathee kuntum bihi tukaththiboona

Then it will be said [to them], "This is what you used to deny

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارِ لَفِي عِلِّيِّينَ ﴿١٨﴾

Kalla inna kitaba alabrari lafee ʿilliyyeena

No! Indeed, the record of the righteous is in 'illiyyun

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ ﴿١٩﴾

Wama adraka ma ʿilliyyoona

And what can make you know what is 'illiyyun

كِتَٰبٞ مَّرۡقُومٞ ﴿٢٠﴾

Kitabun marqoomun

It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed

يَشۡهَدُهُ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ ﴿٢١﴾

Yashhaduhu almuqarraboona

Which is witnessed by those brought near [to Allah]

إِنَّ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ ﴿٢٢﴾

Inna alabrara lafee naʿeemin

Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure

عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ ﴿٢٣﴾

ʿala alaraiki yanthuroona

On adorned couches, observing

تَعۡرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِهِمۡ نَضۡرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ﴿٢٤﴾

Taʿrifu fee wujoohihim nadrata alnnaʿeemi

You will recognize in their faces the radiance of pleasure

يُسۡقَوۡنَ مِن رَّحِيقٖ مَّخۡتُومٍ ﴿٢٥﴾

Yusqawna min raheeqin makhtoomin

They will be given to drink [pure] wine [which was] sealed

خِتَٰمُهُۥ مِسۡكٞۚ وَفِي ذَٰلِكَ فَلۡيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلۡمُتَنَٰفِسُونَ ﴿٢٦﴾

Khitamuhu miskun wafee thalika falyatanafasi almutanafisoona

The last of it is musk. So for this let the competitors compete

وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسۡنِيمٍ ﴿٢٧﴾

Wamizajuhu min tasneemin

And its mixture is of Tasneem

عَيۡنٗا يَشۡرَبُ بِهَا ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ ﴿٢٨﴾

ʿaynan yashrabu biha almuqarraboona

A spring from which those near [to Allah] drink

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجۡرَمُواْ كَانُواْ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ يَضۡحَكُونَ ﴿٢٩﴾

Inna allatheena ajramoo kanoo mina allatheena amanoo yadhakoona

Indeed, those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed

وَإِذَا مَرُّواْ بِهِمۡ يَتَغَامَزُونَ ﴿٣٠﴾

Waitha marroo bihim yataghamazoona

And when they passed by them, they would exchange derisive glances

وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓاْ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُواْ فَكِهِينَ ﴿٣١﴾

Waitha inqalaboo ila ahlihimu inqalaboo fakiheena

And when they returned to their people, they would return jesting

وَإِذَا رَأَوۡهُمۡ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ ﴿٣٢﴾

Waitha raawhum qaloo inna haolai ladalloona

And when they saw them, they would say, "Indeed, those are truly lost

وَمَآ أُرۡسِلُواْ عَلَيۡهِمۡ حَٰفِظِينَ ﴿٣٣﴾

Wama orsiloo ʿalayhim hafitheena

But they had not been sent as guardians over them

فَٱلۡيَوۡمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡكُفَّارِ يَضۡحَكُونَ ﴿٣٤﴾

Faalyawma allatheena amanoo mina alkuffari yadhakoona

So Today those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers

عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ ﴿٣٥﴾

ʿala alaraiki yanthuroona

On adorned couches, observing

هَلۡ ثُوِّبَ ٱلۡكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُواْ يَفۡعَلُونَ ﴿٣٦﴾

Hal thuwwiba alkuffaru ma kanoo yafʿaloona

Have the disbelievers [not] been rewarded [this Day] for what they used to do

Translation: Saheeh International. Transliteration: Tanzil.net. Recitation: Mishary Alafasy (EveryAyah.com). A translation conveys the meaning and does not replace the Arabic text.

Frequently asked questions

How many verses are in Surah Al-Mutaffifin?

Surah Al-Mutaffifin has 36 verses.

Where was Surah Al-Mutaffifin revealed?

Surah Al-Mutaffifin is a Meccan surah; it was revealed in Mecca.

Which juz is Surah Al-Mutaffifin in?

Surah Al-Mutaffifin is in juz 30, on pages 587–589 of the standard Madinah mushaf.

What does Al-Mutaffifin mean?

المطففين means "The Defrauding".

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