المطففين
Al-Mutaffifin, Defrauding
Mahmoud Khalil Al-HussaryHafs 'an 'Asim - Murattal
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تفسير سورة المطففين
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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
English Translation - Noor International Center. Version: 1.1.2. Last updated: 2025-06-24. QuranEnc.com
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وَيْلٌ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ
(1) Woe to those who give less [than due],[1878]
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[1878]- i.e., those who cheat people by giving them less than what they paid for when weighing or measuring - an amount so little as to hardly be noticed.
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ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكْتَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ
(2) Who, when they take a measure from people, take in full.
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وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ
(3) But if they give by measure or by weight to them, they cause loss.
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أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ
(4) Do they not think that they will be resurrected
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لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
(5) For a tremendous Day -
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يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
(6) The Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of the worlds?
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كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَـٰبَ ٱلْفُجَّارِ لَفِى سِجِّينٍ
(7) No! Indeed, the record of the wicked is in sijjeen.
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- 8
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ
(8) And what can make you know what is sijjeen?
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- 9
كِتَـٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ
(9) It is [their destination[1879] recorded in] a register inscribed.
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[1879]- The lowest depths of Hell.
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- 10
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
(10) Woe, that Day, to the deniers,
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ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
(11) Who deny the Day of Recompense.
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وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
(12) And none deny it except every sinful transgressor.
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إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
(13) When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."
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كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ
(14) No! Rather, the stain has covered their hearts of that which they were earning.[1880]
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[1880]- i.e., their sins.
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كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ
(15) No! Indeed, from their Lord, that Day, they will be partitioned.[1881]
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[1881]- i.e., they will not be able to see Him.
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ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُوا۟ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
(16) Then indeed, they will [enter and] burn in Hellfire.
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ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ
(17) Then it will be said [to them], "This is what you used to deny."
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كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَـٰبَ ٱلْأَبْرَارِ لَفِى عِلِّيِّينَ
(18) No! Indeed, the record of the righteous is in ʿilliyyūn.
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وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ
(19) And what can make you know what is ʿilliyyūn?
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كِتَـٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ
(20) It is [their destination[1882] recorded in] a register inscribed
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[1882]- The highest elevations of Paradise.
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يَشْهَدُهُ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ
(21) Which is witnessed by those brought near [to Allāh].
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إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ
(22) Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure
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عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ
(23) On adorned couches, observing.
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تَعْرِفُ فِى وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
(24) You will recognize in their faces the radiance of pleasure.
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يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍ مَّخْتُومٍ
(25) They will be given to drink [pure] wine[1883] [which was] sealed.
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[1883]- Which is delicious and does not intoxicate.
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خِتَـٰمُهُۥ مِسْكٌ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلْمُتَنَـٰفِسُونَ
(26) The last of it[1884] is musk. So for this let the competitors compete.
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[1884]- i.e., its lingering odor.
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وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ
(27) And its mixture is of Tasneem,[1885]
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[1885]- The highest spring in Paradise and the most favored drink of its inhabitants.
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عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ
(28) A spring from which those near [to Allāh] drink.
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إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا۟ كَانُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ يَضْحَكُونَ
(29) Indeed, those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed.
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وَإِذَا مَرُّوا۟ بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ
(30) And when they passed by them, they would exchange derisive glances.
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وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُوا۟ فَكِهِينَ
(31) And when they returned to their people, they would return jesting.
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وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ
(32) And when they saw them, they would say, "Indeed, those are truly lost."
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وَمَآ أُرْسِلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ حَـٰفِظِينَ
(33) But they had not been sent as guardians over them.
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فَٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ
(34) So Today[1886] those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers,
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[1886]- On the Day of Judgement.
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عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ
(35) On adorned couches, observing.
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هَلْ ثُوِّبَ ٱلْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ
(36) Have the disbelievers [not] been rewarded [this Day] for what they used to do?
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