Those who Give Short Measure (Al-Mutaffifin)
Verses 1-17 GROUP_1566 83.1-17
1
وَيْلٌ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ
Woe to those who give short measure,
2
الَّذِينَ إِذَا اكْتَالُواْ عَلَى النَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ
who demand of other people full measure for themselves,
3
وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ
but when they give by measurement or weight to others, they give them less.
4
أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُولَئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ
Do such people not realize that they will be raised up,
5
لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
on a fateful Day.
6
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ النَّاسُ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
The Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of the Universe?
7
كَلَّا إِنَّ كِتَابَ الفُجَّارِ لَفِي سِجِّينٍ
Indeed! The record of the wicked is in the Sijjin—
8
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ
and what could make you understand what the Sijjin is?—
9
كِتَابٌ مَّرْقُومٌ
it is a written record.
10
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Woe, on that Day, to those who reject,
11
الَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ
those who deny the Day of Judgement.
12
وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
No one denies it except for the evil aggressor.
13
إِذَا تُتْلَى عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
When Our revelations are conveyed to him, he says, ‘Fables of the ancients!’
14
كَلَّا بَلْ رَانَ عَلَى قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ
No! Their own deeds have cast a veil over their hearts.
15
كَلَّا إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ
Indeed! On that Day a barrier will be set between them and their Lord,
16
ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُوا الْجَحِيمِ
then they shall enter the Fire of Hell,
17
ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَذَا الَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِ تُكَذِّبُونَ
and they will be told, ‘This is what you were wont to belie.’
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Commentary
(a) Literally ‘when they give by measure to others, or weigh out to them’. (b) Every human being wants to have his dues paid in full. But it is only right and proper that, if he is a man of character, he should also take care to give to others their full and rightful dues. He should want for others whatever he wants for himself. Those who take full measure for themselves and give less to others, will reach the Hereafter in such an ill state of grace that they will be doomed to eternal perdition. One who tries to ensure full measure for himself knows that everyone should receive his just deserts. In this context, if he gives less while giving to others, he lessens his realization of or sensitivity to the rights of others. If a man repeats this sort of misdeed again and again, a time will finally come when he will completely lose his sensitivity to others’ rights. His heart will be completely corroded by his sinful actions. In the present world many people are not at all keen to respect the rights of others or to give them their full dues. They are interested solely in recovering in full what is due to them from others. Such people will remain in a state of deprivation in the Hereafter. Wise are those who are eager to discharge others’ rights and dues fully, because they are the ones who will be entitled to the great bounties of God in the Hereafter. (a) Literally ‘A prison’. It means ‘a certain place in which the record of the deeds of the wicked is preserved.