Those who Give Short Measure (Al-Mutaffifin)
Verses 18-36 GROUP_1567 83.18-36
18
كَلَّا إِنَّ كِتَابَ الْأَبْرَارِ لَفِي عِلِّيِّينَ
But, the record of the righteous is [preserved] in the ‘Illiyyin—
19
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ
and what will make you understand what the ‘Illiyyin is?—
20
كِتَابٌ مَّرْقُومٌ
a written record,
21
يَشْهَدُهُ الْمُقَرَّبُونَ
which those angels closest to God will bear witness to.
22
إِنَّ الْأَبْرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ
The virtuous will surely be in bliss,
23
عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنظُرُونَ
seated on couches and gazing around in wonder.
24
تَعْرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ النَّعِيمِ
You will find in their faces the brightness of bliss.
25
يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍ مَّخْتُومٍ
They will be given a drink of pure wine, sealed,
26
خِتَامُهُ مِسْكٌ وَفِي ذَلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ الْمُتَنَافِسُونَ
its seal will be of musk—for this let the aspirants aspire—
27
وَمِزَاجُهُ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ
a wine tempered with the waters of Tasnim,
28
عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا الْمُقَرَّبُونَ
a spring at which those drawn close to God will drink.
29
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا كَانُواْ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يَضْحَكُونَ
The wicked used to laugh at the believers—
30
وَإِذَا مَرُّواْ بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ
when they passed by them, they would wink at one another;
31
وَإِذَا انقَلَبُواْ إِلَى أَهْلِهِمُ انقَلَبُواْ فَكِهِينَ
and when they returned to their own people, they would speak of them jestingly;
32
وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوا إِنَّ هَؤُلَاء لَضَالُّونَ
and when they saw them, they said [scornfully], ‘These men have surely gone astray,’
33
وَمَا أُرْسِلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ حَافِظِينَ
though they were not sent to be their keepers—
34
فَالْيَوْمَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ
so today those who believe shall [be able to] laugh at those who denied the truth
35
عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنظُرُونَ
as they sit on couches, gazing around.
36
هَلْ ثُوِّبَ الْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا يَفْعَلُونَ
Have those who deny the truth [not] been paid back for their deeds?
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Commentary
(a) Duly registered and inscribed, with no possibility of error or effacement. (b) One who disregards his worldly considerations for the sake of the Hereafter is regarded as a fool and becomes diminished in the eyes of the worldly wise. But when the Hereafter comes, it will appear that the really wise ones were those who were considered foolish in the present world.