Surah 83
Surah At-Tatfif: Defrauding
Revealed at Makkah
With the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Rewarding
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WOE be to the defrauders—
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who, when they take measure from people, they demand full measure,
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but when they give measure to them or weigh out for them, they give less.
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Do they not think— these— that they will surely be raised again,
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on a terrible Day:
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the Day whereon mankind will stand up before the Rabb of all the worlds?
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No! Surely the record of the wicked will indeed be in Sijjin.
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And what will make you know what the Prison is?
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A written Register.
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Woe be on that Day to those who belie,—
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who belie the Day of Judgment.
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And no one rejects it except every immoderate sinner,
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when Our Messages are recited to him, he says: “Stories of the ancients.”
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No! rather, what they had been earning has rusted upon their hearts.
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No! certainly they will that Day indeed be veiled from their Rabb.
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And then they will of course be roasted in the fierce Fire.
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Then it will be said: “This is that about which you used to belie.”
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No! surely the record of the pious will be in the Zenith.
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And what will make you know what the Zenith is?
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A written Register,—
