The Holy Qur'an (Maulana Muhammad Ali)/83. Default in Duty

83. Default in Duty (Al-Tatfif)
In the name of Allah the Beneficent, the Merciful.

I Woe to the cheaters! 

Who, when they take the measure (of their dues) from men, take it fully, 

And when they measure out to others or weigh out for them, they give less than is due. 

Do they not think that they will be raised again, 

To a mighty day? -- 

The day when men will stand before the Lord of the worlds. 

Nay, surely the record of the wicked is in the prison. 

And what will make thee know what the prison is? 

<section begin="83:9"/>It is a written book. <section end="83:9"/>

<section begin="83:10"/>Woe on that day to the rejectors! <section end="83:10"/>

<section begin="83:11"/>Who give the lie to the day of Judgment. <section end="83:11"/>

<section begin="83:12"/>And none gives the lie to it but every exceeder of limits, every sinful one; <section end="83:12"/>

<section begin="83:13"/>When Our messages are recited to him, he says Stories of those of yore! <section end="83:13"/>

<section begin="83:14"/>Nay, rather, what they earned is rust upon their hearts. <section end="83:14"/>

<section begin="83:15"/>Nay, surely they are that day debarred from their Lord. <section end="83:15"/>

<section begin="83:16"/>Then they will surely enter the burning Fire. -- <section end="83:16"/>

<section begin="83:17"/>Then it will be said: This is what you gave the lie to. <section end="83:17"/>

<section begin="83:18"/>Nay, surely the record of the righteous is in the highest places. <section end="83:18"/>

<section begin="83:19"/>And what will make thee know what the highest places are? <section end="83:19"/>

<section begin="83:20"/>It is a written book. <section end="83:20"/>

<section begin="83:21"/>Those drawn near (to Allah) witness it. <section end="83:21"/>

<section begin="83:22"/>Surely the righteous are in bliss, <section end="83:22"/>

<section begin="83:23"/>On raised couches, gazing -- <section end="83:23"/>

<section begin="83:24"/>Thou recognizest in their faces the brightness of bliss. <section end="83:24"/>

<section begin="83:25"/>They are given to drink of a pure drink, sealed. <section end="83:25"/>

<section begin="83:26"/>The sealing of it is (with) musk. And for that let the aspirers aspire. <section end="83:26"/>

<section begin="83:27"/>And it is tempered with water coming from above -- <section end="83:27"/>

<section begin="83:28"/>A fountain from which drink those drawn near (to Allah). <section end="83:28"/>

<section begin="83:29"/>Surely they who are guilty used to laugh at those who believe. <section end="83:29"/>

<section begin="83:30"/>And when they passed by them, they winked at one another, <section end="83:30"/>

<section begin="83:31"/>And when they returned to their people, they returned exulting. <section end="83:31"/>

<section begin="83:32"/>And when they saw them, they said Surely these are in error -- <section end="83:32"/>

<section begin="83:33"/>And they were not sent as keepers over them. <section end="83:33"/>

<section begin="83:34"/>So this day those who believe laugh at the disbelievers -- <section end="83:34"/>

<section begin="83:35"/>On raised couches, gazing. <section end="83:35"/>

<section begin="83:36"/>Surely the disbelievers are rewarded as they did. <section end="83:36"/>