Surah Al-Mutaffifin: word by word, transliteration and English translation

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Transliteration bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi

English In the name of Allāh, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

1. بِسْمِbis'miIn (the) name
2. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
3. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmānithe Most Gracious
4. ٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmithe Most Merciful

وَيْلٌ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ

Transliteration waylun lil'muṭaffifīna

English Woe to those who give less [than due],

1. وَيْلٌۭwaylunWoe
2. لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَlil'muṭaffifīnato those who give less

ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكْتَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ

Transliteration alladhīna idhā ik'tālū ʿalā l-nāsi yastawfūna

English Who, when they take a measure from people, take in full.

1. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
2. إِذَاidhāwhen
3. ٱكْتَالُوا۟ik'tālūthey take a measure
4. عَلَىʿalāfrom
5. ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe people
6. يَسْتَوْفُونَyastawfūnathey take in full

وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ

Transliteration wa-idhā kālūhum aw wazanūhum yukh'sirūna

English But if they give by measure or by weight to them, they cause loss.

1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāBut when
2. كَالُوهُمْkālūhumthey give by measure (to) them
3. أَوawor
4. وَّزَنُوهُمْwazanūhumthey weigh (for) them
5. يُخْسِرُونَyukh'sirūnathey give less

أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ

Transliteration alā yaẓunnu ulāika annahum mabʿūthūna

English Do they not think that they will be resurrected

1. أَلَاalāDo not
2. يَظُنُّyaẓunnuthink
3. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathose
4. أَنَّهُمannahumthat they
5. مَّبْعُوثُونَmabʿūthūna(will be) resurrected

لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

Transliteration liyawmin ʿaẓīmin

English For a tremendous Day -

1. لِيَوْمٍliyawminFor a Day
2. عَظِيمٍۢʿaẓīminGreat

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Transliteration yawma yaqūmu l-nāsu lirabbi l-ʿālamīna

English The Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of the worlds?

1. يَوْمَyawma(The) Day
2. يَقُومُyaqūmuwill stand
3. ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsumankind
4. لِرَبِّlirabbibefore (the) Lord
5. ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna(of) the worlds

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَـٰبَ ٱلْفُجَّارِ لَفِى سِجِّينٍ

Transliteration kallā inna kitāba l-fujāri lafī sijjīnin

English No! Indeed, the record of the wicked is in sijjeen.

1. كَلَّآkallāNay
2. إِنَّinnaIndeed
3. كِتَـٰبَkitāba(the) record
4. ٱلْفُجَّارِl-fujāri(of) the wicked
5. لَفِىlafī(is) surely in
6. سِجِّينٍۢsijjīninSijjin

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ

Transliteration wamā adrāka mā sijjīnun

English And what can make you know what is sijjeen?

1. وَمَآwamāAnd what
2. أَدْرَىٰكَadrākacan make you know
3. مَاmāwhat
4. سِجِّينٌۭsijjīnun(is) Sijjin

كِتَـٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ

Transliteration kitābun marqūmun

English It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed.

1. كِتَـٰبٌۭkitābunA book
2. مَّرْقُومٌۭmarqūmunwritten

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Transliteration waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna

English Woe, that Day, to the deniers,

1. وَيْلٌۭwaylunWoe
2. يَوْمَئِذٍۢyawma-idhinthat Day
3. لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَlil'mukadhibīnato the deniers

ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

Transliteration alladhīna yukadhibūna biyawmi l-dīni

English Who deny the Day of Recompense.

1. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
2. يُكَذِّبُونَyukadhibūnadeny
3. بِيَوْمِbiyawmi(the) Day
4. ٱلدِّينِl-dīni(of) the Judgment

وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ

Transliteration wamā yukadhibu bihi illā kullu muʿ'tadin athīmin

English And none deny it except every sinful transgressor.

1. وَمَاwamāAnd not
2. يُكَذِّبُyukadhibucan deny
3. بِهِۦٓbihi[of] it
4. إِلَّاillāexcept
5. كُلُّkulluevery
6. مُعْتَدٍmuʿ'tadintransgressor
7. أَثِيمٍathīminsinful

إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Transliteration idhā tut'lā ʿalayhi āyātunā qāla asāṭīru l-awalīna

English When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."

1. إِذَاidhāWhen
2. تُتْلَىٰtut'lāare recited
3. عَلَيْهِʿalayhito him
4. ءَايَـٰتُنَاāyātunāOur Verses
5. قَالَqālahe says
6. أَسَـٰطِيرُasāṭīruStories
7. ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna(of) the former (people)

كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ

Transliteration kallā bal rāna ʿalā qulūbihim mā kānū yaksibūna

English No! Rather, the stain has covered their hearts of that which they were earning.

1. كَلَّا ۖkallāNay
2. بَلْ ۜbalBut
3. رَانَrāna(the) stain has covered
4. عَلَىٰʿalā[over]
5. قُلُوبِهِمqulūbihimtheir hearts
6. مَّاmā(for) what
7. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
8. يَكْسِبُونَyaksibūnaearn

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ

Transliteration kallā innahum ʿan rabbihim yawma-idhin lamaḥjūbūna

English No! Indeed, from their Lord, that Day, they will be partitioned.

1. كَلَّآkallāNay
2. إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they
3. عَنʿanfrom
4. رَّبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord
5. يَوْمَئِذٍۢyawma-idhinthat Day
6. لَّمَحْجُوبُونَlamaḥjūbūnasurely will be partitioned

ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُوا۟ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

Transliteration thumma innahum laṣālū l-jaḥīmi

English Then indeed, they will [enter and] burn in Hellfire.

1. ثُمَّthummaThen
2. إِنَّهُمْinnahumindeed, they
3. لَصَالُوا۟laṣālū(surely) will burn
4. ٱلْجَحِيمِl-jaḥīmi(in) the Hellfire

ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ

Transliteration thumma yuqālu hādhā alladhī kuntum bihi tukadhibūna

English Then it will be said [to them], "This is what you used to deny."

1. ثُمَّthummaThen
2. يُقَالُyuqāluit will be said
3. هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
4. ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) what
5. كُنتُمkuntumyou used to
6. بِهِۦbihi[of it]
7. تُكَذِّبُونَtukadhibūnadeny

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَـٰبَ ٱلْأَبْرَارِ لَفِى عِلِّيِّينَ

Transliteration kallā inna kitāba l-abrāri lafī ʿilliyyīna

English No! Indeed, the record of the righteous is in ʿilliyyūn.

1. كَلَّآkallāNay
2. إِنَّinnaIndeed
3. كِتَـٰبَkitāba(the) record
4. ٱلْأَبْرَارِl-abrāri(of) the righteous
5. لَفِىlafī(will be) surely in
6. عِلِّيِّينَʿilliyyīnaIlliyin

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ

Transliteration wamā adrāka mā ʿilliyyūna

English And what can make you know what is ʿilliyyūn?

1. وَمَآwamāAnd what
2. أَدْرَىٰكَadrākacan make you know
3. مَاmāwhat
4. عِلِّيُّونَʿilliyyūna(is) Illiyun

كِتَـٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ

Transliteration kitābun marqūmun

English It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed

1. كِتَـٰبٌۭkitābunA book
2. مَّرْقُومٌۭmarqūmunwritten

يَشْهَدُهُ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ

Transliteration yashhaduhu l-muqarabūna

English Which is witnessed by those brought near [to Allāh].

1. يَشْهَدُهُyashhaduhuWitness it
2. ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَl-muqarabūnathose brought near

إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ

Transliteration inna l-abrāra lafī naʿīmin

English Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. ٱلْأَبْرَارَl-abrārathe righteous
3. لَفِىlafī(will be) surely in
4. نَعِيمٍnaʿīminbliss

عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ

Transliteration ʿalā l-arāiki yanẓurūna

English On adorned couches, observing.

1. عَلَىʿalāOn
2. ٱلْأَرَآئِكِl-arāikithrones
3. يَنظُرُونَyanẓurūnaobserving

تَعْرِفُ فِى وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

Transliteration taʿrifu fī wujūhihim naḍrata l-naʿīmi

English You will recognize in their faces the radiance of pleasure.

1. تَعْرِفُtaʿrifuYou will recognize
2. فِىfīin
3. وُجُوهِهِمْwujūhihimtheir faces
4. نَضْرَةَnaḍrata(the) radiance
5. ٱلنَّعِيمِl-naʿīmi(of) bliss

يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍ مَّخْتُومٍ

Transliteration yus'qawna min raḥīqin makhtūmin

English They will be given to drink [pure] wine [which was] sealed.

1. يُسْقَوْنَyus'qawnaThey will be given to drink
2. مِنminof
3. رَّحِيقٍۢraḥīqina pure wine
4. مَّخْتُومٍmakhtūminsealed

خِتَـٰمُهُۥ مِسْكٌ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلْمُتَنَـٰفِسُونَ

Transliteration khitāmuhu mis'kun wafī dhālika falyatanāfasi l-mutanāfisūna

English The last of it is musk. So for this let the competitors compete.

1. خِتَـٰمُهُۥkhitāmuhuIts seal
2. مِسْكٌۭ ۚmis'kun(will be of) musk
3. وَفِىwafīAnd for
4. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
5. فَلْيَتَنَافَسِfalyatanāfasilet aspire
6. ٱلْمُتَنَـٰفِسُونَl-mutanāfisūnathe aspirers

وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ

Transliteration wamizājuhu min tasnīmin

English And its mixture is of Tasneem,

1. وَمِزَاجُهُۥwamizājuhuAnd its mixture
2. مِنmin(is) of
3. تَسْنِيمٍtasnīminTasneem

عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ

Transliteration ʿaynan yashrabu bihā l-muqarabūna

English A spring from which those near [to Allāh] drink.

1. عَيْنًۭاʿaynanA spring
2. يَشْرَبُyashrabuwill drink
3. بِهَاbihāfrom it
4. ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَl-muqarabūnathose brought near

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا۟ كَانُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ يَضْحَكُونَ

Transliteration inna alladhīna ajramū kānū mina alladhīna āmanū yaḍḥakūna

English Indeed, those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed.

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
3. أَجْرَمُوا۟ajramūcommitted crimes
4. كَانُوا۟kānūused to
5. مِنَminaat
6. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
7. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieved
8. يَضْحَكُونَyaḍḥakūnalaugh

وَإِذَا مَرُّوا۟ بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ

Transliteration wa-idhā marrū bihim yataghāmazūna

English And when they passed by them, they would exchange derisive glances.

1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
2. مَرُّوا۟marrūthey passed
3. بِهِمْbihimby them
4. يَتَغَامَزُونَyataghāmazūnathey winked at one another

وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُوا۟ فَكِهِينَ

Transliteration wa-idhā inqalabū ilā ahlihimu inqalabū fakihīna

English And when they returned to their people, they would return jesting.

1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
2. ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟inqalabūthey returned
3. إِلَىٰٓilāto
4. أَهْلِهِمُahlihimutheir people
5. ٱنقَلَبُوا۟inqalabūthey would return
6. فَكِهِينَfakihīnajesting

وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ

Transliteration wa-idhā ra-awhum qālū inna hāulāi laḍāllūna

English And when they saw them, they would say, "Indeed, those are truly lost."

1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
2. رَأَوْهُمْra-awhumthey saw them
3. قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey said
4. إِنَّinnaIndeed
5. هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāithese
6. لَضَآلُّونَlaḍāllūnasurely have gone astray

وَمَآ أُرْسِلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ حَـٰفِظِينَ

Transliteration wamā ur'silū ʿalayhim ḥāfiẓīna

English But they had not been sent as guardians over them.

1. وَمَآwamāBut not
2. أُرْسِلُوا۟ur'silūthey had been sent
3. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimover them
4. حَـٰفِظِينَḥāfiẓīna(as) guardians

فَٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ

Transliteration fal-yawma alladhīna āmanū mina l-kufāri yaḍḥakūna

English So Today those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers,

1. فَٱلْيَوْمَfal-yawmaSo today
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
3. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieved
4. مِنَminaat
5. ٱلْكُفَّارِl-kufārithe disbelievers
6. يَضْحَكُونَyaḍḥakūnathey will laugh

عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ

Transliteration ʿalā l-arāiki yanẓurūna

English On adorned couches, observing.

1. عَلَىʿalāOn
2. ٱلْأَرَآئِكِl-arāikithe thrones
3. يَنظُرُونَyanẓurūnaobserving

هَلْ ثُوِّبَ ٱلْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ

Transliteration hal thuwwiba l-kufāru mā kānū yafʿalūna

English Have the disbelievers [not] been rewarded [this Day] for what they used to do?

1. هَلْhalHave (not)
2. ثُوِّبَthuwwibabeen rewarded
3. ٱلْكُفَّارُl-kufāruthe disbelievers
4. مَاmā(for) what
5. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
6. يَفْعَلُونَyafʿalūnado