Surah 83
Those who Give Short Measure
Al-Mutaffifin 🪙
This chapter links spiritual corruption directly with economic dishonesty, warning merchants who cheat their customers while expecting full measure for themselves. The title is taken from the opening verse, which promises ruin to those who give short measure.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
1Woe to those who give short measure,
2Who demand of other people full measure for themselves,
3But give less than they should when it is they who weigh or measure for others!
4Do these people not realize that they will be raised up
5On a mighty Day,
6A Day when everyone will stand before the Lord of the Worlds?
7No indeed! The list of the wicked is in Sijjin —
8What will explain to you what Sijjin is? —
9A clearly numbered list.
10Woe on that day to the deniers,
11Those who deny the Day of Judgement!
12Only the evil aggressor denies it:
13When Our revelations are recited to him, he says, “Ancient fables!”
14No indeed! Their hearts are encrusted with what they have done.
15No indeed! On that Day they will be screened off from their Lord,
16They will burn in Hell,
17And they will be told, “This is what you called a lie.”
18No indeed! The list of the truly good is in Illiyyin —
19What will explain to you what Illiyyin is? —
20A clearly written list,
21Witnessed by those brought near.
22The truly good will live in bliss,
23Seated on couches, gazing around.
24You will recognize on their faces the radiance of bliss.
25They will be served a sealed nectar,
26Its seal [perfumed with] a fragrant herb — let those who strive, strive for this —
27Mixed with the water of Tasnim,
28A spring from which those brought near will drink.
29The wicked used to laugh at the believers —
30They would wink at one another when the believers passed by them,
31Joke about them when they got back to their own people,
32And say, when they saw them, “These people are misguided,”
33Though they were not sent to be their keepers —
34So today the believers are laughing at the disbelievers
35As they sit on couches, gazing around.
36Have the disbelievers [not] been repaid for their deeds?