Surah Al-Mutaffifin for kids

Surah

83

Verses

36

Revealed in

Makkah

Meaning

Those Who Give Short Measure

1. 1

   وَيْلٌ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ

   waylun lil'muṭaffifīna

   Woe to those who give less [than due],

   Word by word

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

   ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكْتَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ

   alladhīna idhā ik'tālū ʿalā l-nāsi yastawfūna

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

   Word by word

   • ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
   • إِذَاidhāwhen
   • ٱكْتَالُوا۟ik'tālūthey take a measure
   • عَلَىʿalāfrom
   • ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe people
   • يَسْتَوْفُونَyastawfūnathey take in full
3. 3

   وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ

   wa-idhā kālūhum aw wazanūhum yukh'sirūna

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

   Word by word

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

   أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ

   alā yaẓunnu ulāika annahum mabʿūthūna

   Do they not think that they will be resurrected

   Word by word

   • أَلَاalāDo not
   • يَظُنُّyaẓunnuthink
   • أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathose
   • أَنَّهُمannahumthat they
   • مَّبْعُوثُونَmabʿūthūna(will be) resurrected
5. 5

   لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

   liyawmin ʿaẓīmin

   For a tremendous Day -

   Word by word

   • لِيَوْمٍliyawminFor a Day
   • عَظِيمٍۢʿaẓīminGreat
6. 6

   يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

   yawma yaqūmu l-nāsu lirabbi l-ʿālamīna

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

   Word by word

   • يَوْمَyawma(The) Day
   • يَقُومُyaqūmuwill stand
   • ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsumankind
   • لِرَبِّlirabbibefore (the) Lord
   • ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna(of) the worlds
7. 7

   كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَـٰبَ ٱلْفُجَّارِ لَفِى سِجِّينٍ

   kallā inna kitāba l-fujāri lafī sijjīnin

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

   Word by word

   • كَلَّآkallāNay
   • إِنَّinnaIndeed
   • كِتَـٰبَkitāba(the) record
   • ٱلْفُجَّارِl-fujāri(of) the wicked
   • لَفِىlafī(is) surely in
   • سِجِّينٍۢsijjīninSijjin
8. 8

   وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ

   wamā adrāka mā sijjīnun

   And what can make you know what is sijjeen?

   Word by word

   • وَمَآwamāAnd what
   • أَدْرَىٰكَadrākacan make you know
   • مَاmāwhat
   • سِجِّينٌۭsijjīnun(is) Sijjin
9. 9

   كِتَـٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ

   kitābun marqūmun

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

   Word by word

   • كِتَـٰبٌۭkitābunA book
   • مَّرْقُومٌۭmarqūmunwritten
10. 10

    وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

    waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna

    Woe, that Day, to the deniers,

    Word by word

    • وَيْلٌۭwaylunWoe
    • يَوْمَئِذٍۢyawma-idhinthat Day
    • لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَlil'mukadhibīnato the deniers
11. 11

    ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

    alladhīna yukadhibūna biyawmi l-dīni

    Who deny the Day of Recompense.

    Word by word

    • ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
    • يُكَذِّبُونَyukadhibūnadeny
    • بِيَوْمِbiyawmi(the) Day
    • ٱلدِّينِl-dīni(of) the Judgment
12. 12

    وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ

    wamā yukadhibu bihi illā kullu muʿ'tadin athīmin

    And none deny it except every sinful transgressor.

    Word by word

    • وَمَاwamāAnd not
    • يُكَذِّبُyukadhibucan deny
    • بِهِۦٓbihi[of] it
    • إِلَّاillāexcept
    • كُلُّkulluevery
    • مُعْتَدٍmuʿ'tadintransgressor
    • أَثِيمٍathīminsinful
13. 13

    إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    idhā tut'lā ʿalayhi āyātunā qāla asāṭīru l-awalīna

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

    Word by word

    • إِذَاidhāWhen
    • تُتْلَىٰtut'lāare recited
    • عَلَيْهِʿalayhito him
    • ءَايَـٰتُنَاāyātunāOur Verses
    • قَالَqālahe says
    • أَسَـٰطِيرُasāṭīruStories
    • ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna(of) the former (people)
14. 14

    كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ

    kallā bal rāna ʿalā qulūbihim mā kānū yaksibūna

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

    Word by word

    • كَلَّا ۖkallāNay
    • بَلْ ۜbalBut
    • رَانَrāna(the) stain has covered
    • عَلَىٰʿalā[over]
    • قُلُوبِهِمqulūbihimtheir hearts
    • مَّاmā(for) what
    • كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
    • يَكْسِبُونَyaksibūnaearn
15. 15

    كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ

    kallā innahum ʿan rabbihim yawma-idhin lamaḥjūbūna

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

    Word by word

    • كَلَّآkallāNay
    • إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they
    • عَنʿanfrom
    • رَّبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord
    • يَوْمَئِذٍۢyawma-idhinthat Day
    • لَّمَحْجُوبُونَlamaḥjūbūnasurely will be partitioned
16. 16

    ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُوا۟ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

    thumma innahum laṣālū l-jaḥīmi

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

    Word by word

    • ثُمَّthummaThen
    • إِنَّهُمْinnahumindeed, they
    • لَصَالُوا۟laṣālū(surely) will burn
    • ٱلْجَحِيمِl-jaḥīmi(in) the Hellfire
17. 17

    ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ

    thumma yuqālu hādhā alladhī kuntum bihi tukadhibūna

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

    Word by word

    • ثُمَّthummaThen
    • يُقَالُyuqāluit will be said
    • هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
    • ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) what
    • كُنتُمkuntumyou used to
    • بِهِۦbihi[of it]
    • تُكَذِّبُونَtukadhibūnadeny
18. 18

    كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَـٰبَ ٱلْأَبْرَارِ لَفِى عِلِّيِّينَ

    kallā inna kitāba l-abrāri lafī ʿilliyyīna

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

    Word by word

    • كَلَّآkallāNay
    • إِنَّinnaIndeed
    • كِتَـٰبَkitāba(the) record
    • ٱلْأَبْرَارِl-abrāri(of) the righteous
    • لَفِىlafī(will be) surely in
    • عِلِّيِّينَʿilliyyīnaIlliyin
19. 19

    وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ

    wamā adrāka mā ʿilliyyūna

    And what can make you know what is ʿilliyyūn?

    Word by word

    • وَمَآwamāAnd what
    • أَدْرَىٰكَadrākacan make you know
    • مَاmāwhat
    • عِلِّيُّونَʿilliyyūna(is) Illiyun
20. 20

    كِتَـٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ

    kitābun marqūmun

    It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed

    Word by word

    • كِتَـٰبٌۭkitābunA book
    • مَّرْقُومٌۭmarqūmunwritten
21. 21

    يَشْهَدُهُ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ

    yashhaduhu l-muqarabūna

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

    Word by word

    • يَشْهَدُهُyashhaduhuWitness it
    • ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَl-muqarabūnathose brought near
22. 22

    إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ

    inna l-abrāra lafī naʿīmin

    Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure

    Word by word

    • إِنَّinnaIndeed
    • ٱلْأَبْرَارَl-abrārathe righteous
    • لَفِىlafī(will be) surely in
    • نَعِيمٍnaʿīminbliss
23. 23

    عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ

    ʿalā l-arāiki yanẓurūna

    On adorned couches, observing.

    Word by word

    • عَلَىʿalāOn
    • ٱلْأَرَآئِكِl-arāikithrones
    • يَنظُرُونَyanẓurūnaobserving
24. 24

    تَعْرِفُ فِى وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

    taʿrifu fī wujūhihim naḍrata l-naʿīmi

    You will recognize in their faces the radiance of pleasure.

    Word by word

    • تَعْرِفُtaʿrifuYou will recognize
    • فِىfīin
    • وُجُوهِهِمْwujūhihimtheir faces
    • نَضْرَةَnaḍrata(the) radiance
    • ٱلنَّعِيمِl-naʿīmi(of) bliss
25. 25

    يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍ مَّخْتُومٍ

    yus'qawna min raḥīqin makhtūmin

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

    Word by word

    • يُسْقَوْنَyus'qawnaThey will be given to drink
    • مِنminof
    • رَّحِيقٍۢraḥīqina pure wine
    • مَّخْتُومٍmakhtūminsealed
26. 26

    خِتَـٰمُهُۥ مِسْكٌ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلْمُتَنَـٰفِسُونَ

    khitāmuhu mis'kun wafī dhālika falyatanāfasi l-mutanāfisūna

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

    Word by word

    • خِتَـٰمُهُۥkhitāmuhuIts seal
    • مِسْكٌۭ ۚmis'kun(will be of) musk
    • وَفِىwafīAnd for
    • ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
    • فَلْيَتَنَافَسِfalyatanāfasilet aspire
    • ٱلْمُتَنَـٰفِسُونَl-mutanāfisūnathe aspirers
27. 27

    وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ

    wamizājuhu min tasnīmin

    And its mixture is of Tasneem,

    Word by word

    • وَمِزَاجُهُۥwamizājuhuAnd its mixture
    • مِنmin(is) of
    • تَسْنِيمٍtasnīminTasneem
28. 28

    عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ

    ʿaynan yashrabu bihā l-muqarabūna

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

    Word by word

    • عَيْنًۭاʿaynanA spring
    • يَشْرَبُyashrabuwill drink
    • بِهَاbihāfrom it
    • ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَl-muqarabūnathose brought near
29. 29

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا۟ كَانُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ يَضْحَكُونَ

    inna alladhīna ajramū kānū mina alladhīna āmanū yaḍḥakūna

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

    Word by word

    • إِنَّinnaIndeed
    • ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
    • أَجْرَمُوا۟ajramūcommitted crimes
    • كَانُوا۟kānūused to
    • مِنَminaat
    • ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
    • ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieved
    • يَضْحَكُونَyaḍḥakūnalaugh
30. 30

    وَإِذَا مَرُّوا۟ بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ

    wa-idhā marrū bihim yataghāmazūna

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

    Word by word

    • وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
    • مَرُّوا۟marrūthey passed
    • بِهِمْbihimby them
    • يَتَغَامَزُونَyataghāmazūnathey winked at one another
31. 31

    وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُوا۟ فَكِهِينَ

    wa-idhā inqalabū ilā ahlihimu inqalabū fakihīna

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

    Word by word

    • وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
    • ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟inqalabūthey returned
    • إِلَىٰٓilāto
    • أَهْلِهِمُahlihimutheir people
    • ٱنقَلَبُوا۟inqalabūthey would return
    • فَكِهِينَfakihīnajesting
32. 32

    وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ

    wa-idhā ra-awhum qālū inna hāulāi laḍāllūna

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

    Word by word

    • وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
    • رَأَوْهُمْra-awhumthey saw them
    • قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey said
    • إِنَّinnaIndeed
    • هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāithese
    • لَضَآلُّونَlaḍāllūnasurely have gone astray
33. 33

    وَمَآ أُرْسِلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ حَـٰفِظِينَ

    wamā ur'silū ʿalayhim ḥāfiẓīna

    But they had not been sent as guardians over them.

    Word by word

    • وَمَآwamāBut not
    • أُرْسِلُوا۟ur'silūthey had been sent
    • عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimover them
    • حَـٰفِظِينَḥāfiẓīna(as) guardians
34. 34

    فَٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ

    fal-yawma alladhīna āmanū mina l-kufāri yaḍḥakūna

    So Today those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers,

    Word by word

    • فَٱلْيَوْمَfal-yawmaSo today
    • ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
    • ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieved
    • مِنَminaat
    • ٱلْكُفَّارِl-kufārithe disbelievers
    • يَضْحَكُونَyaḍḥakūnathey will laugh
35. 35

    عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ

    ʿalā l-arāiki yanẓurūna

    On adorned couches, observing.

    Word by word

    • عَلَىʿalāOn
    • ٱلْأَرَآئِكِl-arāikithe thrones
    • يَنظُرُونَyanẓurūnaobserving
36. 36

    هَلْ ثُوِّبَ ٱلْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ

    hal thuwwiba l-kufāru mā kānū yafʿalūna

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

    Word by word

    • هَلْhalHave (not)
    • ثُوِّبَthuwwibabeen rewarded
    • ٱلْكُفَّارُl-kufāruthe disbelievers
    • مَاmā(for) what
    • كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
    • يَفْعَلُونَyafʿalūnado

Arabic text, transliteration and translation as they appear in the Quran for Kids app. English translation: Saheeh International.