Quran Chapters

Chapter 83 : Al-Muţaffifīn – 36 Verses

In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.

83:1

Woe to those that deal in fraud,-
Meaning:-
Woe: great sorrow or distress.

83:2

Those who, when they have to receive by measure from men, demand full measure,

83:3

And when they have to give by measure or weight to men, give less than due.

83:4

Do they not think that they will be raised to life again

83:5

On a Great Day,

83:6

a Day when all mankind will stand before the Lord of the worlds?

83:7

Indeed not! The record of the wicked is in Sijjeen (prison register),
Meaning:-
Sijjeen (Arabic:) means a ‘register’ wherein the deeds of believers are recorded. In other words, it is like a ledger where the accounts are recorded. The term sijjin is based on sijn which has different meanings, such as: ‘prison, hard, anything hard, a terrible place in the bottom of Hell’; the place where the records of the Wicked are held.

83:8

what will explain to you, what the Sijjeen is?

83:9

This is a written book of hell.

83:10

Woe on that Day to the disbelievers,
Meaning:-
Woe: great sorrow or distress.

83:11

who deny the Day of Judgment!

83:12

And none deny it except every sinful transgressor.
Meaning:-
Transgressors: a person who is actually breaking the law, offend; sin.

83:13

Who, when Our Verses (of the Quran) are recited to him, says: “These are the tales of the ancient peoples.”

83:14

Of course not! In fact their misdeeds have caused a covering on their hearts.

83:15

Indeed on that Day, they shall be debarred from the vision of their Lord.
Meaning:-
Debarred: block, stop; lock out, keep out.

83:16

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

83:17

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

83:18

But, surely the record of the righteous is in `Illiyeen (register of exalted ones),
Meaning:-
Illiyeen (Arabic) : High Status, Exalted, Sublime and Superb

83:19

and what will explain to you, what the `Illiyeen is?

83:20

This is a written book,

83:21

attested by those who are nearest to Allah (angels).

83:22

Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure
Meaning:-
Righteous: (of a person or conduct) morally right or justifiable; virtuous, very good; excellent.

83:23

reclining on soft couches, looking all around,
Recline: lean or lie back in a relaxed position with the back supported.

83:24

and you will recognize in their faces the brightness of bliss.
Meaning:-
Bliss: perfect happiness; great joy.

83:25

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

83:26

Whose sealing is musk; for this then let the competitors compete-

83:27

That wine shall have a mixture of Tasnim,
Meaning:-
Tasnim (Arabic): Fountain of paradise.

83:28

a spring, at which those nearest to Allah will drink.

83:29

Verily! (During the worldly life) those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed.

83:30

And whenever they passed by them, used to wink one to another (in mockery);
Meaning:-
Mockery: insulting, making a fool out of someone, To make fun of, teasing and contemptuous language

83:31

When they returned to their own people they returned jesting.
Jesting: speak or act in a joking manner.

83:32

And when they saw the believers, they used to say: “These are the people who have surely gone astray,”
Meaning:-
Astray: into error, away from the correct path or direction

83:33

But they (disbelievers, sinners) had not been sent as watchers over them (the believers).

83:34

On that Day, the believers shall be laughing at the unbelievers,

83:35

as they recline on couches and gaze at them:
Meaning:-
Recline: lean or lie back in a relaxed position with the back supported.
Gaze: look steadily and intently,

83:36

“Have not the unbelievers been fully rewarded for what they used to do?”