The Qur'an (Palmer)/Mutaffifin
The Chapter of those who give short Weight.
(ⅬⅩⅩⅩⅢ. Mecca.)
In the name of the merciful and compassionate God.
Woe to those who give short weight ! who when they measure against others take full measure ; but when they measure to them or weigh to them, diminish !
Do not these think that they shall be raised again 5 at the mighty day ? the day when men shall stand before the Lord of the worlds !
Nay, verily, the book of the wicked is in Siggîn[1]; and what shall make thee know what Siggîn is ? — a book inscribed !
10 Woe on that day for those who say it is a lie !
Who call the judgment day a lie ! but none shall call it a lie except every sinful transgressor, who, when our signs are read to him, says, ‘ Old folks’ tales !’
Nay, but that which they have gained has settled upon their hearts.
Nay, verily, 15 from their Lord on that day are they veiled ; and then, verily, they shall broil in hell ; then it shall be said, ‘ This is what ye once did call a lie !’
Nay, verily, the book of the righteous is in ʿIlliyûn[2]; and what shall make thee know what ʿIlliyûn is? — 20 a book inscribed ! those nigh to God shall witness it.
Verily, the righteous shall be in pleasure ; upon couches shall they gaze ; thou mayest recognise in their faces the brightness of pleasure; 25 they shall be given to drink wine that is sealed, whose seal is musk ; for that then let the aspirants aspire ! — and it shall be tempered with Tasnîm[3], — a spring from which those nigh to God shall drink.
Verily, those who sin do laugh at those who believe; 30 and when they pass by they wink at one another, and when they return to their family they return ridiculing them ; and when they see them they say, ‘ Verily, these do go astray !’ — but they are not sent as guardians over them !
But to-day those who believe shall at the misbelievers laugh ! 35 Upon couches shall they gaze ; are the misbelievers rewarded for what they have done ?