Category: Al-Mutaffifin

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

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

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

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

On a Great Day,

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

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.

what will explain to you, what the Sijjeen is?

This is a written book of hell.

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

who deny the Day of Judgment!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This is a written book,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,

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