al-Muṭaffifīn

Woe to the defrauders, who use short measures,

— Ali Quli Qarai

who, when they measure [a commodity bought] from the people, take the full measure,

— Ali Quli Qarai

but diminish when they measure or weigh for them.

— Ali Quli Qarai

Do they not know that they will be resurrected

— Ali Quli Qarai

on a tremendous day,

— Ali Quli Qarai

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

— Ali Quli Qarai

Indeed, the record of the vicious is in Sijjeen.

— Ali Quli Qarai

And what will show you what is Sijjeen?

— Ali Quli Qarai

It is a written record.

— Ali Quli Qarai

Woe to the deniers on that day,

— Ali Quli Qarai

who deny the Day of Retribution;

— Ali Quli Qarai

and none denies it except every sinful transgressor.

— Ali Quli Qarai

When Our signs are recited to him, he says, ‘Myths of the ancients!’

— Ali Quli Qarai

No, that is not the case! Rather, their hearts have been sullied by what they have been earning.

— Ali Quli Qarai

Indeed, they will be alienated from their Lord on that day.

— Ali Quli Qarai

Afterward they will enter hell,

— Ali Quli Qarai

then told, ‘This is what you used to deny!’

— Ali Quli Qarai

Indeed, the record of the pious is in Illeeyun.

— Ali Quli Qarai

And what will show you what is Illeeyun?

— Ali Quli Qarai

It is a written record,

— Ali Quli Qarai

witnessed by those brought near [to Allah].

— Ali Quli Qarai

The pious shall be amid bliss,

— Ali Quli Qarai

observing, [as they recline] on couches.

— Ali Quli Qarai

You will perceive in their faces the freshness of bliss.

— Ali Quli Qarai

They will be served with a sealed pure wine,

— Ali Quli Qarai

whose seal is musk—for such let the viers vie—

— Ali Quli Qarai

and whose seasoning is from Tasneem,

— Ali Quli Qarai

a spring where those brought near [to Allah] drink.

— Ali Quli Qarai

Indeed the guilty used to laugh at the faithful,

— Ali Quli Qarai

and when they passed them by they would wink at each other,

— Ali Quli Qarai

and when they returned to their folks they would return amused,

— Ali Quli Qarai

and when they saw them they would say, ‘Indeed those are the astray!’

— Ali Quli Qarai

Though they were not sent to watch over them.

— Ali Quli Qarai

So today the faithful will laugh at the faithless,

— Ali Quli Qarai

observing from their couches:

— Ali Quli Qarai

Have the faithless been requited for what they used to do?

— Ali Quli Qarai