Surah Al-Muţaffifīn (The Defrauding) in English

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

1. ويل للمطففين

   1

   Woe to the defrauders, who use short measures,

   waylun li-l-muṭaffifīna

2. الذين إذا اكتالوا على الناس يستوفون

   2

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

   alladhīna ʾidhā ktālū ʿalā n-nāsi yastawfūna

3. وإذا كالوهم أو وزنوهم يخسرون

   3

   but diminish when they measure or weigh for them.

   wa-ʾidhā kālūhum ʾaw wazanūhum yukhsirūna

4. ألا يظن أولئك أنهم مبعوثون

   4

   Do they not know that they will be resurrected

   ʾa-lā yaẓunnu ʾulāʾika ʾannahum mabʿūthūna

5. ليوم عظيم

   5

   on a tremendous day,

   li-yawmin ʿaẓīmin

6. يوم يقوم الناس لرب العالمين

   6

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

   yawma yaqūmu n-nāsu li-rabbi l-ʿālamīna