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In the name
of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful |
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Woe to those who defraud,[1] who when, they
take by measure from men, take the full measure,[2] but when
they give by measure or by weight to others, they give less than
due.[3] Do they not think that they will be raised to life
again[4] on a Mighty Day,[5] a Day when all mankind will stand
before the Rabb of the worlds?[6] Indeed not! The record of the
wicked is in Sijjeen (prison register),[7] what will
explain to you, what the Sijjeen is?[8] This is a written book
of hell.[9] Woe on that Day to the disbelievers,[10] who
deny the Day of Judgment![11] None denies it except the sinful
transgressor.[12] Who, when Our revelations are recited to him,
says: “These are the tales of the ancient peoples."[13] Of
course not! In fact their misdeeds have caused a covering on
their hearts.[14] Indeed on that Day, they shall be debarred
from the vision of their Rabb.[15] Then they shall be made to
enter the hell,[16] and told: “This is what you used to
deny."[17] But, surely the record of the righteous is in `Illiyeen
(register of exalted ones),[18] and what will explain to
you, what the `Illiyeen is?[19] This is a written book,[20]
attested by those who are nearest to Allah (angels).[21]
Surely the righteous will be in bliss,[22] reclining on soft
couches, looking all around,[23] and you will recognize in their
faces the brightness of bliss.[24] Their thirst will be quenched
with the choicest sealed wine,[25] and the seal will be of musk.
Those who wish to excel above others, let them endeavor to excel
in this.[26] That wine shall have a mixture of Tasnïm,[27]
a spring, at which those nearest to Allah will drink.[28]
83:[1-28] |
Defrauders will be called to account and punished while the
righteous will be rewarded with soft couches, choicest wines and
special spring water |
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During their life on earth, the
culprits used to mock at the believers,[29] and wink at one
another as they passed them by.[30] When they returned to their
own people they returned jesting.[31] And when they saw the
believers, they used to say: “These are the people who have
surely gone astray,”[32] although they had not been sent as
guardians over them.[33] On that Day, the believers shall be
laughing at the unbelievers,[34] as they recline on couches and
gaze at them:[35] “Have not the unbelievers been fully rewarded
for what they used to do?”[36]
83:[29-36] |
Today
the disbelievers laugh at the believers , a Day will come when
they will be laughed at |
Major Issues, Divine
Law and Guidance:
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* Defrauders will be called to account and
punished while the righ teous will be rewarded with soft
couches, the choicest wine and special spring water.
* Today disbelievers laugh at the believers , a Day will come
when they themselves will be laughed at.
The theme of this Sürah is also the
Hereafter. In the first six verses, the people are taken to task
for the evil practice prevalent in their commercial dealings.
When they received their due from others, they demanded that it
be given in full, but when they had to measure or weigh for
others, they would give less than what was due. Taking this one
evil as an example out of countless evils prevalent in society,
it is said that it is an inevitable result of the heedlessness
of the Hereafter. Unless the people realized that one Day they
would have to appear before God and account for each single act
they performed in the world, it was not possible that they would
adopt piety and righteousness in their daily affairs. Even if a
person might practise honesty in some of his less important
dealings in view of “honesty is the best policy”, he would never
practise honesty on occasions when dishonesty would seem to be
“the best policy”. Man can develop a true and enduring honest
nature only when he fears God and sincerely believes in the
Hereafter, for then he would regard honesty not merely as “a
policy” but as “a duty” and obligation, and his being consistent
in it, would not be dependent on its being useful or useless in
the world.
In conclusion, the believers are consoled, and the disbelievers
warned that the people who are disgracing and humiliating the
believers today, are culprits who, on the Resurrection Day will
meet with a most evil end in consequence of their conduct, and
the believers will feel comforted when they will see their fate.
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