Surah 83

المطففين

Al-Mutaffifin

The Defrauding

Meccan36 Ayahs
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Surah

Which was revealed in Al-Madinah Increasing and decreasing in the Measure and Weight will be a Cause for Regret and Loss An-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah both recorded from Ibn `Abbas that he said, "When the Prophet came to Al-Madinah, the people of.

Classical references: Ibn Kathir (Abridged).

Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged) (83:1).

Last reviewed: 2026-04-10.

This is a short orientation note and does not replace full tafsir.

83:1
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Woe to those who give less [than due],1

83:2
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Who, when they take a measure from people, take in full.

83:3
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But if they give by measure or by weight to them, they cause loss.

83:4
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Do they not think that they will be resurrected

83:5
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For a tremendous Day -

83:6
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The Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of the worlds?

83:7
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No! Indeed, the record of the wicked is in sijjeen.

83:8
٨

And what can make you know what is sijjeen?

83:9
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It is [their destination1 recorded in] a register inscribed.

83:10
١٠

Woe, that Day, to the deniers,

83:11
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Who deny the Day of Recompense.

83:12
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And none deny it except every sinful transgressor.

83:13
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When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."

83:14
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No! Rather, the stain has covered their hearts of that which they were earning.1

83:15
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No! Indeed, from their Lord, that Day, they will be partitioned.1

83:16
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Then indeed, they will [enter and] burn in Hellfire.

83:17
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Then it will be said [to them], "This is what you used to deny."

83:18
١٨

No! Indeed, the record of the righteous is in ʿilliyyūn.

83:19
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And what can make you know what is ʿilliyyūn?

83:20
٢٠

It is [their destination1 recorded in] a register inscribed

83:21
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Which is witnessed by those brought near [to Allāh].

83:22
٢٢

Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure

83:23
٢٣

On adorned couches, observing.

83:24
٢٤

You will recognize in their faces the radiance of pleasure.

83:25
٢٥

They will be given to drink [pure] wine1 [which was] sealed.

83:26
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The last of it1 is musk. So for this let the competitors compete.

83:27
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And its mixture is of Tasneem,1

83:28
٢٨

A spring from which those near [to Allāh] drink.

83:29
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Indeed, those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed.

83:30
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And when they passed by them, they would exchange derisive glances.

83:31
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And when they returned to their people, they would return jesting.

83:32
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And when they saw them, they would say, "Indeed, those are truly lost."

83:33
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But they had not been sent as guardians over them.

83:34
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So Today1 those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers,

83:35
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On adorned couches, observing.

83:36
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Have the disbelievers [not] been rewarded [this Day] for what they used to do?