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Sura Lxxxiii. Tafif, Or Dealing In Fraud

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"The Holy Quran", tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934],

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Sra Lxxxiii.

\"TAFF," Or Dealing In Fraud.

In the name of God, Most Gracious,

Most Merciful.

1.
Woe to those

That deal in fraud,--

2.
Those who, when they

Have to receive by measure

From men, exact full measure,

3.
But when they have

To give by measure

Or weight to men,

Give less than due.

4.
Do they not think

That they will be called

To account?--

5.
On a Mighty Day,

6. A
Day when (all) mankind

Will stand before

The Lord of the Worlds?

7.
Nay! Surely the Record

Of the Wicked is

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(Preserved) in "Sijjn."

8. And what will explain

To thee what "Sijjn" is?

9.
(There is) a Register

(Fully) inscribed.

10.
Woe, that Day, to those

That deny--

11.
Those that deny

The Day of Judgment.

12.
And none can deny it

But the Transgressor

Beyond bounds,

The Sinner!

13.
When Our Signs are rehearsed

To him, he says,

"Tales of the Ancients!"

14.
By no means!

But on their hearts

Is the stain of the (ill)

Which they do!

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15.
Verily, from (the Light

Of
) their Lord, that Day,

Will they be veiled.

16.
Further, they will enter

The Fire of Hell.

17.
Further, it will be said

To them: "This is

The (reality) which ye

Rejected as false!

18.
Nay, verily the Record

Of the Righteous is

(Preserved) in "'Illyn."

19.
And what will explain

To thee what "'Illyn" is?

20.
(There is) a Register

(Fully) inscribed,

21.
To which bear witness

Those Nearest (to God),

22.
Truly the Righteous

Will be in Bliss:

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23.
On Thrones (of Dignity)

Will they command a sight

(Of all things):

24.
Thou wilt recognise

In their Faces

The beaming brightness of Bliss.

25.
Their thirst will be slaked

With Pure Wine sealed:

26.
The seal ther will be

Musk: and for this

Let those aspire,

Who have aspirations:

27.
With it will be (given)

A mixture of "Tasnm":

28. A
spring, from (the waters)

Wher drink

Those Nearest to God.

29.
Those in sin used

To laugh at those

Who believed,

30.
And whenever they passed

By them, used to wink

At each other (in mockery);

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31.
And when they returned

To their own people,

They would return jesting;

32.
And whenever they saw them,

They would say, "Behold!

These are the people

Truly astray!"

33.
But they had not been

Sent as Keepers over them!

34.
But on this Day

The Believers will laugh

At the Unbelievers:

35.
On Thrones (of Dignity)

They will command (a sight)

(Of all things),

36.
Will not the Unbelievers

Have been paid back

For what they did?

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