# Sura  83 - The Defrauders

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> 83. at-Tatfif: The Defrauders
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> 1 Woe unto the defrauders: 
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> 2 Those who when they take the measure from mankind demand it full, 
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> 3 But if they measure unto them or weight for them, they cause them loss. 
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> 4 Do such (men) not consider that they will be raised again 
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> 5 Unto an Awful Day, 
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> 6 The day when (all) mankind stand before the Lord of the Worlds ? 
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> 7 Nay, but the record of the vile is in Sijjin - 
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> 8 Ah! what will convey unto thee what Sijjin is! - 
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> 9 A written record. 
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> 10 Woe unto the repudiators on that day! 
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> 11 Those who deny the Day of Judgment 
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> 12 Which none denieth save each criminal transgressor, 
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> 13 Who, when thou readest unto him Our revelations, saith: (Mere) fables of the men of old. 
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> 14 Nay, but that which they have earned is rust upon their hearts. 
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> 15 Nay, but surely on that day they will be covered from (the mercy of) their Lord. 
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> 16 Then lo! they verily will burn in hell, 
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> 17 And it will be said (unto them): This is that which ye used to deny. 
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> 18 Nay, but the record of the righteous is in 'Illiyin - 
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> 19 Ah, what will convey unto thee what 'Illiyin is! - 
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> 20 A written record, 
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> 21 Attested by those who are brought near (unto their Lord). 
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> 22 Lo! the righteous verily are in delight, 
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> 23 On couches, gazing, 
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> 24 Thou wilt know in their faces the radiance of delight. 
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> 25 They are given to drink of a pure wine, sealed, 
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> 26 Whose seal is musk - for this let (all) those strive who strive for bliss - 
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> 27 And mixed with water of Tasnim, 
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> 28 A spring whence those brought near (to Allah) drink. 
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> 29 Lo! the guilty used to laugh at those who believed, 
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> 30 And wink one to another when they passed them; 
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> 31 And when they returned to their own folk, they returned jesting; 
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> 32 And when they saw them they said: Lo! these have gone astray. 
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> 33 Yet they were not sent as guardians over them. 
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> 34 This day it is those who believe who have the laugh of disbelievers, 
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> 35 On high couches, gazing. 
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> 36 Are not the disbelievers paid for what they used to do ?
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> — *Sura  83 - The Defrauders*