Surah “Defrauding, The Defrauders, The Cheats, Cheating”

as rendered by Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation — 36 verses

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Woe to the defrauders:
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those who, when they take a measure from people, take in full;
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but when they measure or weigh to others, they give less than they should.
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Do those not think that they will be resurrected
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on a great day,
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a day when mankind stands before the Lord of all realms?
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But no, indeed the record of the wicked is in Sijjeen.
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And what can make yousg realize what Sijjeen is?
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A written record.
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Woe on that day to the disbelievers
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who disbelieve in the Day of Recompense,
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for none disbelieves in it except every sinful transgressor
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who, when Our signs are recited to him, says, “Legends of the ancients.”
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But no, rather, encrusted over their hearts is what they used to earn.
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But no, indeed on that day they are sure to be screened off from their Lord.
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Then indeed, they are sure to roast in purgatory.
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Then it will be said, “This is what you used to disbelieve in.”
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But no, indeed the record of the virtuous is in Elliyyeen.
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And what can make yousg realize what Elliyyoon is?
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A written record,
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witnessed by those brought near.
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Indeed, the virtuous are amid bliss,
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on couches, looking on.
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Yousg can recognize on their faces the radiance of bliss.
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They are given to drink of a sealed nectar,
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whose end is musk—and this is what competitors should compete for.
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And its mixture is of Tasneem,
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a spring from which those brought near drink.
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Indeed, those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who had attained faith;
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and when they passed by them, they would wink at one another;
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and when they went back to their families, they would go back jesting;
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and when they saw them, they would say, “These people are most surely misguided.”
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Yet they were not sent as preservers over them.
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So today those who have attained faith are laughing at the deniers,
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on couches, looking on.
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Have the deniers been recompensed for what they used to do?