2 Who, when they take the measure (of their dues) from men, take it fully, |
3 And when they measure out to others or weigh out for them, they give less than is due. |
4 Do they not think that they will be raised again, |
5 To a mighty day? — |
6 The day when men will stand before the Lord of the worlds. |
7 Nay, surely the record of the wicked is in the prison. |
8 And what will make thee know what the prison is? |
9 It is a written book. |
10 Woe on that day to the rejectors! |
11 Who give the lie to the day of Judgment. |
12 And none gives the lie to it but every exceeder of limits, every sinful one; |
13 When Our messages are recited to him, he says: Stories of those of yore! |
14 Nay, rather, what they earned is rust upon their hearts. |
15 Nay, surely they are that day debarred from their Lord. |
16 Then they will surely enter the burning Fire. |
17 Then it will be said: This is what you gave the lie to. |
18 Nay, surely the record of the righteous is in the highest places. |
19 And what will make thee know what the highest places are? |
20 It is a written book. |
21 Those drawn near (to Allāh) witness it. |
22 Surely the righteous are in bliss, |
23 On raised couches, gazing — |
24 Thou recognizest in their faces the brightness of bliss. |
25 They are given to drink of a pure drink, sealed. |
26 The sealing of it is (with) musk. And for that let the aspirers aspire. |
27 And it is tempered with water coming from above — |