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In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.

083.001 Y:  Woe to those that deal in fraud,-

P:  Woe unto the defrauders: 

S:  Woe to the defrauders,

083.002 Y:  Those who, when they have to receive by measure from men, exact full measure,

P:  Those who when they take the measure from mankind demand it full,

S:  Who, when they take the measure (of their dues) from men take it fully,

083.003 Y:  But when they have to give by measure or weight to men, give less than due.

P:  But if they measure unto them or weight for them, they cause them loss.

S:  But when they measure out to others or weigh out for them, they are deficient.

083.004 Y:  Do they not think that they will be called to account?-

P:  Do such (men) not consider that they will be raised again

S:  Do not these think that they shall be raised again

083.005 Y:  On a Mighty Day,

P:  Unto an Awful Day,

S:  For a mighty day,

083.006 Y:  A Day when (all) mankind will stand before the Lord of the Worlds?

P:  The day when (all) mankind stand before the Lord of the Worlds?

S:  The day on which men shall stand before the Lord of the worlds?

083.007 Y:  Nay!  Surely the record of the wicked is (preserved) in Sijjin.

P:  Nay, but the record of the vile is in Sijjin —

S:  Nay! most surely the record of the wicked is in the Sijjin.

083.008 Y:  And what will explain to thee what Sijjin is?

P:  Ah! what will convey unto thee what Sijjin is! —

S:  And what will make you know what the Sijjin is?

083.009 Y:  (There is) a Register (fully) inscribed.

P:  A written record.

S:  It is a written book.

083.010 Y:  Woe, that Day, to those that deny-

P:  Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

S:  Woe on that day to the rejecters,

083.011 Y:  Those that deny the Day of Judgment.

P:  Those who deny the Day of Judgment

S:  Who give the lie to the Day of Judgment.

083.012 Y:  And none can deny it but the Transgressor beyond bounds the Sinner!

P:  Which none denieth save each criminal transgressor,

S:  And none gives the lie to it but every exceeder of limits, sinful one

083.013 Y:  When Our Signs are rehearsed to him, he says, “Tales of the ancients!”

P:  Who, when thou readest unto him Our revelations, saith:  (Mere) fables of the men of old.

S:  When Our communications are recited to him, he says:  Stories of those of yore.

083.014 Y:  By no means! but on their hearts is the stain of the (ill) which they do!

P:  Nay, but that which they have earned is rust upon their hearts.