Read the Quran
- Woe to those who give short measure,
- who demand of other people full measure for themselves,
- but when they give by measurement or weight to others, they give them less.
- Do such people not realize that they will be raised up,
- on a fateful Day.
- The Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of the Universe?
- Indeed! The record of the wicked is in the Sijjin—
- and what could make you understand what the Sijjin is?—
- it is a written record.
- Woe, on that Day, to those who reject,
- those who deny the Day of Judgement.
- No one denies it except for the evil aggressor.
- When Our revelations are conveyed to him, he says, ‘Fables of the ancients!’
- No! Their own deeds have cast a veil over their hearts.
- Indeed! On that Day a barrier will be set between them and their Lord,
- then they shall enter the Fire of Hell,
- and they will be told, ‘This is what you were wont to belie.’
- But, the record of the righteous is [preserved] in the ‘Illiyyin—
- and what will make you understand what the ‘Illiyyin is?—
- a written record,
- which those angels closest to God will bear witness to.
- The virtuous will surely be in bliss,
- seated on couches and gazing around in wonder.
- You will find in their faces the brightness of bliss.
- They will be given a drink of pure wine, sealed,
- its seal will be of musk—for this let the aspirants aspire—
- a wine tempered with the waters of Tasnim,
- a spring at which those drawn close to God will drink.
- The wicked used to laugh at the believers—
- when they passed by them, they would wink at one another;
- and when they returned to their own people, they would speak of them jestingly;
- and when they saw them, they said [scornfully], ‘These men have surely gone astray,’
- though they were not sent to be their keepers—
- so today those who believe shall [be able to] laugh at those who denied the truth
- as they sit on couches, gazing around.
- Have those who deny the truth [not] been paid back for their deeds?
83:1-17
Literally ‘when they give by measure to others, or weigh out to them’.
Every human being wants to have his dues paid in full. But it is only right and proper that, if he is a man of character, he should also take care to give to others their full and rightful dues. He should want for others whatever he wants for himself. Those who take full measure for themselves and give less to others, will reach the Hereafter in such an ill state of grace that they will be doomed to eternal perdition.
One who tries to ensure full measure for himself knows that everyone should receive his just deserts. In this context, if he gives less while giving to others, he lessens his realization of or sensitivity to the rights of others. If a man repeats this sort of misdeed again and again, a time will finally come when he will completely lose his sensitivity to others’ rights. His heart will be completely corroded by his sinful actions.
83:18-36
In the present world many people are not at all keen to respect the rights of others or to give them their full dues. They are interested solely in recovering in full what is due to them from others. Such people will remain in a state of deprivation in the Hereafter. Wise are those who are eager to discharge others’ rights and dues fully, because they are the ones who will be entitled to the great bounties of God in the Hereafter.
Literally ‘A prison’. It means a certain place in which the record of the deeds of the wicked is preserved.
Duly registered and inscribed, with no possibility of error or effacement.
One who disregards his worldly considerations for the sake of the Hereafter is regarded as a fool and becomes diminished in the eyes of the worldly wise. But when the Hereafter comes, it will appear that the really wise ones were those who were considered foolish in the present world.
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