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

as rendered by A. S. Mohamed — 36 verses

Woe to the cheaters
who, when receiving a measure from the people, they take all that is due,
but when giving them a measure or weight, they give less than what is due.
Do these not realise that they will be resurrected
for a great Day?
It is the Day when the people will stand before the Lord of the Worlds.
No indeed! The book of the depraved is in Sijjeen.
And how would you know what Sijjeen is?
A numbered Book.
Woe on that Day to the deniers
who deny the Day of the Religion.
None denies it except every sinful transgressor.
When Our revelations are recited to him, he says, "Tales of the previous ones."
No indeed! Rather, their hearts have been tainted by what they used to earn.
No indeed! On that Day, they will be partitioned from their Lord.
Then they will roast in Hellfire.
Then it will be said, "This is what you used to deny."
No indeed! The book of the pious is in Elliyyeen.
And how would you know what Elliyyoon is?
A numbered Book
to be witnessed by those brought near.
The pious are in bliss.
On the couches, they observe.
You recognise in their faces the radiance of bliss.
They are served sealed drinks of nectar.
Its after-taste is musk, so for this, the competitors should compete.
Its mixture is from Tasneem;
a spring from which those brought near will drink.
Those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed,
and when they passed by them, they would wink at one another,
and when they returned to their families, they would return jesting,
and when they saw them, they would say, "Those are surely misguided."
But they were not sent as guardians over them.
So today, those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers.
On the couches, they observe.
Have the disbelievers then been requited for what they did?