Al-Muṭaffifīn Al-Tatlif المطففين "The Defrauders"

Holy Quran

Al-Muṭaffifīn (المطففين, "The Defrauders") is the eighty-third surah of the Qur'an. It has 36 verses

Summary

The primary theme of this surah is Islamic eschatology or the hereafter, and the rhetoric addresses the following subjects is the discourse. The surah opens with a declaration of war and denunciation of those who use false weights and measures in the first six ayat.[1] The surah warns the audience that the acts of the wicked are recorded in the book Sajjín in 7th to 9th ayaat. The surah makes explicit the relation between morality and the doctrine of the Hereafter effectively and impressively with woes to those who reject Muhammad and deny the judgment-day in ayaat up to 17th. Further up to 21st ayat, the surah describes that the acts of the righteous are registered in Illiyún. The rewards of the righteous in Paradise are explained in ayaat 22nd up to 28th. In conclusion, from 29th to the 36th ayat, the believers have been consoled, and the disbelievers warned as if to say: Unbelievers mock at Muslims now but shall be laughed at in turn on the Day of Resurrection.[2]

Ayat (verses)

1-6 Denunciation of those who use false weights and measures

7-9 The acts of the wicked are recorded in the book Sajjín

10-18 Woe to those who reject Muhammad and deny the judgment-day

18-21 The acts of the righteous are registered in Illiyún

22-28 The rewards of the righteous in Paradise

29-36 Unbelievers mock at The Believers now, but shall be laughed at in turn [3]