IZQ

083

The
Cheaters

By the Name

God

the Fount-of-All-Mercy
the Ever-Merciful

woe to the cheaters

who when they take
a measure from people

take full measure

but when they
measure for them
or weigh for them

hand over less than is due

do they not think that
they will be raised up

on a mighty day

a day when humankind
will stand before
the Liege of
all the worlds?

no indeed

the Book of the wicked
is in Sijjin

and what will teach you
what is Sijjin?

a Book clearly written

on that day

woe to those
who call it lies

and call that day lies

and no-one calls it lies
except every guilty attacker

when Our Signs
are spoken to them
they say

"Fairy tales
of the people of long ago"

no indeed

what they have done
has covered their hearts
with rust

no indeed

on that day
they will be veiled
from their Liege

then they will roast in Hell

then it will be said to them

"This is what
you said was lies"

no indeed

the Book of the truly good
is in Illiyun

and what will teach you
what is Illiyun?

a Book clearly written

seen by those brought near

surely the truly good
will be in delight

on couches
gazing in wonder

you see in their faces
the glow of delight

they are given to drink
a sealed up wine

the seal of which is musk

so let those who want
want this

it is mixed with Tasnim

a fountain at which
those brought near
can drink

see how those who did evil
were laughing at
those who believed

when they passed by them
winking at one another

and when they went
back to their families
joking about them

and when they saw them
they said

"These people
have lost their way"

but they were not sent
as watchers over them

so today
those who believed
are laughing at
those who were
ungrateful

from couches where
they gaze in wonder

have those who were
ungrateful
been rewarded
for what they were doing?

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