The Quran

سورة المطفّفِین

Surah AL-Mutaffifîn 83:17

The Defaulters in Duty · Verse 17 of 36

ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا الَّذِي كُنْتُمْ بِهِ تُكَذِّبُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

Then it shall be said (to them), `This is that (very punishment) which you used to cry lies to.´

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Further, it will be said to them: "This is the (reality) which ye rejected as false!

Ahmed Ali

They will then be told: "This is what you had denied."

12 more translations

Ali Unal

Thereafter they will be told: "This is what you used to deny (while in the world)."

Daryabadi

Then it will be said: ´this is that which ye were wont to belie.´

Faridul Haque

It will then be said, “This is what you used to deny.”

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Then it will be said: This is what you gave the lie to.

Maulvi Sher Ali

Then it will be said to them, `This is what you used to reject.'

Muhammad Asad

and be told: "This is the [very thing] to which you were wont to give the lie!"

Muhammad Musin Khan

Then, it will be said to them: "This is what you used to deny!"

Muhammad Pickthall

And it will be said (unto them): This is that which ye used to deny.

Muhammad Sarwar

and who will be told, "This is what you had called a lie".

Muhammed ali Shakir

Then shall it be said: This is what you gave the lie to.

Rashad Khalifa

They will be told, "This is what you used to deny."

Shabbir Ahmed

And it will be said, “This is what you used to deny.”

Commentary 83:10-17 People who deny messengers coming forward with Divine Truth will face harmful conseuences. The basic reason for this disbelief is the denial of the…

On 83:10–17

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ﴿١٠﴾ الَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ﴿١١﴾ وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ ﴿١٢﴾إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ

83:10-17 People who deny messengers coming forward with Divine Truth will face harmful conseuences. The basic reason for this disbelief is the denial of the Judgment Day. Arrogance, pride and stubborness in the conduct of the ordinary affairs of life are the major hindrances in the path of belief. It is a sublime characteristic of the Holy Qur’ân, that cites again and again the causes of every effect in the most opportune manner and thus leads to the conclusion of how the result of one action becomes the cause of another. In the verses 12-17 is embedded prophecies of future great wars among the rejecters of Truth.