The Quran

سورة المطفّفِین

Surah AL-Mutaffifîn 83:7

The Defaulters in Duty · Verse 7 of 36

كَلَّا إِنَّ كِتَابَ الْفُجَّارِ لَفِي سِجِّينٍ

Abdul Mannan Omar

Nay, (not at all as they believe) the record of (the deeds) of the wicked is in Sijjîn (- the register of a prison)

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Nay! Surely the record of the wicked is (preserved) in Sijjin.

Ahmed Ali

Indeed the ledger of the wicked will be in (the lowest depths) Sijjin.

12 more translations

Ali Unal

No indeed! The record of the shameless dissolute one is surely in sijjin (a lowly register, portending eternal punishment).

Daryabadi

By no means! Verily the record of the ungodly is in Sijjin.

Faridul Haque

Indeed, the record of the disbelievers is in the lowest place, the Sijjeen.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Nay, surely the record of the wicked is in the prison.

Maulvi Sher Ali

Nay, the record of the wicked is in SijjÌn.

Muhammad Asad

NAY, VERILY, the record of the wicked is indeed [set down] in a mode inescapable!

Muhammad Musin Khan

Nay! Truly, the Record (writing of the deeds) of the Fujjar (disbelievers, sinners, evil-doers and wicked) is (preserved) in Sijjin.

Muhammad Pickthall

Nay, but the record of the vile is in Sijjin -

Muhammad Sarwar

Woe to them! Let them know that the records of the sinner's deeds are in Sijin.

Muhammed ali Shakir

Nay! most surely the record of the wicked is in the Sijjin.

Rashad Khalifa

Indeed, the book of the wicked is in Sijjeen.

Shabbir Ahmed

Nay, the record of the dividers of humanity is in Sijjeen.

Commentary 83:7 Here, the unjust and the dishonest (Al-Fujjârالْفُجَّار) are warned that they will not be left unpunished. Our bad actions are preserved and kept so to…

كَلَّا إِنَّ كِتَابَ الْفُجَّارِ لَفِي سِجِّينٍ

83:7 Here, the unjust and the dishonest (Al-Fujjârالْفُجَّار) are warned that they will not be left unpunished. Our bad actions are preserved and kept so to speak in Sijjînسِجِّين - a place of disgrace and ignominy. Sijjîn is derived from sijinسِجن meaning a prison where one cannot make any progress and their faculties of doing good are shut up as if in prison.