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سُورَةُ المُطَفِّفِينَ · 83:15
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كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ

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No! Indeed, from their Lord, that Day, they will be partitioned.

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Introduction

This is āyah 15 of Sūrat Al-Mutaffifin (The Defrauding), the 86th sūrah in the traditional order of revelation. It was revealed in the Meccan period and sits within Juzʾ 30. Meccan verses tend to address faith, the oneness of God, and the hereafter.

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Revelation & occasion

Asbāb al-Nuzūl
Period
Meccan
Order revealed
86 of 114
Surah
Al-Mutaffifin (83)

No specific occasion of revelation (Asbāb al-Nuzūl) is recorded for this āyah in al-Wāḥidī's collection. Many verses were revealed without a single triggering event.

Commentary

Tafsir

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Hafiz Ibn Kathir

Nay! Truly, the Record of the wicked is in Sijjin (7)And what will make you know what Sijjin is (8)A Register inscribed (9)Woe, that Day, to those who deny (10)Those who deny the Day of Recompense (11)And none can deny it except every transgressor beyond bounds, the sinner (12)When Our Ayat are recited to him, he says: "Tales of the ancients! (13)Nay! But on their hearts is the Ran (covering) which they used to earn (14)Nay! Surely, they will be veiled from seeing their Lord that Day (15)Then verily, they will indeed enter the burning flame of Hell (16)Then, it will be said to them: "This is what you used to deny! (17) The Record of the Wicked and some of what happens to Them Allah says truly, إِنَّ كِتَابَ الْفُجَّارِ لَفِي سِجِّينٍ (Nay! Truly, the Record of the wicked is in Sijjin.) meaning, that their final destination and their abode will be in Sijjin, which is derived from the …
Provenance

Chains of transmission

Oral — isnād

  1. ~610–632 CERevelation & memorisation

    Received by the Prophet ﷺ and preserved by the ḥuffāẓ (memorisers) among the Companions.

  2. 1st century AHMutawātir transmissionawaiting curation

    Carried by mass-transmission through the generations of qurrāʾ.

  3. TodayLiving chainsawaiting curation

    Continuous ijāzah chains link reciters today back to the Prophet ﷺ.

Verified isnād chains for this āyah will be added by curators.

Written — the manuscript record

  1. ~650 CEʿUthmānic codicesawaiting curation

    The standardised muṣḥaf sent to the great cities (e.g. the Topkapı and Samarqand codices).

  2. 8th–10th c.Early Ḥijāzī & Kūfic foliosawaiting curation

    Surviving leaves in Birmingham, Sanaa, Paris (BnF) and beyond.

  3. Modern printModern printawaiting curation

    The 1924 Cairo edition → today: the standard printed muṣḥaf used worldwide.

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