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سُورَةُ المُطَفِّفِينَ · 83:21
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يَشْهَدُهُ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ

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Which is witnessed by those brought near [to Allah].

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Introduction

This is āyah 21 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! Verily, the Record of Al-Abrar (the righteous believers) is (preserved) in 'Illiyyin (18)And what will make you know what 'Illiyyin is (19)A Register inscribed (20)To which bear witness those nearest (21)Verily, Al-Abrar (the righteous believers) will be in Delight (22)On thrones, looking (23)You will recognize in their faces the brightness of delight (24)They will be given to drink of pure sealed Rahiq (25)Sealed with musk, and for this let those strive who want to strive (26)It will be mixed with Tasnim (27)A spring whereof drink those nearest to Allah (28) The Record Book of the Righteous and Their Reward Allah says that truly, إِنَّ كِتَابَ الْأَبْرَارِ (Verily, the Record of Al-Abrar (the righteous believers)) These people are in a situation that is the opposite of the wicked people. لَفِي عِلِّيِّينَ (is in 'Illiyyin.) meaning, their final destination is 'Illiyyin, which…
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.

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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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