English Meaning (with KSU Tafsir reference):

A warning of ruin for those who cheat in measure and weight.

Source: KSU Tafsir Al-Sa‘di (Surah 83, Ayah 1)

Those who give less / cheat in measure.

English Meaning (with KSU Tafsir reference):

They demand full measure when taking from people.

Source: KSU Tafsir Al-Sa‘di (Surah 83, Ayah 2)

English Meaning (with KSU Tafsir reference):

But when giving or weighing for others, they make a loss for them.

Source: KSU Tafsir Al-Sa‘di (Surah 83, Ayah 3)

English Meaning (with KSU Tafsir reference):

Do they not expect to be resurrected?

Source: KSU Tafsir Al-Sa‘di (Surah 83, Ayah 4)

English Meaning (with KSU Tafsir reference):

For a tremendous Day.

Source: KSU Tafsir Al-Sa‘di (Surah 83, Ayah 5)

English Meaning (with KSU Tafsir reference):

The Day people will stand before the Lord of the worlds.

Source: KSU Tafsir Al-Sa‘di (Surah 83, Ayah 6)

English Meaning (with KSU Tafsir reference):

The record of the wicked is in Sijjin.

Source: KSU Tafsir Al-Sa‘di (Surah 83, Ayah 7)

Sijjin (a register/place for the wicked).

English Meaning (with KSU Tafsir reference):

And what will make you know what Sijjin is?

Source: KSU Tafsir Al-Sa‘di (Surah 83, Ayah 8)

English Meaning (with KSU Tafsir reference):

An inscribed record.

Source: KSU Tafsir Al-Sa‘di (Surah 83, Ayah 9)

English Meaning (with KSU Tafsir reference):

Woe that Day to the deniers.

Source: KSU Tafsir Al-Sa‘di (Surah 83, Ayah 10)

English Meaning (with KSU Tafsir reference):

Those who deny the Day of Judgment.

Source: KSU Tafsir Al-Sa‘di (Surah 83, Ayah 11)

English Meaning (with KSU Tafsir reference):

None deny it except every transgressor, sinful person.

Source: KSU Tafsir Al-Sa‘di (Surah 83, Ayah 12)

English Meaning (with KSU Tafsir reference):

When Our verses are recited, he says: tales of the ancients.

Source: KSU Tafsir Al-Sa‘di (Surah 83, Ayah 13)

English Meaning (with KSU Tafsir reference):

Rather, a rust has covered their hearts because of what they used to earn.

Source: KSU Tafsir Al-Sa‘di (Surah 83, Ayah 14)

Rust / stain covering the heart.

English Meaning (with KSU Tafsir reference):

No indeed—on that Day they will be veiled from their Lord.

Source: KSU Tafsir Al-Sa‘di (Surah 83, Ayah 15)

Veiled from their Lord.

English Meaning (with KSU Tafsir reference):

Then they will enter the Blaze.

Source: KSU Tafsir Al-Sa‘di (Surah 83, Ayah 16)

English Meaning (with KSU Tafsir reference):

Then it will be said: This is what you used to deny.

Source: KSU Tafsir Al-Sa‘di (Surah 83, Ayah 17)

English Meaning (with KSU Tafsir reference):

No indeed—the record of the righteous is in Illiyyin.

Source: KSU Tafsir Al-Sa‘di (Surah 83, Ayah 18)

Illiyyin (a lofty register of the righteous).

English Meaning (with KSU Tafsir reference):

And what will make you know what Illiyyin is?

Source: KSU Tafsir Al-Sa‘di (Surah 83, Ayah 19)

English Meaning (with KSU Tafsir reference):

An inscribed record.

Source: KSU Tafsir Al-Sa‘di (Surah 83, Ayah 20)

English Meaning (with KSU Tafsir reference):

Witnessed by those brought near.

Source: KSU Tafsir Al-Sa‘di (Surah 83, Ayah 21)

English Meaning (with KSU Tafsir reference):

Indeed, the righteous will be in bliss.

Source: KSU Tafsir Al-Sa‘di (Surah 83, Ayah 22)

English Meaning (with KSU Tafsir reference):

On couches, looking on.

Source: KSU Tafsir Al-Sa‘di (Surah 83, Ayah 23)

English Meaning (with KSU Tafsir reference):

You will recognize on their faces the radiance of bliss.

Source: KSU Tafsir Al-Sa‘di (Surah 83, Ayah 24)

English Meaning (with KSU Tafsir reference):

They will be given to drink of sealed pure wine.

Source: KSU Tafsir Al-Sa‘di (Surah 83, Ayah 25)

Sealed pure drink.

Sealed.

English Meaning (with KSU Tafsir reference):

Its seal is musk—so for that let competitors compete.

Source: KSU Tafsir Al-Sa‘di (Surah 83, Ayah 26)

English Meaning (with KSU Tafsir reference):

Its mixture is from Tasnīm.

Source: KSU Tafsir Al-Sa‘di (Surah 83, Ayah 27)

Tasnīm (a spring in Paradise).

English Meaning (with KSU Tafsir reference):

A spring from which those brought near drink.

Source: KSU Tafsir Al-Sa‘di (Surah 83, Ayah 28)

English Meaning (with KSU Tafsir reference):

Indeed, the criminals used to laugh at those who believed.

Source: KSU Tafsir Al-Sa‘di (Surah 83, Ayah 29)

English Meaning (with KSU Tafsir reference):

And when they passed by them, they would wink at one another.

Source: KSU Tafsir Al-Sa‘di (Surah 83, Ayah 30)

English Meaning (with KSU Tafsir reference):

And when they returned to their people, they returned amused.

Source: KSU Tafsir Al-Sa‘di (Surah 83, Ayah 31)

English Meaning (with KSU Tafsir reference):

And when they saw them, they said: These are truly astray.

Source: KSU Tafsir Al-Sa‘di (Surah 83, Ayah 32)

English Meaning (with KSU Tafsir reference):

But they were not sent as guardians over them.

Source: KSU Tafsir Al-Sa‘di (Surah 83, Ayah 33)

English Meaning (with KSU Tafsir reference):

So today the believers will laugh at the disbelievers.

Source: KSU Tafsir Al-Sa‘di (Surah 83, Ayah 34)

English Meaning (with KSU Tafsir reference):

On couches, looking on.

Source: KSU Tafsir Al-Sa‘di (Surah 83, Ayah 35)

English Meaning (with KSU Tafsir reference):

Have the disbelievers been repaid for what they used to do?

Source: KSU Tafsir Al-Sa‘di (Surah 83, Ayah 36)

Summary of the Meanings:

Allah warns those who cheat people in measure and weight, reminding them of Resurrection and standing before the Lord of the worlds.

The surah contrasts the record of the wicked in Sijjin with the record of the righteous in Illiyyin, witnessed by those brought near.

It ends by showing the reversal: those who mocked believers will be repaid, while the believers look on in honor and bliss.