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Surah Al-Mutaffifin, Verse 18

سورة المطففين، الآية ١٨

83:18 Juz 30 Hizb 59 Page 588 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 83:18

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلْأَبْرَارِ لَفِى عِلِّيِّينَ ۝١٨

Transliteration

kallā inna kitāba l-abrāri lafī ʿilliyyīna

Translation

No! Indeed, the record of the righteous is in ʿilliyyūn.

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Verse 18 of Surah Al-Mutaffifin (83:18), a Meccan surah, is in juz 30, on page 588 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 18

Al-Mukhtasar

The matter is not as you thought - that there will be no reckoning or recompense. The book of the people of obedience will be in Illiyyun.

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Other translations of verse 18

No indeed! The record of the righteous is certainly in ‘illiyyīn –

Nay! Verily, the Record (writing of the deeds) of Al-Abrâr (the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism) is (preserved) in ‘Illiyyûn

Nay, but the record of the righteous is in 'Illiyin -

Day, verily the record of the Righteous is (preserved) in 'Illiyin.

Nay! Most surely the record of the righteous shall be in the Iliyin.

Not at all! Surely the Book of the constantly-benign is indeed in cIlliyyin (i.e., the most exalted places)

Verse 18 word by word

كَلَّآ kallā Nay
إِنَّ inna Indeed
كِتَٰبَ kitāba (the) record ك ت ب
ٱلْأَبْرَارِ l-abrāri (of) the righteous ب ر ر
لَفِى lafī (will be) surely in
عِلِّيِّينَ ʿilliyyīna Illiyin ع ل و

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Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

Al-Qiyamah 75:22–23
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ …

[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant, …

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