83. Mutafifin · verses 17–20

ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ

Thumma yuqalu hatha allathee kuntum bihi tukaththiboona

Further, it will be said to them: "This is the (reality) which ye rejected as false!

كـَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارِ لَفِي عِلِّيِّينَ

Kalla inna kitaba alabrari lafee AAilliyyeena

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

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ

Wama adraka ma AAilliyyoona

And what will explain to thee what ´Illiyun is?

كِتَٰبٞ مَّرۡقُومٞ

Kitabun marqoomun

(There is) a Register (fully) inscribed,