83. Mutafifin · verses 17–24

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,

يَشۡهَدُهُ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ

Yashhaduhu almuqarraboona

To which bear witness those Nearest (to Allah).

إِنَّ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ

Inna alabrara lafee naAAeemin

Truly the Righteous will be in Bliss:

عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ

AAala alaraiki yanthuroona

On Thrones (of Dignity) will they command a sight (of all things):

تَعۡرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِهِمۡ نَضۡرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

TaAArifu fee wujoohihim nadrata alnnaAAeemi

Thou wilt recognise in their faces the beaming brightness of Bliss.