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Part 42
Sura Mutaffifin (Defrauders) 83 (36 verses)
In The Name of Allah, The Beneficent, The
Merciful
Sura Mutaffifin
(Defrauders)
No. 83 (36 Verses)
Contents of the Sura:
Opinions are divided about this Sura on whether it is a Meccan
Sura or a Medinan one.
One of the occasions of revelation of the Sura denotes that the
beginning verses of the Sura, which are about shortchanging, can be about those
tradesmen who dealt in fraud in Medina.
Other verses of the Sura mostly resemble, from the point of tone,
the Meccan Suras, whose short and meaningful verses warn of the Resurrection
and the horrible events of the Hereafter. Particularly, the last
verses of the Sura, which speak about the mockings of the disbelievers at the
believers, match the earlier environment of Mecca where Muslims were in a
minority and unbelievers were in a majority.
Perhaps, it is for this reason that some commentators consider a
part of the Sura Meccan and another part of it belonging to the Medina period.
But, on the whole, this Sura seems chronologically close to the Meccan period.
In any case, the theme of the Sura is divided into five
categories:
1. It
seriously warns and threatens the defrauders.
2. It
points to the lack of strong belief in the Resurrection as being the
origin of corruption and great sins.
3. There
are some hints in this Sura showing the end of the Wicked on That Great Day.
4. It
points to some of the great gifts and delightful blessings of the Righteous in
the Garden of Bliss.
5. The
unbelievers, foolishly mocking at the believers, in this life, and the reverse
situation, in the Hereafter is briefly referred to in the Sura.
The Virtue in Studying the Sura:
There is a tradition from the holy Prophet (p.b.u.h) that
says: "The person who studies Sura Mutaffifin (Defrauders), Allah will make
him drink of the pure, sealed drink on That Day 8." [1]
And there is also a narration from Imam Sadiq (p.b.u.h.) which
says: "The person who recites Sura Mutaffffin (Defrauders) in his obligatory
prayers, Allah will keep him safe from fire on the Day of Judgement. Then,
neither the fire will meet him nor will he meet the fire." [2]
These great rewards are for the one who studies it and acts
accordingly, of course.
name="_ftn1" title="">[1] Majma'-al-Bayan, vol. 10, p. 451.
name="_ftn2" title="">[2] Thawab-ul-a'mal, based on
Nur-uth-Thaqalayn, vol. 5, p. 527.
