Meccan·Surah 83

المطففين

Surah Al-Mutaffifin — Ayah 8

The Defrauding

36 Ayahs·Verse 83:8
83:8

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ

And what can make you know what is sijjeen?

Context in Surah Al-Mutaffifin

Nearby ayahs help place verse 83:8 in sequence and meaning.

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

The Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of the worlds?

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَـٰبَ ٱلْفُجَّارِ لَفِى سِجِّينٍ

No! Indeed, the record of the wicked is in sijjeen.

كِتَـٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ

It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed.

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Woe, that Day, to the deniers,