Al-Ma'un

Small Kindnesses

Surah 107 · Meccan · 7 ayahs

الماعون

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. أَرَءَيۡتَ ٱلَّذِي يُكَذِّبُ بِٱلدِّينِ ١

    Araʾaytal-ladhī yukadhdhibu bid-dīn.

    Have you seen the one who denies the Recompense?

  2. فَذَٰلِكَ ٱلَّذِي يَدُعُّ ٱلۡيَتِيمَ ٢

    Fadhālikal-ladhī yaduʿʿul-yatīm.

    For that is the one who drives away the orphan

  3. وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ ٣

    Wa lā yaḥuḍḍu ʿalā ṭaʿāmil-miskīn.

    And does not encourage the feeding of the poor.

  4. فَوَيۡلٞ لِّلۡمُصَلِّينَ ٤

    Fawaylul lil-muṣallīn.

    So woe to those who pray

  5. ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَن صَلَاتِهِمۡ سَاهُونَ ٥

    Al-ladhīna hum ʿan ṣalātihim sāhūn.

    [But] who are heedless of their prayer1 -

    Footnotes (1)
    1. i.e., the hypocrites who are unconcerned if they miss prayers when no one sees them.
  6. ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ يُرَآءُونَ ٦

    Al-ladhīna hum yurāʾūn.

    Those who make show [of their deeds]

  7. وَيَمۡنَعُونَ ٱلۡمَاعُونَ ٧

    Wa yamnaʿūnal-māʿūn.

    And withhold [simple] assistance.