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الماعون

107. Al-Maa'un

Almsgiving · Meccan · 7 verses

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Bismi Allāhi ar-raḥmāni ar-raḥīm

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

107:1

أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يُكَذِّبُ بِٱلدِّينِ ﴿١﴾

Araʾayta alladhī yukadhdhibu bid-dīn

Hast thou observed him who belieth religion?

107:2

فَذَٰلِكَ ٱلَّذِى يَدُعُّ ٱلْيَتِيمَ ﴿٢﴾

Fadhālika alladhī yaduʿʿu al-yatīm

That is he who repelleth the orphan,

107:3

وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ ﴿٣﴾

Walā yaḥuḍḍu ʿalā ṭaʿāmi al-miskīn

And urgeth not the feeding of the needy.

107:4

فَوَيْلٌ لِّلْمُصَلِّينَ ﴿٤﴾

Fawaylun lilmuṣallīn

Ah, woe unto worshippers

107:5

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَن صَلَاتِهِمْ سَاهُونَ ﴿٥﴾

Alladhīna hum ʿan ṣalātihim sāhūn

Who are heedless of their prayer;

107:6

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ يُرَآءُونَ ﴿٦﴾

Alladhīna hum yurāʾūn

Who would be seen (at worship)

107:7

وَيَمْنَعُونَ ٱلْمَاعُونَ ﴿٧﴾

Wayamnaʿūna al-māʿūn

Yet refuse small kindnesses!

Arabic: the Uthmani text of the Tanzil Project, used unchanged under CC BY 3.0. Quran text © Tanzil Project - check tanzil.net/updates for changes.

Transliteration: made by Anoor from the Tanzil text, each word as it is said on its own - in recitation the words run together.

Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain.

Plain English: written by Anoor from Tafsir al-Jalalayn (al-Mahalli and al-Suyuti), one of the most widely read classical commentaries. It is a simple explanation, not a scholarly commentary - for a ruling or a deeper reading, ask a scholar. Something wrong? Tell us.