Al-Ma'un

The Small kindnesses · Meccan · 7 ayahs

أَرَءَيۡتَ ٱلَّذِي يُكَذِّبُ بِٱلدِّينِ ١

Have you seen the one who denies the Recompense?

Do you recognise the one who rejects the requital on the Day of Judgement?

فَذَٰلِكَ ٱلَّذِي يَدُعُّ ٱلۡيَتِيمَ ٢

For that is the one who drives away the orphan

It is the one who harshly turns away the orphan when in need.

وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ ٣

And does not encourage the feeding of the poor.

He does not encourage himself nor others in feeding the poor.

فَوَيۡلٞ لِّلۡمُصَلِّينَ ٤

So woe to those who pray

So destruction and punishment be upon those who perform prayer.

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَن صَلَاتِهِمۡ سَاهُونَ ٥

[But] who are heedless of their prayer¹ -

Those who are heedless of their prayer; they do not care about it such that its time expires.

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ يُرَآءُونَ ٦

Those who make show [of their deeds]

Those who show off by their prayer and good deeds, not being sincere in doing deeds for Allah.

وَيَمۡنَعُونَ ٱلۡمَاعُونَ ٧

And withhold [simple] assistance.

And they refrain from helping others with things in which there is no difficulty helping in.

Text: Quranic Universal Library (Tarteel), via spa5k/tafsir_api (MIT), at a fixed version. The ayahs: Quran Foundation. Sources and licences

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