Almsgiving

107 - Al-Maa'un

سُورَةُ المَاعُونِ

  • 107:1
    1

    بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ أَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي يُكَذِّبُ بِالدِّينِ

    HAST THOU ever considered [the kind of man] who gives the lie to all moral law?

  • 107:2
    2

    فَذَٰلِكَ الَّذِي يَدُعُّ الْيَتِيمَ

    Behold, it is this [kind of man] that thrusts the orphan away,

  • 107:3
    3

    وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ

    and feels no urge to feed the needy.

  • 107:4
    4

    فَوَيْلٌ لِلْمُصَلِّينَ

    Woe, then, unto those praying ones

  • 107:5
    5

    الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَنْ صَلَاتِهِمْ سَاهُونَ

    whose hearts from their prayer are remote

  • 107:6
    6

    الَّذِينَ هُمْ يُرَاءُونَ

    those who want only to be seen and praised,

  • 107:7
    7

    وَيَمْنَعُونَ الْمَاعُونَ

    and, withal, deny all assistance [to their fellow-men]!