Surah Al-Ma'un (سورة Al-Ma'un)

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Surah Al-Ma'un (Arabic: سورة Al-Ma'un, "The Small Kindnesses") is the 107 chapter (surah) of the Qur'an, containing 7 verses (ayahs). It is classified as a Meccan Surah, meaning it is historically understood to have been revealed during the Meccan Period (610–622 CE) of the prophecy.

Introduction

Surah Al-Ma'un ("The Small Kindnesses") is chapter 107 of 114 in the Qur'an. The full Arabic text, English translation and transliteration of all 7 verses are given below, with verse-by-verse Tafsir available on each ayah.

Text and Translation

Verse 107:1

اَرَءَيۡتَ الَّذِيۡ يُكَذِّبُ بِالدِّيۡنِؕ‏

ara-ayta alladhī yukadhibu bil-dīni

Have you seen the one who denies the Recompense

Verse 107:2

فَذٰلِكَ الَّذِيۡ يَدُعُّ الۡيَتِيۡمَۙ‏

fadhālika alladhī yaduʿʿu l-yatīma

For that is the one who drives away the orphan

Verse 107:3

وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلٰي طَعَامِ الۡمِسۡكِيۡنِؕ‏

walā yaḥuḍḍu ʿalā ṭaʿāmi l-mis'kīni

And does not encourage the feeding of the poor

Verse 107:4

فَوَيۡلٌ لِّلۡمُصَلِّيۡنَۙ‏

fawaylun lil'muṣallīna

So woe to those who pray

Verse 107:5

الَّذِيۡنَ هُمۡ عَنۡ صَلَاتِهِمۡ سَاهُوۡنَۙ‏

alladhīna hum ʿan ṣalātihim sāhūna

[But] who are heedless of their prayer

Verse 107:6

الَّذِيۡنَ هُمۡ يُرَآءُوۡنَۙ‏

alladhīna hum yurāūna

Those who make show [of their deeds]

Verse 107:7

وَيَمۡنَعُوۡنَ الۡمَاعُوۡنَࣖ‏

wayamnaʿūna l-māʿūna

And withhold [simple] assistance