Surah information

Name

سُورَةُ المَاعُونِ

English name

Al-Maa'un

Translation

Almsgiving

Number

107

Ayahs

7

Revelation

Meccan

Translations

بِسْمِ ٱللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

1

أَرَءَیۡتَ ٱلَّذِی یُكَذِّبُ بِٱلدِّینِ 

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

2

فَذَ ٰلِكَ ٱلَّذِی یَدُعُّ ٱلۡیَتِیمَ 

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

3

وَلَا یَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِینِ 

and feels no urge to feed the needy.

4

فَوَیۡلࣱ لِّلۡمُصَلِّینَ 

Woe, then, unto those praying ones

5

ٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ عَن صَلَاتِهِمۡ سَاهُونَ 

whose hearts from their prayer are remote

6

ٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ یُرَاۤءُونَ 

those who want only to be seen and praised,

7

وَیَمۡنَعُونَ ٱلۡمَاعُونَ 

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