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Surah Al-Ma'un — Word by Word

الماعون

The Small kindnesses

MeccanJuz 307 ayahs

Explanations are simplified from tafsirs by Ibn Kathir, Mufti Muhammad Shafi, and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. Spot an inaccuracy? Let us know.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1
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ara-ayta alladhī yukadhibu bil-dīni

Have you seen the one who denies the Recompense?

2
٢

fadhālika alladhī yaduʿʿu l-yatīma

For that is the one who drives away the orphan

3
٣

walā yaḥuḍḍu ʿalā ṭaʿāmi l-mis'kīni

And does not encourage the feeding of the poor.

4
٤

fawaylun lil'muṣallīna

So woe to those who pray

5
٥

alladhīna hum ʿan ṣalātihim sāhūna

[But] who are heedless of their prayer -

6
٦

alladhīna hum yurāūna

Those who make show [of their deeds]

7
٧

wayamnaʿūna l-māʿūna

And withhold [simple] assistance.