ONE AYAT A DAY

Surah Al-Ma'un — The Small Kindnesses

Surah 107 · 7 ayahs · Meccan

Ayah 1

اَرَءَيْتَ الَّذِيْ يُكَذِّبُ بِالدِّيْنِۗ

Ara'aital-lażī yukażżibu bid-dīn(i).

Have you seen the one who denies the Recompense?

Ayah 2

فَذٰلِكَ الَّذِيْ يَدُعُّ الْيَتِيْمَۙ

Fa żālikal-lażī yadu‘‘ul-yatīm(a).

For that is the one who drives away the orphan

Ayah 3

وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلٰى طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِيْنِۗ

Wa lā yaḥuḍḍu ‘alā ṭa‘āmil-miskīn(i).

And does not encourage the feeding of the poor.

Ayah 4

فَوَيْلٌ لِّلْمُصَلِّيْنَۙ

Fawailul lil-muṣallīn(a).

So woe to those who pray

Ayah 5

الَّذِيْنَ هُمْ عَنْ صَلَاتِهِمْ سَاهُوْنَۙ

Allażīna hum ‘an ṣalātihim sāhūn(a).

[But] who are heedless of their prayer -

Ayah 6

الَّذِيْنَ هُمْ يُرَاۤءُوْنَۙ

Allażīna hum yurā'ūn(a).

Those who make show [of their deeds]

Ayah 7

وَيَمْنَعُوْنَ الْمَاعُوْنَ ࣖ

Wa yamna‘ūnal-mā‘ūn(a).

And withhold [simple] assistance.