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Surah Al-Ma'un (الماعون) — “The Small kindnesses” — is a Meccan chapter with 7 verses. Read the full Arabic text with translation, transliteration and audio on Al-Qalam.

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Al-Ma'un

الماعون

The Small kindnesses · 7 verses · Meccan

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يُكَذِّبُ بِٱلدِّينِ

ara-ayta alladhī yukadhibu bil-dīni

Have you seen the one who denies the Recompense?

فَذَٰلِكَ ٱلَّذِى يَدُعُّ ٱلْيَتِيمَ

fadhālika alladhī yaduʿʿu l-yatīma

For that is the one who drives away the orphan

وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

walā yaḥuḍḍu ʿalā ṭaʿāmi l-mis'kīni

And does not encourage the feeding of the poor.

فَوَيْلٌ لِّلْمُصَلِّينَ

fawaylun lil'muṣallīna

So woe to those who pray

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَن صَلَاتِهِمْ سَاهُونَ

alladhīna hum ʿan ṣalātihim sāhūna

[But] who are heedless of their prayer -

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ يُرَآءُونَ

alladhīna hum yurāūna

Those who make show [of their deeds]

وَيَمْنَعُونَ ٱلْمَاعُونَ

wayamnaʿūna l-māʿūna

And withhold [simple] assistance.