أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يُكَذِّبُ بِٱلدِّينِ
Araayta allathee yukaththibu biddeen
Have you seen the one who denies the Recompense?
“The Small Kindnesses”
Surah Al-Ma'un (الماعون) is the 107th chapter of the Qur'an, a Meccan surah of 7 ayahs whose name means "The Small Kindnesses". It was the 17th surah revealed to the Prophet ﷺ. Read it in full below in Arabic with the English translation and phonetic transliteration, listen to the recitation, and start memorising it with SABR.
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أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يُكَذِّبُ بِٱلدِّينِ
Araayta allathee yukaththibu biddeen
Have you seen the one who denies the Recompense?
فَذَٰلِكَ ٱلَّذِى يَدُعُّ ٱلْيَتِيمَ
Fathalika allathee yaduAAAAualyateem
For that is the one who drives away the orphan
وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
Wala yahuddu AAalataAAami almiskeen
And does not encourage the feeding of the poor.
فَوَيْلٌ لِّلْمُصَلِّينَ
Fawaylun lilmusalleen
So woe to those who pray
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَن صَلَاتِهِمْ سَاهُونَ
Allatheena hum AAan salatihimsahoon
[But] who are heedless of their prayer1 -
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ يُرَآءُونَ
Allatheena hum yuraoon
Those who make show [of their deeds]
وَيَمْنَعُونَ ٱلْمَاعُونَ
WayamnaAAoona almaAAoon
And withhold [simple] assistance.
Surah Al-Ma'un has 7 ayahs (verses). It is the 107th chapter of the Qur'an.
Surah Al-Ma'un is a Meccan surah, revealed before the Hijrah. It was the 17th surah revealed.
The name "Al-Ma'un" (الماعون) means "The Small Kindnesses" in English.
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