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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

1
أَرَءَيْتَٱلَّذِىيُكَذِّبُبِٱلدِّينِ

ara-ayta alladhī yukadhibu bil-dīni

Have you seen the one who denies the Recompense?

2
فَذَٰلِكَٱلَّذِىيَدُعُّٱلْيَتِيمَ

fadhālika alladhī yaduʿʿu l-yatīma

For that is the one who drives away the orphan

3
وَلَايَحُضُّعَلَىٰطَعَامِٱلْمِسْكِينِ

walā yaḥuḍḍu ʿalā ṭaʿāmi l-mis'kīni

And does not encourage the feeding of the poor.

4
فَوَيْلٌۭلِّلْمُصَلِّينَ

fawaylun lil'muṣallīna

So woe to those who pray

5
ٱلَّذِينَهُمْعَنصَلَاتِهِمْسَاهُونَ

alladhīna hum ʿan ṣalātihim sāhūna

[But] who are heedless of their prayer -

6
ٱلَّذِينَهُمْيُرَآءُونَ

alladhīna hum yurāūna

Those who make show [of their deeds]

7
وَيَمْنَعُونَٱلْمَاعُونَ

wayamnaʿūna l-māʿūna

And withhold [simple] assistance.