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QUR’AN · SURAH 107

Al-Maa'un

Almsgiving · undefined verses · Meccan

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Translation of meaning: Muhammad Asad. Transliteration is a learning aid; it cannot capture every Arabic sound. Recitation: Mishary Rashid Alafasy via Islamic Network. Recitation is streamed from Islamic Network and requires internet access.
107:1
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يُكَذِّبُ بِٱلدِّينِ

Ara-aital lazee yu kazzibu bid deen

HAST THOU ever considered [the kind of man] who gives the lie to all moral law?

107:2
فَذَٰلِكَ ٱلَّذِى يَدُعُّ ٱلْيَتِيمَ

Fa zaalikal lazi yadu'ul-yateem

Behold, it is this [kind of man] that thrusts the orphan away,

107:3
وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

Wa la ya huddu 'alaa ta'amil miskeen

and feels no urge to feed the needy.

107:4
فَوَيْلٌۭ لِّلْمُصَلِّينَ

Fa wai lul-lil mu salleen

Woe, then, unto those praying ones

107:5
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَن صَلَاتِهِمْ سَاهُونَ

Al lazeena hum 'an salaatihim sahoon

whose hearts from their prayer are remote

107:6
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ يُرَآءُونَ

Al lazeena hum yuraa-oon

those who want only to be seen and praised,

107:7
وَيَمْنَعُونَ ٱلْمَاعُونَ

Wa yamna'oonal ma'oon

and, withal, deny all assistance [to their fellow-men]!

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Qur’an 107:1

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يُكَذِّبُ بِٱلدِّينِ

HAST THOU ever considered [the kind of man] who gives the lie to all moral law?

Qur’an 107:2

فَذَٰلِكَ ٱلَّذِى يَدُعُّ ٱلْيَتِيمَ

Behold, it is this [kind of man] that thrusts the orphan away,

Qur’an 107:3

وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

and feels no urge to feed the needy.

Qur’an 107:4

فَوَيْلٌۭ لِّلْمُصَلِّينَ

Woe, then, unto those praying ones

Qur’an 107:5

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَن صَلَاتِهِمْ سَاهُونَ

whose hearts from their prayer are remote

Qur’an 107:6

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ يُرَآءُونَ

those who want only to be seen and praised,

Qur’an 107:7

وَيَمْنَعُونَ ٱلْمَاعُونَ

and, withal, deny all assistance [to their fellow-men]!