Chapter 107: Small Kindnesses

AL-MAUN (SMALL KINDNESSES, ALMSGIVING, HAVE YOU SEEN)
Total Verses: 7
Revealed At: MAKKA

In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.

107.001 Y: Seest thou one who denies the Judgment (to come)?

P: Hast thou observed him who belieth religion?

S: Have you considered him who calls the judgment a lie?

107.002 Y: Then such is the (man) who repulses the orphan (with harshness),

P: That is he who repelleth the orphan,

S: That is the one who treats the orphan with harshness,

107.003 Y: And encourages not the feeding of the indigent.

P: And urgeth not the feeding of the needy.

S: And does not urge (others) to feed the poor.

107.004 Y: So woe to the worshippers

P: Ah, woe unto worshippers

S: So woe to the praying ones,

107.005 Y: Who are neglectful of their prayers,

P: Who are heedless of their prayer;

S: Who are unmindful of their prayers,

107.006 Y: Those who (want but) to be seen (of men),

P: Who would be seen (at worship)

S: Who do (good) to be seen,

107.007 Y: But refuse (to supply) (even) neighbourly needs.

P: Yet refuse small kindnesses!

S: And withhold the necessaries of life.