Surah Al-Mā`ūn (The Small kindnesses) in English

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

1. أرأيت الذي يكذب بالدين

   1

   Did you see him who denies the Retribution?

   ʾa-raʾayta lladhī yukadhdhibu bi-d-dīni

2. فذلك الذي يدع اليتيم

   2

   That is the one, who drives away the orphan,

   fa-dhālika lladhī yaduʿʿu l-yatīma

3. ولا يحض على طعام المسكين

   3

   and does not urge the feeding of the needy.

   wa-lā yaḥuḍḍu ʿalā ṭaʿāmi l-miskīni

4. فويل للمصلين

   4

   Woe to those who pray

   fa-waylun li-l-muṣallīna

5. الذين هم عن صلاتهم ساهون

   5

   but are heedless of their prayers

   alladhīna hum ʿan ṣalātihim sāhūna

6. الذين هم يراءون

   6

   —who show off

   alladhīna hum yurāʾūna

7. ويمنعون الماعون

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   but deny aid.

   wa-yamnaʿūna l-māʿūna