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Al-Maa'unالماعون

Almsgiving · 7 verses · Meccan

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Seven verses describing one who pushes the orphan away and does not urge the feeding of the poor. Then come those whose prayer is heedless or for show while they withhold the small kindnesses this surah is named for. The four renderings part company at the first verse over what he denies: judgment, or religion.

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107:1

أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يُكَذِّبُ بِٱلدِّينِ

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Easy-read (simplified)ara'ayta lladhee yukadhdhibu bid-deen

DIN 31635ʾaraʾayta llaḏī yukaḏḏibu bid-dīni

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Have you considered him who denies the religion?

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Hast thou observed him who belieth religion

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Hast thou considered him who calls the judgment a lie

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

WHAT thinkest thou of him who treateth our RELIGION as a lie

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

What thinkest thou of him who denieth the future judgment as a falsehood

George Sale · published 1734

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107:2

فَذَٰلِكَ ٱلَّذِى يَدُعُّ ٱلْيَتِيمَ

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Easy-read (simplified)fadhaalika lladhee yadu''u l-yateem

DIN 31635faḏālika llaḏī yaduʿʿu l-yatīma

It is he who mistreats the orphan.

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That is he who repelleth the orphan

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

He it is who pushes the orphan away

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

He it is who trusteth away the orphan

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

It is he who pusheth away the orphan

George Sale · published 1734

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107:3

وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

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Easy-read (simplified)walaa yahuddu 'alaa ta'aami l-miskeen

DIN 31635walā yaḥuḍḍu ʿalā ṭaʿāmi l-miskīni

And does not encourage the feeding of the poor.

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And urgeth not the feeding of the needy

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and urges not (others) to feed the poor

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And stirreth not others up to feed the poor

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and stirreth not up others to feed the poor

George Sale · published 1734

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  • George Sale · 1734

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107:4

فَوَيْلٌ لِّلْمُصَلِّينَ

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Easy-read (simplified)fawaylun lilmusalleen

DIN 31635fawaylun lilmuṣallīna

So woe to those who pray.

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Ah, woe unto worshippers

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

But woe to those who pray

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Woe to those who pray

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Woe be unto those who pray

George Sale · published 1734

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  • George Sale · 1734

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107:5

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَن صَلَاتِهِمْ سَاهُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)alladheena hum 'an salaatihim saahoon

DIN 31635allaḏīna hum ʿan ṣalātihim sāhūna

Those who are heedless of their prayers.

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Who are heedless of their prayer

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and who are careless in their prayers

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

But in their prayer are careless

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and who are negligent at their prayer

George Sale · published 1734

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  • John Medows Rodwell · 1861
  • George Sale · 1734

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107:6

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ يُرَآءُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)alladheena hum yuraa'oon

DIN 31635allaḏīna hum yurāʾūna

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Those who put on the appearance.

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Who would be seen (at worship)

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Who pretend

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Who make a shew of devotion

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

who play the hypocrites

George Sale · published 1734

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  • George Sale · 1734

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107:7

وَيَمْنَعُونَ ٱلْمَاعُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)wayamna'oona l-maa'oon

DIN 31635wayamnaʿūna l-māʿūna

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And withhold the assistance.

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Yet refuse small kindnesses

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and withhold necessaries

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

But refuse help to the needy

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and deny necessaries to the needy

George Sale · published 1734

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  • John Medows Rodwell · 1861
  • George Sale · 1734

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Arabic textTanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) ·Uthmani, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

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Translations Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired

Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an ·1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

Translations George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired

George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an ·1734 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

Translations John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired

John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an ·1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

Translations Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran·Public domain — copyright term expired

Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran ·1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

Translations Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

Talal Itani, ClearQuran ·ClearQuran, "God" edition, EPUB·Talal Itani / ClearQuran.com ·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International·retrieved 7 Sep 2026

Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com https://clearquran.com