Surah 107. Al-Maa'oen — The Neighbourly Needs
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The English text of surah 107 (Al-Maa'oen, “The Neighbourly Needs”), 7 verses, from the public-domain translation The Holy Qur'an by Abdullah Yusuf Ali (1934), shown next to the Arabic original. Read this surah interactively.
Seest thou one who denies the Judgment (to come)?
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يُكَذِّبُ بِٱلدِّينِ
Then such is the (man) who repulses the orphan (with harshness),
فَذَٰلِكَ ٱلَّذِى يَدُعُّ ٱلْيَتِيمَ
And encourages not the feeding of the indigent.
وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
So woe to the worshippers
فَوَيْلٌ لِّلْمُصَلِّينَ
Who are neglectful of their prayers,
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَن صَلَاتِهِمْ سَاهُونَ
Those who (want but) to be seen (of men),
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ يُرَآءُونَ
But refuse (to supply) (even) neighbourly needs.
وَيَمْنَعُونَ ٱلْمَاعُونَ