Al-Māʿūn

Small Kindnesses / Common Aid

ٱلْمَاعُون

A surah that links denial of the Day of Judgement to social cruelty: those who reject religion are described as the people who push away the orphan, withhold food from the poor, and pray for show.

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Have you seen the one who denies the Recompense?

For that is the one who drives away the orphan

and does not encourage the feeding of the poor.

So woe to those who pray —

those who are heedless of their prayer,

those who make a show of (their deeds)

and withhold (small) kindnesses.