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Translation comparisonCompare Al-Ma'un in English
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يُكَذِّبُ بِٱلدِّينِ ﴿1﴾
Muhammad Asad
HAST THOU ever considered [the kind of man] who gives the lie to all moral law?
فَذَٰلِكَ ٱلَّذِى يَدُعُّ ٱلْيَتِيمَ ﴿2﴾
Muhammad Asad
Behold, it is this [kind of man] that thrusts the orphan away,
وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ ﴿3﴾
Muhammad Asad
and feels no urge to feed the needy.
فَوَيْلٌۭ لِّلْمُصَلِّينَ ﴿4﴾
Muhammad Asad
Woe, then, unto those praying ones
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَن صَلَاتِهِمْ سَاهُونَ ﴿5﴾
Muhammad Asad
whose hearts from their prayer are remote
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ يُرَآءُونَ ﴿6﴾
Muhammad Asad
those who want only to be seen and praised,
وَيَمْنَعُونَ ٱلْمَاعُونَ ﴿7﴾
Muhammad Asad
and, withal, deny all assistance [to their fellow-men]!