Al-Ma'un — English Translation

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يُكَذِّبُ بِٱلدِّينِ ﴿1﴾

HAST THOU ever considered [the kind of man] who gives the lie to all moral law?

فَذَٰلِكَ ٱلَّذِى يَدُعُّ ٱلْيَتِيمَ ﴿2﴾

Behold, it is this [kind of man] that thrusts the orphan away,

وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ ﴿3﴾

and feels no urge to feed the needy.

فَوَيْلٌۭ لِّلْمُصَلِّينَ ﴿4﴾

Woe, then, unto those praying ones

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَن صَلَاتِهِمْ سَاهُونَ ﴿5﴾

whose hearts from their prayer are remote

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ يُرَآءُونَ ﴿6﴾

those who want only to be seen and praised,

وَيَمْنَعُونَ ٱلْمَاعُونَ ﴿7﴾

and, withal, deny all assistance [to their fellow-men]!