Al-Ma'un
| ٱلمَاعُون Al-Māʻūn The Acts of Kindness | |
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| Classification | Meccan |
| Position | Juzʼ 30 |
| No. of verses | 7 |
| No. of words | 25 |
| No. of letters | 114 |
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Al-Ma'un (Arabic: الماعون, al-māʻūn, "Small Kindnesses, Almsgiving, Acts of Kindness, and Have You Seen") is the 107th surah of the Qur'an, with 7 ayat or verses.
- Have you seen the one who denies the ˹final˺ Judgment?
- That is the one who repulses the orphan,
- and does not encourage the feeding of the poor.
- So woe to those ˹hypocrites˺ who pray
- yet are unmindful of their prayers;
- those who ˹only˺ show off,
- and refuse to give ˹even the simplest˺ aid.
According to Abul A'la Maududi in his Chapter Introductions to the Quran, Ibn Abbas was cited by differing narrators as to whether it is a Medinan or Meccan surah. According to Maududi, it is more likely for the surah to be Medinan, given that the hypocritical unmindful worshippers addressed (especially in verses 4-6) would not have been seen in Mecca, where Muslims were persecuted for practicing their religion openly. Whereas in Medina, where Muslims held power, such people would be expected.