Al-Ma'un

Surah 107 of the Quran
ٱلمَاعُون‎
Al-Māʻūn
The Acts of Kindness
ClassificationMeccan
Other namesAlmsgiving, The Daily Necessaries, Charity, Assistance
PositionJuzʼ 30
No. of verses7
No. of words25
No. of letters114
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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.

۝[1] 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.[2]

  1. ^ Arabic script in Unicode symbol for a Quran verse, U+06DD, page 3, Proposal for additional Unicode characters
  2. ^ "107. Ma'uun". www.iium.edu.my. Retrieved 5 July 2024.