Meccan · 7 verses الماعون

Al-Ma'un 107

Small Kindnesses · ✓

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How to read the Hangul

الرَّحْمَٰنِ르^r라흐마니 بِسْمِ비스밀

• 비Bold = the stressed syllable of the word; a little stronger.
• 마Overline = long vowel (madd): hold it about two beats. Length matters most in recitation.
• 스Tiny = no vowel in the Arabic here — just the consonant, short.
• ^r라Small Latin letter = a sound Korean lacks, on the next syllable: f upper teeth on lower lip · θ/ð tongue tip between the teeth · r rolled tongue tip (a bare ㄹ is l).

How to read the Hangul

beginning비기닝 the^ð더 Christ크^r라이스트 salvation샐^v베이션

• 기Bold, larger (ˈ) = say it strong and a little longer — the stressed syllable.
• 닝Faint = weak and short (a reduced vowel). Don't give every syllable equal weight.
• 트Tiny 으 · 트 · 스 = barely voiced. English has no vowel there — stop on the consonant.
• 더Whole word faint (the, of, and, to…) = light and quick in a sentence; stress the content words.
• ^f팬Small f v θ ð r = sounds Korean doesn't have — f: upper teeth on the lower lip; v: the same, voiced; θ/ð: tongue tip between the teeth; r: tongue curled back, touching nothing.

About this surah

Classed as a Meccan sura, it opens by asking the listener to consider the one who denies the Judgement. That person is identified through his conduct: he drives away the orphan and does not encourage the feeding of the poor. The sura then turns, with the words 'So woe to those who pray,' to people who pray yet are heedless of their prayer. They make a show of their deeds and withhold even small kindnesses from others. In seven verses, the text connects belief in the Judgement, care for the vulnerable and sincerity in worship, placing outward prayer side by side with everyday help to others. Denial of the Judgement is shown less through words than through how people treat orphans and the poor.

• Denying the Judgement
• Orphans and the poor
• Heedless prayer
• Showing off
• Small kindnesses

The name It is named after 'small kindnesses' (al-Ma'un) in verse 7, which the heedless withhold.

Start with 107:1 · 107:2 · 107:7

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

1. 1

   أَرَأَيْتَ아^r라아이탈 الَّذِي라^ð디 يُكَذِّبُ유캇^ð디부 بِالدِّينِ빗딘

   너는 심판을 부인하는 자를 보았느냐?

   Have해^v브 you유 seen신 the^ð더 one원 who후 denies디나이즈 the^ð더 Judgement?저지먼트

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2. 2

   فَذَٰلِكَ^f파^ð달리칼 الَّذِي라^ð디 يَدُعُّ야두울 الْيَتِيمَ야팀

   그는 고아를 밀쳐 내는 자이며,

   That^ð댓 is이즈 the^ð더 one원 who후 drives드^r라이^v브즈 away어웨이 the^ð디 orphan,오^f픈

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3. 3

   وَلَا왈라 يَحُضُّ야훗두 عَلَىٰ알라 طَعَامِ따아밀 الْمِسْكِينِ미스킨

   가난한 이를 먹이라고 권하지도 않는 자이다.

   and앤드 does더즈 not낫 encourage엔커^r리지 the^ð더 feeding^f피딩 of어^v브 the^ð더 poor.푸어

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4. 4

   فَوَيْلٌ^f파와일룰 لِلْمُصَلِّينَ릴무살린

   그러니 예배하는 자들에게 화가 있으리라.

   So소우 woe워우 to투 those^ð도우즈 who후 pray,프^r레이

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5. 5

   الَّذِينَ알라^ð디나 هُمْ훔 عَنْ안 صَلَاتِهِمْ살라티힘 سَاهُونَ사훈

   그들은 자기 예배를 소홀히 하는 자들이며,

   who후 are아 heedless히들레스 of어^v브 their^ð데어 prayer,프^r레어

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6. 6

   الَّذِينَ알라^ð디나 هُمْ훔 يُرَاءُونَ유^r라운

   남에게 보이려고 [행하는] 자들이며,

   those^ð도우즈 who후 make메이크 a어 show쇼우 [of어^v브 their^ð데어 deeds],디즈

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7. 7

   وَيَمْنَعُونَ와얌나우날 الْمَاعُونَ마운

   작은 도움[마저] 거절하는 자들이다.

   and앤드 withhold위^θ스호울드 [even]이^v븐 small스몰 kindnesses.카인드너시즈

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