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The Surah has been titled after the word al-ma'un occurring at the end of the last verse.

<h2>Name</h2><p>The Surah has been titled so after the word <em>al-ma'un</em> occurring at the end of the <a href="/107/7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">last verse</a>.</p><h2>Period of Revelation</h2><p>Ibn Marduyah has cited Ibn Abbas (may Allah bless them both) as saying that this Surah is Makki, and the same is also the view of Ata and Jabir but Abu Hayyan in <em>Al-Bahr al-Muhit</em> has cited Ibn Abbas, Qatadah and Dahhak as saying that this Surah was revealed in Madinah. In our opinion there is an internal piece of evidence in the Surah itself which points to it being a Madani Revelation. It holds out a threat of destruction to those praying ones who are unmindful of their Prayers and who pray only to be seen. This kind of hypocrites were found only at Madinah, for it was there that Islam and the Muslims gained such strength that many people were compelled to believe from expedience, had to visit the Mosque, join the congregational Prayer and prayed only to be seen of others, so as to be counted among the Muslims.</p><p>Contrary to this is, in Makkah, conditions were altogether different. No one had to pray to be seen. There, it was difficult even for the believers to pray in congregation; they prayed secretly and if a person prayed openly he did so at the risk of his life. The kind of hypocrites found in Makkah did not comprise of those who believed and prayed to be seen but those who in their hearts had known and acknowledged the Holy Messenger of Allah (upon whom be peace) to be on the true path, but were avoiding accepting Islam in order to maintain their position of leadership and authority, or were not prepared to take the risk of being afflicted with the kind of hardships with which they found the believers afflicted in the society around them. This condition of the hypocrites at Makkah has been described in verses <a href="/29/10-11" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">10-11 of Surah Al- Ankabut</a>. (For explanation, see <a href="/29:10-11?font=v2&amp;translations=95" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">footnotes 13 to 16 of Surah Al-'Ankabut</a>).</p><h2>Theme and Subject Matter</h2><p>Its theme is to point out what kind of morals a man develops when he refuses to believe in the Hereafter. In verses <a href="/107/2-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">2-3</a>, the condition of the disbelievers who openly belie the Hereafter has been described, and in the last four verses the state of those hypocrites who apparently are Muslims but have no idea of the Hereafter, its judgment, and the meting out of rewards and punishments accordingly has been described. On the whole, the object of depicting the attitude and conduct of two kinds of people is to impress the point that man cannot develop a strong, stable and pure character in himself unless he believes in the Hereafter.</p>

ارايت الذي يكذب بالدين

 أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يُكَذِّبُ بِٱلدِّينِ

فَذَٰلِكَ ٱلَّذِى يَدُعُّ ٱلْيَتِيمَ

ولا يحض على طعام المسكين

وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

فَوَيْلٌ لِّلْمُصَلِّينَ

الذين هم عن صلاتهم ساهون

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَن صَلَاتِهِمْ سَاهُونَ

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ يُرَآءُونَ

وَيَمْنَعُونَ ٱلْمَاعُونَ

أَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي يُكَذِّبُ بِالدِّينِ

VAD ANSER du om den [människa] som förnekar Domen?

فَذَلِكَ الَّذِي يَدُعُّ الْيَتِيمَ

Det är samme man som motar undan den faderlöse

وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَى طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ

och som inte uppmanar [någon] att ge dem som lider nöd att äta.

الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَن صَلَاتِهِمْ سَاهُونَ 

الَّذِينَ هُمْ يُرَاؤُونَ

وَيَمْنَعُونَ الْمَاعُونَ

men som vägrar [sin medmänniska] även den minsta hjälp!

ETTHUNDRASJUNDE SURAN
AL-MAUN (DEN MINSTA HJÄLP)
Mekka-perioden
NAMNET på denna sura, som uppenbarades under de första åren av
Profetens gärning (sannolikt efter sura 102), har hämtats från sista versen.
Uppfattningen hos några kommentatorer att verserna 4–7 stammar
från Medina saknar belägg och kan lämnas därhän.

Al-Ma'un

Den som avvisar tanken på en Yttersta dom förnekar därmed människans ansvar för sina handlingar inför ett Högsta Väsen, vilket också innebär att han inte tillerkänner religionen och dess moraliska normer bindande kraft; beträffande
betydelsen av ordet din jfr not 3 till 109:6. — Några kommentatorer anser att din här har innebörden ”religion” eller ”moralisk lag”. (Ö.a.)

Dvs. han uppmanar inte andra till detta därför att han själv inte kan förmå sig till denna handling.

Ordagr.: ”de som är försumliga med [el. ’inte håller tankarna samlade under’] bönen”.


Ordet al-maun avser särskilt hjälp med smärre ting som hör till nödvändigheterna i det dagliga livet; därutöver har det också betydelsen ”hjälp” eller ”bi-
stånd” över huvud taget.

أَرَءَيۡتَara-aytaٱلَّذِيalladhīيُكَذِّبُyukadhibuبِٱلدِّينِbil-dīni١

ara-ayta
alladhī
yukadhibu
bil-dīni
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