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Session 06 — Part 1

Surah Al-Ma'un

سورة الماعون
Surah Al-Ma'un — Small Kindnesses
Meccan · 7 Ayahs · Juz' 30
1
أَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي يُكَذِّبُ بِالدِّينِ
Have you seen the one who denies the Judgment?
2
فَذَٰلِكَ الَّذِي يَدُعُّ الْيَتِيمَ
That is the one who drives away the orphan,
3
وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ
and does not encourage the feeding of the poor.
4
فَوَيْلٌ لِّلْمُصَلِّينَ
So woe to those who pray,
5
الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَن صَلَاتِهِمْ سَاهُونَ
who are heedless of their prayer,
6
الَّذِينَ هُمْ يُرَاءُونَ
who make show of their deeds,
7
وَيَمْنَعُونَ الْمَاعُونَ
and withhold simple assistance.
Session 06 — Part 2

Surah Al-Ma'arij

سورة المعارج
Surah Al-Ma'arij — The Ways of Ascent
Meccan · 44 Ayahs · Juz' 29
1
سَأَلَ سَائِلٌ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ
A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen,
2
لِّلْكَافِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُ دَافِعٌ
for the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.
3
مِّنَ اللَّهِ ذِي الْمَعَارِجِ
It is from Allah, Lord of the Ways of Ascent.
4
تَعْرُجُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ
The angels and the Spirit ascend to Him in a day the measure of which is fifty thousand years.
5
فَاصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا
So be patient with gracious patience.
6
إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُ بَعِيدًا
Indeed, they see it as distant,
7
وَنَرَاهُ قَرِيبًا
but We see it as near.
8
يَوْمَ تَكُونُ السَّمَاءُ كَالْمُهْلِ
On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,
9
وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ
and the mountains will be like wool,
10
وَلَا يَسْأَلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا
and no close friend will ask about his friend,
11
يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ الْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِي مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍ بِبَنِيهِ
though they will be made to see each other. The criminal will wish to ransom himself from the punishment of that Day by his children,
12
وَصَاحِبَتِهِ وَأَخِيهِ
and his spouse and his brother,
13
وَفَصِيلَتِهِ الَّتِي تُؤْوِيهِ
and his nearest kindred who shelter him,
14
وَمَن فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ
and whoever is on earth entirely, so as to save him.
15
كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ
No! Indeed, it is the Flame,
16
نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَىٰ
a remover of exteriors.
17
تَدْعُو مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
It invites he who turned his back and went away,
18
وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰ
and collected wealth and hoarded.
19
إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا
Indeed, mankind was created anxious:
20
إِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا
when evil touches him, impatient,
21
وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ الْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا
and when good touches him, withholding of it,
22
إِلَّا الْمُصَلِّينَ
except the observers of prayer,
23
الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَائِمُونَ
those who are constant in their prayer,
24
وَالَّذِينَ فِي أَمْوَالِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌ
and those within whose wealth is a known right
25
لِّلسَّائِلِ وَالْمَحْرُومِ
for the petitioner and the deprived,
26
وَالَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ
and those who believe in the Day of Judgment,
27
وَالَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ
and those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord,
28
إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ
indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe,
29
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَافِظُونَ
and those who guard their chastity,
30
إِلَّا عَلَىٰ أَزْوَاجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ
except with their spouses or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they are not to be blamed,
31
فَمَنِ ابْتَغَىٰ وَرَاءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْعَادُونَ
but whoever seeks beyond that, then those are the transgressors,
32
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَانَاتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَاعُونَ
and those who are to their trusts and promises attentive,
33
وَالَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَادَاتِهِمْ قَائِمُونَ
and those who are in their testimonies upright,
34
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ
and those who carefully maintain their prayer:
35
أُولَٰئِكَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ مُّكْرَمُونَ
those will be in gardens, honoured.
36
فَمَالِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ
So what is the matter with those who disbelieve, hastening toward you,
37
عَنِ الْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ الشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ
from the right and from the left, in separate groups?
38
أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍ
Does every person among them aspire to enter a Garden of Bliss?
39
كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ
No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.
40
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ الْمَشَارِقِ وَالْمَغَارِبِ إِنَّا لَقَادِرُونَ
So I swear by the Lord of the risings and the settings that indeed We are able
41
عَلَىٰ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ
to replace them with better than them; and We are not to be outdone.
42
فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا وَيَلْعَبُوا حَتَّىٰ يُلَاقُوا يَوْمَهُمُ الَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ
So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised,
43
يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ الْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ
the Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were racing to a goal,
44
خَاشِعَةً أَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي كَانُوا يُوعَدُونَ
their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised.
Session 06 — Tadabur Guide

Key Word Definitions

From Mufradat al-Raghib al-Asfahani — key words from Surah Al-Ma'un and Surah Al-Ma'arij.

سورة الماعون · سورة المعارج — Word-by-Word Definitions

10 key words explored with Arabic and English definitions

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الدِّين
Al-Din
The Judgment; recompense and accountability
Al-Ma'un 1
يَدُعُّ
Yadu''u
To push away harshly and with force
Al-Ma'un 2
سَاهُونَ
Sahun
Heedless, neglectful, forgetful of prayer
Al-Ma'un 5
يُرَاءُونَ
Yura'un
To show off; performing deeds for people's eyes
Al-Ma'un 6
الْمَاعُون
Al-Ma'un
Small acts of kindness and simple assistance
Al-Ma'un 7
الْمَعَارِج
Al-Ma'arij
The ways of ascent; stairways to heaven
Al-Ma'arij 3
صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا
Sabran Jamila
Gracious patience; beautiful endurance without complaint
Al-Ma'arij 5
هَلُوعًا
Halu'a
Anxious; created with an impatient, restless nature
Al-Ma'arij 19
جَزُوعًا
Jazu'a
Deeply impatient when afflicted with hardship
Al-Ma'arij 20
مَنُوعًا
Manu'a
Withholding; refusing to share when given good
Al-Ma'arij 21
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