Ara-aital lazee yu kazzibu bid deen
HAST THOU ever considered [the kind of man] who gives the lie to all moral law?

Almsgiving · undefined verses · Meccan
Ara-aital lazee yu kazzibu bid deen
HAST THOU ever considered [the kind of man] who gives the lie to all moral law?
Fa zaalikal lazi yadu'ul-yateem
Behold, it is this [kind of man] that thrusts the orphan away,
Wa la ya huddu 'alaa ta'amil miskeen
and feels no urge to feed the needy.
Fa wai lul-lil mu salleen
Woe, then, unto those praying ones
Al lazeena hum 'an salaatihim sahoon
whose hearts from their prayer are remote
Al lazeena hum yuraa-oon
those who want only to be seen and praised,
Wa yamna'oonal ma'oon
and, withal, deny all assistance [to their fellow-men]!
English translation of meaning: Muhammad Asad. Use the interactive reader above for transliteration, recitation and verse controls.
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يُكَذِّبُ بِٱلدِّينِ
HAST THOU ever considered [the kind of man] who gives the lie to all moral law?
فَذَٰلِكَ ٱلَّذِى يَدُعُّ ٱلْيَتِيمَ
Behold, it is this [kind of man] that thrusts the orphan away,
وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
and feels no urge to feed the needy.
فَوَيْلٌۭ لِّلْمُصَلِّينَ
Woe, then, unto those praying ones
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَن صَلَاتِهِمْ سَاهُونَ
whose hearts from their prayer are remote
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ يُرَآءُونَ
those who want only to be seen and praised,
وَيَمْنَعُونَ ٱلْمَاعُونَ
and, withal, deny all assistance [to their fellow-men]!