Al-Ma’un 107:7
The Small kindnesses · Meccan · Juz 30 · Page 602
Small Kindnesses
وَيَمۡنَعُونَ ٱلۡمَاعُونَ ٧
Yet refuse small kindnesses.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
And withhold even small kindnesses.
Insight
Elmalılı gives two meanings to “ma‘un”: zakat, or a small help no one would refuse, like lending a household item. Whoever refuses even that will clearly never give zakat.
Reflect
If someone asks you for something small today, give it gladly.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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