أَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي يُكَذِّبُ بِالدِّينِ
HAST THOU ever considered [the kind of man] who gives the lie to all moral law? (1)
فَذَٰلِكَ الَّذِي يَدُعُّ الْيَتِيمَ
Behold, it is this [kind of man] that thrusts the orphan away, (2)
وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ
and feels no urge to feed the needy. (3)
فَوَيْلٌ لِلْمُصَلِّينَ
Woe, then, unto those praying ones (4)
الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَنْ صَلَاتِهِمْ سَاهُونَ
whose hearts from their prayer are remote – (5)
الَّذِينَ هُمْ يُرَاءُونَ
those who want only to be seen and praised, (6)
وَيَمْنَعُونَ الْمَاعُونَ
and, withal, deny all assistance [to their fellowmen]! (7)
- and feels no urge2 to feed the needy.
- 2 Lit., "does not urge", i.e., himself.
- And encourages not6282 the feeding of the indigent.
- 6282 The Charity or Love which feeds the indigent at the expense of Self is a noble form of virtue, which is beyond the reach of men who are so callous as even to discourage or forbid or look down upon the virtue of charity or kindness in others.
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And encourages not the feeding of the indigent.
— Abdullah Yusuf Ali -
And urgeth not the feeding of the needy.
— Marmaduke Pickthall -
And does not urge (others) to feed the poor.
— M. Habib Shakir -
And urges not the feeding of AlMiskin (the poor),
— Taqiuddin Hilali and M. Mohsin Khan -
And urgeth not the feeding of the poor,
— Abdul-Majid Daryabadi -
and does not urge others to feed the needy.
— Hasan Qaribullah and Ahmed Darwish -
and does not urge the feeding of the needy.
— Ayub Khan -
And urges not the feeding of the poor.
— Sher Ali -
and feels no urge to feed the needy.
— Muhammad Asad -
and urges not the feeding of the needy.
— Arthur Arberry -
and urges{{6}} not the feeding of the needy.{{7}}
— Abu'l Ala Maududi