Answer: Surat al-Mā‘ūn and its Interpretation

In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful

{Have you seen the one who denies the Recompense? Such is the one who repulses the orphan harshly, and does not urge others to feed the needy. So woe to those who pray, but are heedless of their prayer; those who only show off, and withhold even the small kindnesses.} [Surat al-Mā‘ūn: 1-7]

Interpretation

1. {أَرَءَيۡتَ ٱلَّذِي يُكَذِّبُ بِٱلدِّينِ} : Did you know the one who denies recompense on the Day of Judgment?

2. {فَذَٰلِكَ ٱلَّذِي يَدُعُّ ٱلۡيَتِيمَ} : Such is the one who repulses the orphan harshly.

3. {وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ} : He does not urge himself or others to feed the poor.

4. {فَوَيۡلٞ لِّلۡمُصَلِّينَ} : Woe and torment to those who pray.

5. {ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَن صَلَاتِهِمۡ سَاهُونَ} : Those who are heedless of their prayer until its prescribed time is gone.

6. {ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ يُرَآءُونَ} : Those who only show off by praying and doing good deeds, and who do not dedicate them with sincerity to Allah.

7. {وَيَمۡنَعُونَ ٱلۡمَاعُونَ} : And they withhold anything that could be of help to others no matter how small it is.