أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يُكَذِّبُ بِٱلدِّينِ ١
1. Have you seen the one who denies the Recompense?
Memorize Surah Al-Ma’un
سورة الماعون
Surah Al-Ma’un has 7 verses on one page of the Madinah mushaf (page 602), in juz 30. It is learned in a single portion: listen to it, repeat it, hide it bit by bit, then recite it from memory.
Memorization plan for Surah Al-Ma’un
A single portion. Tap a portion to practise it; its status stays in this browser.
One portion: a few sessions are enough, then spaced reviews.
Tajweed rules
- Hamzat al-wasl (silent)
- Silent letter
- Lam shamsiyyah (assimilated)
- Normal madd (2 counts)
- Permissible madd (2, 4 or 6 counts)
- Obligatory madd (4 or 5 counts)
- Necessary madd (6 counts)
- Ghunnah (nasalisation, 2 counts)
- Qalqalah (echo)
- Ikhfa (concealment)
- Ikhfa shafawi (meem)
- Idgham with ghunnah
- Idgham without ghunnah
- Idgham shafawi (meem)
- Idgham mutajanisayn
- Idgham mutaqaribayn
- Iqlab (noon becomes meem)
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
فَذَٰلِكَ ٱلَّذِى يَدُعُّ ٱلْيَتِيمَ ٢
2. For that is the one who drives away the orphan
وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ ٣
3. And does not encourage the feeding of the poor.
فَوَيْلٌ لِّلْمُصَلِّينَ ٤
4. So woe to those who pray
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَن صَلَاتِهِمْ سَاهُونَ ٥
5. [But] who are heedless of their prayer2000 -
Notes
[2000] i.e., the hypocrites who are unconcerned if they miss prayers when no one sees them.
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ يُرَآءُونَ ٦
6. Those who make show [of their deeds]
وَيَمْنَعُونَ ٱلْمَاعُونَ ٧
7. And withhold [simple] assistance.
Verses not to confuse
One verse of Surah Al-Ma’un resembles other verses of the Quran: a classic trap when reciting from memory. The closest ones:
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Al-Ma’un 107:3
وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
Al-Haqqah 69:34وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
Recite what follows from memory. Next verse:
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The method in five steps
- Read and listen
Read the portion while following a reciter, verse by verse, until you can say it without hesitation.
- Repeat
Repeat each verse several times with a pause to say it after the reciter, then join the verses together.
- Hide
Hide one word in three, then two in three, then keep only the first letters, and finally the whole text.
- Recite
Recite from memory: get tested on what follows a random verse, record yourself or recite to someone.
- Review
Come back to each portion the next day, then at longer and longer intervals, and review before learning something new.