Mecca Suras. The Chapter of 'Necessaries'. 1909-14. Chapters from the Koran. The Harvard Classics

Chapters from the Koran.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

Mecca Suras

The Chapter of ‘Necessaries’


IN the name of the merciful and compassionate God.	1
Hast thou considered him who calls the judgment a lie? He it is who pushes the orphan away; and urges not (others) to feed the poor.	2
But woe to those who pray and who are careless in their prayers,	3
Who pretend and withhold necessaries. 1	4

Note 1. Or, ‘alms.’ The word might be rendered ‘resources.’ [back]