Surah Maun
Before Islam came to Makkah, the people were corrupted.
They used to do many bad jobs.
So Allah (swt) sent surah Maun to Muhammad (s) to tell the people how to stay in the
right path and what the definition of a true Muslim was.
In this surah Allah (swt) warned us that Muslims should not do bad jobs.
In this Surah Allah (swt) even gave us some examples.
At first Allah (swt) mentioned about orphan children.
As a Muslim we have to take care of any orphan child, it does not matter if that orphan child
is Muslim or Non-Muslim.
During the beginning of Prophet Muhammad (s)'s prophet hood, Abu Jahl cheated with an orphan
boy.
That orphan boy did not have any clothes to wear.
One day he came to Abu Jahl to get all of his land and money which his father left for
the orphan boy.
But bad Abu Jahl refused to give him the money that belonged to him.
The poor little boy did not know what to do.
Some of Abu Jahl's friends laughed at the orphan boy.
They even told him to go to Muhammad (s) with his complain.
At that time Abu Jahl and his friends were giving a very hard time to Muhammad (s) and
all of the Muslims.
Muslims were very weak at that time.
They thought Muhammad (s) could not help that orphan.
That poor boy went to Muhammad (s) and complained about Abu Jahl.
The prophet stood up for him right way and took the boy to Abu Jahl.
He told Abu Jahl to return the orphan’s money right away.
Abu Jahl became afraid and returned the orphan money right away.
Abu Jahl’s friends were surprise to see that.
Later Abu Jahl told them, he saw two spears with Muhammad (s).
One was on his right side and other was his left side.
If Abu Jahl refused to give that orphan his money, those spears would kill him.
In this Surah Allah (swt) also mentioned about the poor people.
As a Muslim we should take care of any poor people, and it does not matter if they are
Muslim or Non-Muslim.
If they need food we should give them food and encourage others to give them food.
Later on in the surah Allah (swt) mentioned to pray from our hearts and not to show off
to others.
If the prayer time starts we should pray as soon as possible.
If we don't pray from our hearts, Allah (swt) will not accept our prayer and we will be
in big trouble in the day of Judgment.
And finally Allah (swt) advises us, to share any common use items with our neighbors, does
not matter if that neighbor is a Muslim or Non-Muslim.
Suppose our neighbor needs some tools, we should share our tools with them.
Even if our neighbor needs a little salt for their cooking, we should give them that little
salt.
Fun Facts about Surah Maun: 1.
This surah was reveled at Makkah 2.
Maun means any common use items 3.
Whoever doesn't pray their prayer from their heart, they are a hypocrite.
They are not Muslim, and they pretend to be Muslim
4.
Prophet Muhammad (s) was an orphan boy 5.
This Surah shows us the difference between believers and non believers
6.
The name of this Surah came from the last word of this Surah, Maun