107- AL-MAUN
SMALL KINDNESSES
Most commentators maintain that al-Māʿūn is an early Makkan sūrah, most likely revealed after Sūrah 102, al-Takāthur, although some maintain that vv. 4–7 were revealed in Madinah. Given that all of its verses treat heedlessness and hypocrisy in the performance of religious obligations, including specifically prayer (vv. 4–5), the entire sūrah may be from the Madinan period, as it was not until political advantages could be gained by following the Prophet that hypocrisy became an issue for the early Muslim community (see commentary on 63:1–8). Nonetheless, hypocrisy in religion was not seen as limited to Muslims alone. The sūrah takes its name from the word māʿūn in the last verse, which in its widest sense indicates any act of kindness, charity, or assistance.
(source: “The Study Quran” a new translation and commentary by Seyyed Hossein Nasr)
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