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Surah al-Fajr (The Dawn ) 89 : 17

كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ

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 Muhsin Khan
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 Yusuf Ali
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No! But you do not honour the orphan

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Word Arabic word
(89:17:1)
(89:17:2)
(89:17:3)
(89:17:4)
tuk'rimūna
you honor
(89:17:5)
l-yatīma
the orphan

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Explanatory Note

The real issue is that when people are given wealth they do not fulfil the duties demanded of the wealthy. They do not look after the young orphan who has lost his father and become, therefore, in need of protection and support. They do not urge one another to contribute to general welfare. Such mutual encouragement is indeed an important feature of the Islamic way of life. Since such people do not comprehend the significance of the trial, they do not even try to come out of it successfully by looking after the orphans and urging one another to feed the needy. On the contrary, they greedily devour the orphans’ inheritance, and unrestrainedly crave for wealth. It is a craving which kills all their nobility.

In Makkah, Islam faced this common urge to accumulate wealth by every possible means. The weak position of orphans, and orphan girls in particular, tempted many to deprive them of their inheritance in different ways.

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Its contents show that it was revealed in Makkah at the stage when persecution of the new reverts to Islam had begun. On that very basis the people of Makkah have been reminded of the evil end of Pharaoh and the tribes of ‘Aad and Thamud.

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