THE FIRST three of these 7 verses are early Meccan, while the rest date from Madina. The chapter was revealed after Competition 102 and before Disbelievers (OR Atheists) 109. It explains that one should be ready to offer charity (for which recommendation SEE also 9:(xiii) & 58:(ii).
* Have you seen someone who rejects religion?
* That is the person who pushes the orphan aside
* and does not promote feeding the needy.
* It will be too bad for the prayerful
** who are absent-minded as they pray,
* who aim to be noticed
* while they hold back contributions.
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