﴿ وَيَمْنَعُونَ ٱلْمَاعُونَ ﴾

“and, withal, deny all assistance [to their fellow-men]!”

and refuse common kindnesses (māʿūn).He said:[The word] māʿūn refers to household necessities (matāʿ al-bayt). It has also been said that it refers to almsgiving (zakāt), and that it means wealth in the Abyssinian tongue.His words, Exalted is He: