# 74. Surah Al-Muddaththir, Verse 44

- **Surah:** 74. Surah Al-Muddaththir (The Cloaked One) — سورة المدثر
- **Verse:** 44 / 56 · **Juz:** 29 · **Mushaf page:** 575
- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-44

## Arabic

وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ الْمِسْك۪ينَۙ

## Transcription

Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeen

## Translations

### Aisha Bewley

and we did not feed the poor.

### Progressive Muslims

"And we did not feed the poor person. "

### Shabbir Ahmed

"Neither did we feed the hungry, nor did we take part in helping those who had lost their jobs, those whose businesses had stalled, and those whose hard-earned income was insufficient to meet their basic needs. "

### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

“And we fed not the needy.

### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

"And we did not feed the poor person."

### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament

"We did not feed the poor.

### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

And did not feed the needy,

### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

Nor did we used to feed the poor.

### Muhammad Asad

and neither did we feed the needy;

### Marmaduke Pickthall

Nor did we feed the wretched.

### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary

and we did not feed the poor,[1]

_Footnotes_
- [1] This shows how grave a sin it is in Islam to see a hungry man and fail to feed him even if one can, for this has been particularly mentioned as one of the causes of going to Hell.

### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab

" Nor did we feed the indigent nor to benevolence did we submit".

### Bijan Moeinian

"We did not feed the poor people"

### Al-Hilali & Khan

"Nor we used to feed Al-Miskîn (the poor);

### Abdullah Yusuf Ali

"Nor were we of those who fed the indigent;

### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran

nor did we feed the poor.

### Taqi Usmani

and we did not give food to the needy,

### Abdul Haleem

we did not feed the poor;

### Arthur John Arberry

we fed not the needy,

### E. Henry Palmer

we didn't feed the poor;

### Hamid S. Aziz

"And we used not to feed the poor;

### Mahmoud Ghali

And we did not feed the indigent,

### George Sale

neither did we feed the poor;

### Syed Vickar Ahamed

"Nor were we from those who fed the poor;

### Amatul Rahman Omar

`Nor did we feed the poor.

### Ali Quli Qarai

Nor did we feed the poor.

### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü

"Yoksulu doyurmazdık. "

### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı

"Yoksula yedirmezdik."

### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali

- Onlar da şöyle cevap vereceklerdir: "İnanıp kulluk edenlerden değildik. Yoksulları doyurmuyorduk. Batıla dalanlarla birlikte dalardık. Ceza gününü yalanlardık. Sonunda ölüm bize geldi çattı."

### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali

"Yoksula yedirmezdik."

### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

Ve fukaraya yemek yedirmezdik

### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş)

fakirlere yemek yedirmezdik,

### Gültekin Onan

"Yoksula yedirmezdik."

### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim

"Yoksula yedirmezdik",

### İbni Kesir

Yoksulu doyurmazdık,

### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı

ne de yoksulları doyururduk;

### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı

Düşkünleri doyurmuyorduk.

### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

"Yoksula da yedirmezdik."

### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali

"Yoksulu yedirip doyurmuyorduk."

### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an

hem de yoksulları doyurmazdık;

### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

"Miskine yediren değildik."

### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek

"Yoksulu doyurmazdık!"

### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

"Yoksulları doyurmazdık.

### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir

Yoksulu doyurmazdık.

### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

"Miskine yediren değildik."

### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an

"Miskine yediren değildik."

### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

Çaresiz kalmış birini doyurmazdık[1].

_Footnotes_
- [1] [Yasin 36/47.](https://quran.so/36/47)

## Words

| # | word | meaning | root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَمْ — walam | And not | — |
| 2 | نَكُ — naku | we used to | كون — Kef-Vav-Nun |
| 3 | نُطْعِمُ — nuṭ'ʿimu | feed | طعم — Ta-Ayn-Mim |
| 4 | ٱلْمِسْكِينَ — l-mis'kīna | the poor | سكن — Sin-Kef-Nun |

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