Question

Reflect on the following surah's significance, symbolism, and imagery.

THE SMALL KINDNESS

In the name of God the Compassionate the Caring

Do you see him who calls the reckoning a lie?

He is the one who casts the orphan away

who fails to urge the feeding of one in need

Cursed are those who perform the prayer unmindful of how they pray

who make of themselves a display

but hold back the small kindness

Answer 1

These verses emphazise the importance of generosity.These verses stress on the importance to hear the pleads of needy by the devout.Here Quran says that God will not hear the prayers and are cursed, of those who overlook the needs of their orphan and the needy. God doesn't look at lenght or style of one's prayers but He's concerned more about their actions towards other human beings.These verses reflects the generosity of God and that the God expects the same generosity and compassion from his devout followers towards the people. Also God doesn't like the exhibitionism.