Fawaylun lilmusalleen (surah Maun: 4)

Tafseer Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi

(107:4) Woe, then, to those who pray, *8

Fa wai lul-lil mu salleen

*8) The fa in fa-wail-ul -lil-musallin signifies that such was the condition ofthe open deniers of the Hereafter. One may then consider the condition of the hypocrites who are included among the praying ones (i e. Muslims). Since, despite being Muslims they regard the Hereafter as a falsehood, one may note what path of ruin they are following. Though "musallin" means "the praying ones", in view of the context in which this word has been used and the characteristics of these people that follow, this word, in fact, does not have the meaning of "the praying ones" but of "the people of salat", i.e. of those included among Muslims.