Surah 89. Al-Fajr, Ayah 18

I.e., "you feel no urge to feed the needy" (cf. 107:3 ).

Kindness and generosity set up standards which even worldly men feel bound to follow out of social considerations even if they are not moved by higher motives. But the wicked find plausible excuses for their own hard-heartedness, and by their evil example choke up the springs of charity and kindness in others.