Surah Al-Anfal, ayah 41
۞ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّمَا غَنِمْتُم مِّن شَىْءٍ فَأَنَّ لِلَّهِ خُمُسَهُۥ وَلِلرَّسُولِ وَلِذِى ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ وَٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰ وَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينِ وَٱبْنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ إِن كُنتُمْ ءَامَنتُم بِٱللَّهِ وَمَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَىٰ عَبْدِنَا يَوْمَ ٱلْفُرْقَانِ يَوْمَ ٱلْتَقَى ٱلْجَمْعَانِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
And know that anything you obtain of war booty - then indeed, for Allāh is one fifth of it and for the Messenger and for [his] near relatives and the orphans, the needy, and the [stranded] traveler, if you have believed in Allāh and in that which We sent down to Our Servant on the day of criterion [i.e., decisive encounter] - the day when the two armies met [at Badr]. And Allāh, over all things, is competent.
Word by word
- ۞ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟wa-iʿ'lamūAnd know
- أَنَّمَاannamāthat what
- غَنِمْتُمghanim'tumyou obtain (as) spoils of war
- مِّنminof
- شَىْءٍۢshayinanything
- فَأَنَّfa-annathen that
- لِلَّهِlillahifor Allah
- خُمُسَهُۥkhumusahu(is) one fifth of it
- وَلِلرَّسُولِwalilrrasūliand for the Messenger
- وَلِذِىwalidhīand for the
- ٱلْقُرْبَىٰl-qur'bānear relatives
- وَٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰwal-yatāmāand the orphans
- وَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينِwal-masākīniand the needy
- وَٱبْنِwa-ib'niand the
- ٱلسَّبِيلِl-sabīliwayfarer
- إِنinif
- كُنتُمْkuntumyou
- ءَامَنتُمāmantumbelieve
- بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
- وَمَآwamāand (in) what
- أَنزَلْنَاanzalnāWe sent down
- عَلَىٰʿalāto
- عَبْدِنَاʿabdināOur slave
- يَوْمَyawma(on the) day
- ٱلْفُرْقَانِl-fur'qāni(of) the criterion
- يَوْمَyawma(the) day
- ٱلْتَقَىl-taqā(when) met
- ٱلْجَمْعَانِ ۗl-jamʿānithe two forces
- وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
- عَلَىٰʿalā(is) on
- كُلِّkullievery
- شَىْءٍۢshayinthing
- قَدِيرٌqadīrunAll-Powerful
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