Surah At-Tawbah, ayah 60
۞ إِنَّمَا ٱلصَّدَقَـٰتُ لِلْفُقَرَآءِ وَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينِ وَٱلْعَـٰمِلِينَ عَلَيْهَا وَٱلْمُؤَلَّفَةِ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَفِى ٱلرِّقَابِ وَٱلْغَـٰرِمِينَ وَفِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱبْنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ ۖ فَرِيضَةً مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ
Zakāh expenditures are only for the poor and for the needy and for those employed for it and for bringing hearts together [for Islām] and for freeing captives [or slaves] and for those in debt and for the cause of Allāh and for the [stranded] traveler - an obligation [imposed] by Allāh. And Allāh is Knowing and Wise.
At-Tawbah · 9:60
Word by word
- ۞ إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
- ٱلصَّدَقَـٰتُl-ṣadaqātuthe charities
- لِلْفُقَرَآءِlil'fuqarāi(are) for the poor
- وَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينِwal-masākīniand the needy
- وَٱلْعَـٰمِلِينَwal-ʿāmilīnaand those who collect
- عَلَيْهَاʿalayhāthem
- وَٱلْمُؤَلَّفَةِwal-mu-alafatiand the ones inclined
- قُلُوبُهُمْqulūbuhumtheir hearts
- وَفِىwafīand in
- ٱلرِّقَابِl-riqābithe (freeing of) the necks
- وَٱلْغَـٰرِمِينَwal-ghārimīnaand for those in debt
- وَفِىwafīand in
- سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
- وَٱبْنِwa-ib'niand the wayfarer
- ٱلسَّبِيلِ ۖl-sabīliand the wayfarer
- فَرِيضَةًۭfarīḍatanan obligation
- مِّنَminafrom
- ٱللَّهِ ۗl-lahiAllah
- وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
- عَلِيمٌʿalīmun(is) All-Knowing
- حَكِيمٌۭḥakīmunAll-Wise
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