Surah At-Tawbah (التوبة) • The Repentance

Quran 9:60

9:60

۞ إِنَّمَا ٱلصَّدَقَـٰتُ لِلْفُقَرَآءِ وَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينِ وَٱلْعَـٰمِلِينَ عَلَيْهَا وَٱلْمُؤَلَّفَةِ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَفِى ٱلرِّقَابِ وَٱلْغَـٰرِمِينَ وَفِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱبْنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ ۖ فَرِيضَةً مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ

innamā l-ṣadaqātu lil'fuqarāi wal-masākīni wal-ʿāmilīna ʿalayhā wal-mu-alafati qulūbuhum wafī l-riqābi wal-ghārimīna wafī sabīli l-lahi wa-ib'ni l-sabīli farīḍatan mina l-lahi wal-lahu ʿalīmun ḥakīmun

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.

— Saheeh International

Alms are meant only for the poor, the needy, those who administer them, those whose hearts need winning over, to free slaves and help those in debt, for God’s cause, and for travellers in need. This is ordained by God; God is all knowing and wise.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

As-Sadaqât (here it means Zakât ) are only for the Fuqarâ’ (poor), and Al-Masâkin (the poor) and those employed to collect (the funds), and to attract the hearts of those who have been inclined (towards Islâm), and to free the captives, and for those in debt, and for Allâh’s Cause (i.e. for Mujahidûn - those fighting in a holy battle), and for the wayfarer (a traveller who is cut off from everything); a duty imposed by Allâh. And Allâh is All-Knower, All-Wise.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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۞ 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
ٱلسَّبِيلِۖl-sabīliand the wayfarer
فَرِيضَةًۭfarīḍatanan obligation
مِّنَminafrom
ٱللَّهِۗl-lahiAllah
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
عَلِيمٌʿalīmun(is) All-Knowing
حَكِيمٌۭḥakīmunAll-Wise