Quran 59:7 — Al-Hashr, verse 7
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Whatever gains God has turned over to His Messenger from the inhabitants of the villages belong to God, the Messenger, kinsfolk, orphans, the needy, the traveller in need- this is so that they do not just circulate among those of you who are rich––so accept whatever the Messenger gives you, and abstain from whatever he forbids you. Be mindful of God: God is severe in punishment.
مَا أَفَاءَ اللَّهُ عَلَىٰ رَسُولِهِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْقُرَىٰ فَلِلَّهِ وَلِلرَّسُولِ وَلِذِي الْقُرْبَىٰ وَالْيَتَامَىٰ وَالْمَسَاكِينِ وَابْنِ السَّبِيلِ كَيْ لَا يَكُونَ دُولَةً بَيْنَ الْأَغْنِيَاءِ مِنْكُمْ ۚ وَمَا آتَاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَمَا نَهَاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُوا ۚ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ ۖ إِنَّ اللَّهَ شَدِيدُ الْعِقَابِ
mā afāa l-lahu ʿalā rasūlihi min ahli l-qurā falillahi walilrrasūli walidhī l-qur'bā wal-yatāmā wal-masākīni wa-ib'ni l-sabīli kay lā yakūna dūlatan bayna l-aghniyāi minkum wamā ātākumu l-rasūlu fakhudhūhu wamā nahākum ʿanhu fa-intahū wa-ittaqū l-laha inna l-laha shadīdu l-ʿiqābi
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Whatsoever spoils of war God has given to His Messenger from the people of the cities belongs to God, and His Messenger, and the near kinsman, orphans, the needy and the traveller, so that it be not a thing taken in turns among the rich of you. Whatever the Messenger gives you, take; whatever he forbids you, give over. And fear God; surely God is terrible in retribution.
- Muhammad Asad
- Whatever [spoils taken] from the people of those villages God has turned over to His Apostle - [all of it] belongs to God and the Apostle, and the near of kin [of deceased believers], and the orphans, and the needy, and the wayfarer, so that it may not be [a benefit] going round and round among such of you as may [already] be rich. Hence, accept [willingly] whatever the Apostle* gives you [thereof], and refrain from [demanding] anything that he withholds from you; and remain conscious of God: for, verily, God is severe in retribution.
- Sahih International
- And what Allāh restored to His Messenger from the people of the towns - it is for Allāh and for the Messenger and for [his] near relatives and orphans and the needy and the [stranded] traveler - so that it will not be a perpetual distribution among the rich from among you. And whatever the Messenger has given you - take; and what he has forbidden you - refrain from. And fear Allāh; indeed, Allāh is severe in penalty.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | مَّآmā | What | — |
| 2 | أَفَآءَafāa | (was) restored | فيأ |
| 3 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | (by) Allah | أله |
| 4 | عَلَىٰʿalā | to | — |
| 5 | رَسُولِهِۦrasūlihi | His Messenger | رسل |
| 6 | مِنْmin | from | — |
| 7 | أَهْلِahli | (the) people | أهل |
| 8 | ٱلْقُرَىٰl-qurā | (of) the towns | قري |
| 9 | فَلِلَّهِfalillahi | (it is) for Allah | أله |
| 10 | وَلِلرَّسُولِwalilrrasūli | and His Messenger | رسل |
| 11 | وَلِذِىwalidhī | and for those | — |
| 12 | ٱلْقُرْبَىٰl-qur'bā | (of) the kindred | قرب |
| 13 | وَٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰwal-yatāmā | and the orphans | يتم |
| 14 | وَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينِwal-masākīni | and the needy | سكن |
| 15 | وَٱبْنِwa-ib'ni | and | بني |
| 16 | ٱلسَّبِيلِl-sabīli | the wayfarer | سبل |
| 17 | كَىْkay | that | — |
| 18 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 19 | يَكُونَyakūna | it becomes | كون |
| 20 | دُولَةًۢdūlatan | a (perpetual) circulation | دول |
| 21 | بَيْنَbayna | between | بين |
| 22 | ٱلْأَغْنِيَآءِl-aghniyāi | the rich | غني |
| 23 | مِنكُمْ ۚminkum | among you | — |
| 24 | وَمَآwamā | And whatever | — |
| 25 | ءَاتَىٰكُمُātākumu | gives you | أتي |
| 26 | ٱلرَّسُولُl-rasūlu | the Messenger | رسل |
| 27 | فَخُذُوهُfakhudhūhu | take it | أخذ |
| 28 | وَمَاwamā | and whatever | — |
| 29 | نَهَىٰكُمْnahākum | he forbids you | نهي |
| 30 | عَنْهُʿanhu | from it | — |
| 31 | فَٱنتَهُوا۟ ۚfa-intahū | refrain | نهي |
| 32 | وَٱتَّقُوا۟wa-ittaqū | And fear | وقي |
| 33 | ٱللَّهَ ۖl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 34 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 35 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 36 | شَدِيدُshadīdu | (is) severe | شدد |
| 37 | ٱلْعِقَابِl-ʿiqābi | (in) penalty | عقب |