Quran 9:60 — At-Tawba, verse 60
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
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.
إِنَّمَا الصَّدَقَاتُ لِلْفُقَرَاءِ وَالْمَسَاكِينِ وَالْعَامِلِينَ عَلَيْهَا وَالْمُؤَلَّفَةِ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَفِي الرِّقَابِ وَالْغَارِمِينَ وَفِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَابْنِ السَّبِيلِ ۖ فَرِيضَةً مِنَ اللَّهِ ۗ وَاللَّهُ 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
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- The freewill offerings are for the poor and needy, those who work to collect them, those whose hearts are brought together, the ransoming of slaves, debtors, in God's way, and the traveller; so God ordains; God is All-knowing, All-wise.
- Muhammad Asad
- The offerings given for the sake of God are [meant] only for the poor and the needy, and those who are in charge thereof, and those whose hearts are to be won over, and for the freeing of human beings from bondage, and [for] those who are over burdened with debts, and [for every struggle] in God's cause, and [for] the wayfarer: [this is] an ordinance from God - and God is all-knowing, wise.
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ إِنَّمَاinnamā | Only | — |
| 2 | ٱلصَّدَقَـٰتُl-ṣadaqātu | the charities | صدق |
| 3 | لِلْفُقَرَآءِlil'fuqarāi | (are) for the poor | فقر |
| 4 | وَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينِwal-masākīni | and the needy | سكن |
| 5 | وَٱلْعَـٰمِلِينَwal-ʿāmilīna | and those who collect | عمل |
| 6 | عَلَيْهَاʿalayhā | them | — |
| 7 | وَٱلْمُؤَلَّفَةِwal-mu-alafati | and the ones inclined | ألف |
| 8 | قُلُوبُهُمْqulūbuhum | their hearts | قلب |
| 9 | وَفِىwafī | and in | — |
| 10 | ٱلرِّقَابِl-riqābi | the (freeing of) the necks | رقب |
| 11 | وَٱلْغَـٰرِمِينَwal-ghārimīna | and for those in debt | غرم |
| 12 | وَفِىwafī | and in | — |
| 13 | سَبِيلِsabīli | (the) way | سبل |
| 14 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 15 | وَٱبْنِwa-ib'ni | and the wayfarer | بني |
| 16 | ٱلسَّبِيلِ ۖl-sabīli | and the wayfarer | سبل |
| 17 | فَرِيضَةًۭfarīḍatan | an obligation | فرض |
| 18 | مِّنَmina | from | — |
| 19 | ٱللَّهِ ۗl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 20 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 21 | عَلِيمٌʿalīmun | (is) All-Knowing | علم |
| 22 | حَكِيمٌۭḥakīmun | All-Wise | حكم |