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Al-Anfal 41

Ayah 41 of 75 · Medinan

۞ وَٱعۡلَمُوٓاْ أَنَّمَا غَنِمۡتُم مِّن شَيۡءٖ فَأَنَّ لِلَّهِ خُمُسَهُۥ وَلِلرَّسُولِ وَلِذِي ٱلۡقُرۡبَىٰ وَٱلۡيَتَٰمَىٰ وَٱلۡمَسَٰكِينِ وَٱبۡنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ إِن كُنتُمۡ ءَامَنتُم بِٱللَّهِ وَمَآ أَنزَلۡنَا عَلَىٰ عَبۡدِنَا يَوۡمَ ٱلۡفُرۡقَانِ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡتَقَى ٱلۡجَمۡعَانِۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ قَدِيرٌ ٤١

And know that anything you obtain of war booty - then indeed, for Allāh is one fifth of it and for the Messenger1 and for [his] near relatives2 and the orphans, the needy, and the [stranded] traveler,3 if you have believed in Allāh and in that which We sent down to Our Servant4 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.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 To be spent in Allāh's cause.

2 The tribes of Banū Hāshim and Banū Muṭṭalib, who were not eligible for zakāh.

3 The remaining four fifths are divided among the soldiers.

4 Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ).

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ۞ وَٱعۡلَمُوٓاْAnd knowwa-iʿ'lamū
  2. أَنَّمَاthat whatannamā
  3. غَنِمۡتُمyou obtain (as) spoils of warghanim'tum
  4. مِّنofmin
  5. شَيۡءٖanythingshayin
  6. فَأَنَّthen thatfa-anna
  7. لِلَّهِfor Allahlillahi
  8. خُمُسَهُۥ(is) one fifth of itkhumusahu
  9. وَلِلرَّسُولِand for the Messengerwalilrrasūli
  10. وَلِذِيand for thewalidhī
  11. ٱلۡقُرۡبَىٰnear relativesl-qur'bā
  12. وَٱلۡيَتَٰمَىٰand the orphanswal-yatāmā
  13. وَٱلۡمَسَٰكِينِand the needywal-masākīni
  14. وَٱبۡنِand thewa-ib'ni
  15. ٱلسَّبِيلِwayfarerl-sabīli
  16. إِنifin
  17. كُنتُمۡyoukuntum
  18. ءَامَنتُمbelieveāmantum
  19. بِٱللَّهِin Allahbil-lahi
  20. وَمَآand (in) whatwamā
  21. أَنزَلۡنَاWe sent downanzalnā
  22. عَلَىٰtoʿalā
  23. عَبۡدِنَاOur slaveʿabdinā
  24. يَوۡمَ(on the) dayyawma
  25. ٱلۡفُرۡقَانِ(of) the criterionl-fur'qāni
  26. يَوۡمَ(the) dayyawma
  27. ٱلۡتَقَى(when) metl-taqā
  28. ٱلۡجَمۡعَانِۗthe two forcesl-jamʿāni
  29. وَٱللَّهُAnd Allahwal-lahu
  30. عَلَىٰ(is) onʿalā
  31. كُلِّeverykulli
  32. شَيۡءٖthingshayin
  33. قَدِيرٌAll-Powerfulqadīrun

Tafsir

Know, O believers, that whatever you take by force from the disbelievers when striving in Allah’s path shall be divided into five. Four-fifths shall be distributed to those who strove in Allah’s path and the remaining fifth shall be further divided into five portions and distributed equally between the following: Allah and His Messenger, to be spent on the general expenses of the Muslims; the relatives of the Prophet (peace be upon him) from the Children of Hāshim and the Children of Al-Muţţalib; orphans; the poor and destitute; and travellers who are stranded. Obey this if you have faith in Allah and what He revealed to His servant, Muhammad (peace be upon him), on the day of the Battle of Badr, when Allah made a clear distinction between truth and falsehood by giving you victory over your enemies.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran