ٱلْأَنْفَال : ٤١

  • وَٱعۡلَمُوٓاْ And know
  • أَنَّمَا that what
  • غَنِمۡتُم you obtain (as) spoils of war
  • مِّن of
  • شَيۡءٖ anything
  • فَأَنَّ then that
  • لِلَّهِ for Allah
  • خُمُسَهُۥ (is) one fifth of it
  • وَلِلرَّسُولِ and for the Messenger
  • وَلِذِي and for the
  • ٱلۡقُرۡبَىٰ near relatives
  • وَٱلۡيَتَٰمَىٰ and the orphans
  • وَٱلۡمَسَٰكِينِ and the needy
  • وَٱبۡنِ and the
  • ٱلسَّبِيلِ wayfarer
  • إِن if
  • كُنتُمۡ you
  • ءَامَنتُم believe
  • بِٱللَّهِ in Allah
  • وَمَآ and (in) what
  • أَنزَلۡنَا We sent down
  • عَلَىٰ to
  • عَبۡدِنَا Our slave
  • يَوۡمَ (on the) day
  • ٱلۡفُرۡقَانِ (of) the criterion
  • يَوۡمَ (the) day
  • ٱلۡتَقَى (when) met
  • ٱلۡجَمۡعَانِۗ the two forces
  • وَٱللَّهُ And Allah
  • عَلَىٰ (is) on
  • كُلِّ every
  • شَيۡءٖ thing
  • قَدِيرٌ All-Powerful
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.
Footnotes
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).
And know that whatever spoils you have taken, [you have] seized from the disbelievers by force, the fifth of it is for God, to have it dispensed as He will, and for the Messenger and for the kinsmen, the kinsmen of the Prophet may peace and salutation be upon him from among the Banoo Haashim and the Banoo ['Abd] al-Muttalib, and the orphans, children of Muslims, those whose fathers have passed away and are in poverty, and the needy, those Muslims in [dire] need, and the traveller, those Muslims cut off during travel - in other words it [the fifth] is due to the Prophet may peace and salutation be upon him and [those of] these four categories in the way that he used to apportion it: a fifth of the fifth for each one and the remaining four fifths for those who had captured the spoils, if you believe in God, then be aware of that, and that which (wa-maa is a supplement to bi'Llaahi, 'in God') We sent down upon Our servant, Muhammad may peace and salutation be upon him, in the way of angels and signs, on the Day of Discrimination, that is, the day of [the battle of] Badr, which discriminated between truth and falsehood, the day the two armies, the Muslims and the believers, met. And God has power over all things, including giving you victory despite your being few and their being greater in number.