۞ إِنَّمَا ٱلصَّدَقَـٰتُ لِلْفُقَرَآءِ وَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينِ وَٱلْعَـٰمِلِينَ عَلَيْهَا وَٱلْمُؤَلَّفَةِ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَفِى ٱلرِّقَابِ وَٱلْغَـٰرِمِينَ وَفِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱبْنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ ۖ فَرِيضَةً مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ
Innamas sadaqaatu lilfuqaraaa'i walmasaakeeni wal 'aamileena 'alaihaa wal mu'al lafati quloobuhum wa fir riqaabi walghaarimeena wa fee sabeelil laahi wabnis sabeeli fareedatam minal laah; wal laahu 'Aleemun Hakeem
Jałmużny są tylko dla ubogich i biedaków, i tych, którzy przy nich pracują, i dla tych, których serca zostały pozyskane, i na wykup niewolników, i dla dłużników, i dla drogi Boga, i dla podróżnego. To jest obowiązek nałożony przez Boga! Bóg jest wszechwiedzący, mądry!
The alms are only for the poor, the needy, those who administer them, those whose hearts are to be reconciled, for freeing those in bondage, for the debtors, for the cause of God, and for the traveler in need — an obligation from God. And God is all-knowing, all-wise.
The list arrives as an answer to the complaint two verses earlier, where people grumbled about how the alms were being handed out, and naming the recipients takes the matter out of anyone's discretion. Arabic marks a break inside the eight: the first four categories are introduced with the possessive lam and the last four with fi, and jurists have long read that switch as the difference between an owner and a purpose.