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Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War)

Verse 41of 75

۞ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّمَا غَنِمْتُم مِّن شَىْءٍۢ فَأَنَّ لِلَّهِ خُمُسَهُۥ وَلِلرَّسُولِ وَلِذِى ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ وَٱلْيَتَٰمَىٰ وَٱلْمَسَٰكِينِ وَٱبْنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ إِن كُنتُمْ ءَامَنتُم بِٱللَّهِ وَمَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَىٰ عَبْدِنَا يَوْمَ ٱلْفُرْقَانِ يَوْمَ ٱلْتَقَى ٱلْجَمْعَانِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ قَدِيرٌ﴿٤١

Translation (Sahih International)

And know that anything you obtain of war booty - then indeed, for Allah is one fifth of it and for the Messenger and for [his] near relatives and the orphans, the needy, and the [stranded] traveler, if you have believed in Allah and in that which We sent down to Our Servant on the day of criterion - the day when the two armies met. And Allah, over all things, is competent.

Word-by-word meaning

۞ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟wa-iʿ'lamūAnd know
أَنَّمَاannamāthat what
غَنِمْتُمghanim'tumyou obtain (as) spoils of war
مِّنminof
شَىْءٍۢshayinanything
فَأَنَّfa-annathen that
لِلَّهِlillahifor Allah
خُمُسَهُۥkhumusahu(is) one fifth of it
وَلِلرَّسُولِwalilrrasūliand for the Messenger
وَلِذِىwalidhīand for the
ٱلْقُرْبَىٰl-qur'bānear relatives
وَٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰwal-yatāmāand the orphans
وَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينِwal-masākīniand the needy
وَٱبْنِwa-ib'niand the
ٱلسَّبِيلِl-sabīliwayfarer
إِنinif
كُنتُمْkuntumyou
ءَامَنتُمāmantumbelieve
بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
وَمَآwamāand (in) what
أَنزَلْنَاanzalnāWe sent down
عَلَىٰʿalāto
عَبْدِنَاʿabdināOur slave
يَوْمَyawma(on the) day
ٱلْفُرْقَانِl-fur'qāni(of) the criterion
يَوْمَyawma(the) day
ٱلْتَقَىl-taqā(when) met
ٱلْجَمْعَانِ ۗl-jamʿānithe two forces
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
عَلَىٰʿalā(is) on
كُلِّkullievery
شَىْءٍۢshayinthing
قَدِيرٌqadīrunAll-Powerful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Ruling on the Spoils of War (Ghanimah and Fai )Allah explains the spoils of war in detail, as He has specifically allowed it for this honorable Ummah over all others. We should mention that the `Ghanimah' refers to war spoils captured from the disbelievers, using armies and instruments of war.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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