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Al-Hashr (The Exile)

Verse 7of 24

مَّآ أَفَآءَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ رَسُولِهِۦ مِنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْقُرَىٰ فَلِلَّهِ وَلِلرَّسُولِ وَلِذِى ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ وَٱلْيَتَٰمَىٰ وَٱلْمَسَٰكِينِ وَٱبْنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ كَىْ لَا يَكُونَ دُولَةًۢ بَيْنَ ٱلْأَغْنِيَآءِ مِنكُمْ ۚ وَمَآ ءَاتَىٰكُمُ ٱلرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَمَا نَهَىٰكُمْ عَنْهُ فَٱنتَهُوا۟ ۚ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ شَدِيدُ ٱلْعِقَابِ﴿٧

Translation (Sahih International)

And what Allah restored to His Messenger from the people of the towns - it is for Allah and for the Messenger and for [his] near relatives and orphans and the [stranded] traveler - so that it will not be a perpetual distribution among the rich from among you. And whatever the Messenger has given you - take; and what he has forbidden you - refrain from. And fear Allah; indeed, Allah is severe in penalty.

Word-by-word meaning

مَّآWhat
أَفَآءَafāa(was) restored
ٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allah
عَلَىٰʿalāto
رَسُولِهِۦrasūlihiHis Messenger
مِنْminfrom
أَهْلِahli(the) people
ٱلْقُرَىٰl-qurā(of) the towns
فَلِلَّهِfalillahi(it is) for Allah
وَلِلرَّسُولِwalilrrasūliand His Messenger
وَلِذِىwalidhīand for those
ٱلْقُرْبَىٰl-qur'bā(of) the kindred
وَٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰwal-yatāmāand the orphans
وَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينِwal-masākīniand the needy
وَٱبْنِwa-ib'niand
ٱلسَّبِيلِl-sabīlithe wayfarer
كَىْkaythat
لَاnot
يَكُونَyakūnait becomes
دُولَةًۢdūlatana (perpetual) circulation
بَيْنَbaynabetween
ٱلْأَغْنِيَآءِl-aghniyāithe rich
مِنكُمْ ۚminkumamong you
وَمَآwamāAnd whatever
ءَاتَىٰكُمُātākumugives you
ٱلرَّسُولُl-rasūluthe Messenger
فَخُذُوهُfakhudhūhutake it
وَمَاwamāand whatever
نَهَىٰكُمْnahākumhe forbids you
عَنْهُʿanhufrom it
فَٱنتَهُوا۟ ۚfa-intahūrefrain
وَٱتَّقُوا۟wa-ittaqūAnd fear
ٱللَّهَ ۖl-lahaAllah
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
شَدِيدُshadīdu(is) severe
ٱلْعِقَابِl-ʿiqābi(in) penalty

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Fai' and how it is spentAllah the Exalted explains the regulations for Fai', the booty that the Muslims acquire from the disbelievers, without fighting them or using cavalry and camelry in war against them. For instance, the booty collected from Bani An-Nadir was not acquired because of fighting them using horses and camels. The Muslims did not fight Bani An-Nadir in battle, but Allah forced them out of their forts on account of the fear that He placed in their hearts for Allah's Messenger ﷺ.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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