The Holy Quran 51:19 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat

Arabic text

وَفِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّ لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ

Translation

(In addition to all of this,) There was always a portion of their wealth (reserved) for beggars and deprived people (the poor).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

“The deprived” is the one who is in need but does not go about begging. The meaning is that (apart from zakat) they had of their own free will set aside in their wealth a share for those who ask and those in need, which, because they adhered to it so constantly, came to be regarded as though it were a binding right.

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