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۞ وَاعْلَمُوْٓا اَنَّمَا غَنِمْتُمْ مِّنْ شَيْءٍ فَاَنَّ لِلّٰهِ خُمُسَهٗ وَلِلرَّسُوْلِ وَلِذِى الْقُرْبٰى وَالْيَتٰمٰى وَالْمَسٰكِيْنِ وَابْنِ السَّبِيْلِ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ اٰمَنْتُمْ بِاللّٰهِ وَمَآ اَنْزَلْنَا عَلٰى عَبْدِنَا يَوْمَ الْفُرْقَانِ يَوْمَ الْتَقَى الْجَمْعٰنِۗ وَاللّٰهُ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيْرٌ   ( الأنفال: ٤١ )

wa-iʿ'lamū
وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟
And know
annamā
أَنَّمَا
that what
ghanim'tum
غَنِمْتُم
you obtain (as) spoils of war
min
مِّن
of
shayin
شَىْءٍ
anything
fa-anna
فَأَنَّ
then that
lillahi
لِلَّهِ
for Allah
khumusahu
خُمُسَهُۥ
(is) one fifth of it
walilrrasūli
وَلِلرَّسُولِ
and for the Messenger
walidhī
وَلِذِى
and for the
l-qur'bā
ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ
near relatives
wal-yatāmā
وَٱلْيَتَٰمَىٰ
and the orphans
wal-masākīni
وَٱلْمَسَٰكِينِ
and the needy
wa-ib'ni
وَٱبْنِ
and the
l-sabīli
ٱلسَّبِيلِ
wayfarer
in
إِن
if
kuntum
كُنتُمْ
you
āmantum
ءَامَنتُم
believe
bil-lahi
بِٱللَّهِ
in Allah
wamā
وَمَآ
and (in) what
anzalnā
أَنزَلْنَا
We sent down
ʿalā
عَلَىٰ
to
ʿabdinā
عَبْدِنَا
Our slave
yawma
يَوْمَ
(on the) day
l-fur'qāni
ٱلْفُرْقَانِ
(of) the criterion
yawma
يَوْمَ
(the) day
l-taqā
ٱلْتَقَى
(when) met
l-jamʿāni
ٱلْجَمْعَانِۗ
the two forces
wal-lahu
وَٱللَّهُ
And Allah
ʿalā
عَلَىٰ
(is) on
kulli
كُلِّ
every
shayin
شَىْءٍ
thing
qadīrun
قَدِيرٌ
All-Powerful

Wa'lamooo annamaa ghanimtum min sha'in fa anna lillaahi khumusahoo wa lir Rasooli wa lizil qurba walyataamaa walmasaakeeni wabnis sabeeli in kuntum aamantum billaahi wa maaa anzalnaa 'ala 'abdinaa yawmal Furqaani yawmaltaqal jam'aan; wal laahu 'alaa kulli shai'in Qadeer (al-ʾAnfāl 8:41)

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 [i.e., decisive encounter] – the day when the two armies met [at Badr]. And Allah, over all things, is competent. (Al-Anfal [8] : 41)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

And know that whatever spoils you receive, its one fifth is for Allah and for His Messenger, and for kinsmen and orphans and the needy and the wayfarer, if you do believe in Allah and in what We have sent down upon Our Servant on the decisive day, the day when the two forces encountered each other. And Allah is powerful over everything.