9.51 . Say : Naught befalleth us save that which Allah hath decreed for us . He is our protecting Friend . In Allah let believers put their trust!
9. 9.52 . Say : Can ye await for us aught save one of two good things ( death or victory in Allah ' s way ) ? while we await for you that Allah will afflict you with a doom from Him or at our hands . Await then! Lo! we are awaiting with you .
9. 9.53 . Say : Pay ( your contribution ) , willingly or unwillingly , it will not be accepted from you . Lo! ye were ever froward folk .
9. 9.54 . And naught preventeth that their contributions should be accepted from them save that they have disbelieved in Allah and in His messenger , and they come not to worship save as idlers , and pay not ( their contribution ) save reluctantly .
9. 9.55 . So let not their riches nor their children please thee ( O Muhammad ) . Allah thereby intendeth but to punish them in the life of the world and that their souls shall pass away while they are disbelievers
9. 9.56 . And they swear by Allah that they are in truth of you , when they are not of you , but they are folk who are afraid .
9. 9.57 . Had they but found a refuge , or caverns , or a place to enter , they surely had resorted thither swift as runaways .
9. 9.58 . And of them is he who defameth thee in the matter of the alms . If they are given thereof they are content , and if they are not given thereof , behold! they are enraged .
9. 9.59 . ( How much more seemly ) had they been content with that which Allah and His messenger had given them and had said : Allah sufficeth us . Allah will give us of His bounty , and ( also ) His messenger . Unto Allah we are suppliants .
9. 9.60 . The alms are only for the poor and the needy , and those who collect them , and those whose hearts are to be reconciled , and to free the captives and the debtors , and for the cause of Allah , and ( for ) the wayfarers ; a duty imposed by Allah . Allah is knower , Wise .
