what Quran says about zakat? verses about zakat


(an annual alms tax

: an annual alms tax or poor rate that each Muslim is expected to pay as a religious duty and that is used for charitable and religious purposes)


The Quran discusses charity in many verses, some of which relate to zakat. The word zakat, with the meaning used in Islam now, is found, for example, in suras: 7:156, 9:60, 19:31, 19:55, 21:73, 23:4, 27:3, 30:39, 31:4 and 41:7. Zakat is found in the early Medinan suras and described as obligatory for Muslims.

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