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And whatever spoils Allahu ta’ālā has given to His Messenger (rasūl) from these, you did not, O Muslims, spur for it any (min is extra) horses or camels, that is to say, you did not suffer any hardship in [securing] it, but Allahu ta’ālā gives His messengers (rusul) sway over whomever He will, and Allahu ta’ālā has power over all things: hence you have no right to any of this [booty], rather it is exclusively for the Prophet "sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam" and those of the four categories mentioned with him in the next verse, [to be dispensed] in accordance with the way in which he used to divide it up, such that each would receive a fifth of the fifth and the rest being the Prophet's "sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam", for him to do with as he pleases - thus he gave of it to the Emigrants and three from among the Helpers, on account of their poverty.