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Whatever spoils Allahu ta’ālā has given to His Messenger (rasūl) from the people of the towns, such as al-Safrā', Wādī al-Qurā and Yanbu', belong to Allahu ta’ālā, dispensing with it as He wishes, and to the Messenger (rasūl) and to the near of kin, the Prophet's kin, from among the Banū Hāshim and the Banū al-Muttālib, and the orphans, the [orphaned] children of Muslims, those whose parents have died and who are impoverished, and the needy, those Muslims in need, and the traveller, the Muslim who may be cut off [from all resources] on a remote journey: in other words, they [these spoils] are the due of the Prophet "sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam" and [those of] the four categories, divided up in the way that he used to, where each category received a fifth of the fifth, with the rest being his [the Prophet's], so that these, the spoils - this being the justification for the division of these [spoils] in this way, do not (kay-lā: kay functions like lā with a following implied an [sc. an-lā]) become a thing circulating, handed round, between the rich among you. And whatever the Messenger (rasūl) gives you, of spoils or otherwise, take it; and whatever he forbids you, abstain [from it]. And fear Allahu ta’ālā. Surely Allahu ta’ālā is severe in retribution.