hither swift as runaways.

S: If they could find a refuge or cave or a place to enter into, they
would certainly have turned thereto, running away in all haste.

009.058
Y: And among them are men who slander thee in the matter of (the
distribution of) the alms: if they are given part thereof, they are
pleased, but if not, behold! they are indignant!

P: 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.

S: And of them there are those who blame you with respect to the alms;
so if they are given from it they are pleased, and if they are not
given from it, lo! they are full of rage.

009.059
Y: If only they had been content with what Allah and His Messenger gave
them, and had said, "Sufficient unto us is Allah! Allah and His
Messenger will soon give us of His bounty: to Allah do we turn our
hopes!" (that would have been the right course).

P: (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.

S: And if they were content with what Allah and His Messenger gave them,
and had said: Allah is sufficient for us; Allah will soon give us
(more) out of His grace and His Messenger too; surely to Allah do we
make our petition.

009.060
Y: Alms are for the poor and the needy, and those employed to administer
the (funds); for those whose hearts have been (recently) reconciled (to
Truth); for those in bondage and in debt; in the cause of Allah; and
for the wayfarer: (thus is it) ordained by Allah, and Allah is full of
knowledge and wisdom.

P: 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
wayfarer; a duty imposed by Allah. Allah is Knower, Wise.

S: Alms are only for the poor and the needy, and the officials
(appointed) over them, and those whose hearts are made to incline (to
truth) and the (ransoming of) captives and those in debts and in the
way of Allah and the wayfarer; an ordinance from Allah; and Allah is
knowing, Wise.

009.061
Y: Among them are men who molest the Prophet and say, "He is (all) ear."
Say, "He listens to what is best for you: he believes in Allah, has
faith