58 Preface وَمِنهُم مَن يَلمِزُكَ فِي الصَّدَقاتِ فَإِن أُعطوا مِنها رَضوا وَإِن لَم يُعطَوا مِنها إِذا هُم يَسخَطونَYusuf AliAnd among them are men who slander thee in the matter of (the distribution of) the alms:1 if they are given part thereof, they are pleased, but if not, behold! they are indignant!Sadaqah - alms, that which is given in God’s name, mainly to the poor and needy, and for the cognate purposes specified in the next verse but one. Zakah is the regular and obligatory charity in an organised Muslim community, usually 2 1/2 per cent of merchandise and 10 percent on the fruits of the earth. There is a vast body of literature on this subject. The main points may be studied in Al Hidaya fil Furu, of Shaikh Burhanud-din ʿAlī. As against zakah the term sadaqah has a much wider connotation, and is inclusive of zakah as in the verse 60 of this Sūra. (R).