Alms in Islam

'''Al-Ma'un''' (, , "Small Kindnesses, Almsgiving, Acts of Kindness, and Have You Seen") is the 107th surah of the Qur'an, with 7 ayat or verses. ۝ Have you seen the one who denies the ˹final˺ Judgment? ۝ That is the one who repulses the orphan, ۝ and does not encourage the feeding of the poor. ۝ So woe to those ˹hypocrites˺ who pray ۝ yet are unmindful of their prayers; ۝ those who ˹only˺ show off, ۝ and refuse to give ˹even the simplest˺ aid.

'''''''' ( , "charity", "benevolence", plural ) in the modern-day Islamic context has come to signify "voluntary charity". Unlike zakat, which is a obligatory form of almsgiving and one of the five pillars of Islam, ṣadaqah'' is a voluntary offering whose amount and nature are determined solely by the benefactor, as emphasized in the Quran.