Alms are for the poor who are restricted in the way of Allah, disabled from going about in the land.

(Charity is) for Fuqara (the poor), who in Allah's Cause are restricted (from travel), and cannot move about in the land (for trade or work).

It is for the poor those who are restrained in the way of God, and unable to travel in the land.

(Alms are) for the poor who are straitened for the cause of Allah, who cannot travel in the land (for trade).

The charities are for the poor who are straitened in the way of Allah, not capable of moving about in the land for trade .

(Charity is) for the poor who are restrained in the way of Allah, and are unable to journey in the land.

Charity is for the poor who have been restricted for the cause of Allah, unable to move about in the land.

The family lived in poverty.

Or the poor in distress

Or of a homeless needy person!

or a needy man in misery

Or a poor man cleaving to the dust.

Or to a Miskin (poor) afflicted with misery.

Or a destitute in the dust.

or to a destitute lying in dust

Or some poor wretch in misery,

or a needy man in desolation,

or to a needy person in distress

Or a needy person in misery

and downtrodden destitute person, (so that he would be of)

Or to the poor man lying in the dust.

or some needy person in distress,

Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.

The two poems express human suffering.

The misery of others leaves a weird taste.

(Spend) For the poor who are restricted while in Allah's cause, who cannot travel in the land (for earning) the unwise think they are wealthy because of their restraint you will recognise them by their faces they do not seek from people in order to avoid grovelling and Allah knows whatever you spend in charity.

it being for the poor who are restrained in the way of God, and are unable to journey in the land the ignorant man supposes them rich because of their abstinence, but thou shalt know them by their mark they do not beg of men importunately.

Those who are engaged so much in the cause of Allah that they cannot move about in the land to earn their livelihood and are, therefore, in straitened circumstances, specially deserve help.

(If the recipients of charity are) the poor whose poverty, because of their striving for the cause of God, has become an obstacle for them, and who do not have the ability to travel in the land, they seem rich compared to the ignorant, because of their modest behavior.

(Alms are) for the poor who are confined in the way of Allah they cannot go about in the land the ignorant man thinks them to be rich on account of (their) abstaining (from begging) you can recognise them by their mark they do not beg from men importunately and whatever good thing you spend, surely Allah knows it.

The needy, who are too engrossed in God's cause to be able to travel about the land in search of a livelihood, are considered by those who are unaware of their condition to be free from want, because they refrain from begging.

(Charity is) for those in need, who, in Allah's cause are restricted (from travel), and cannot move about in the land, seeking (For trade or work) the ignorant man thinks, because of their modesty, that they are free from want.

Paul Collier on the bottom billion

Neither happiness nor misery last forever.

Poverty teaches you to eat bread without butter.

You, your miserableness, have got to be kidding.

Destruction and misery are in their ways.

Destruction and misery are in their ways

They have incurred anger from their Lord, and wretchedness is laid upon them.

They have earned the wrath of Allah, and poverty has been stamped upon them.

And they have drawn upon themselves anger from Allah and have been put under destitution.

Get you down to Egypt you shall have there that you demanded.'

And stuck upon them were abjection and poverty. And they drew on themselves indignation from Allah.

And they were covered with humiliation and misery, and they drew on themselves the Wrath of Allah.

They were struck with humiliation and poverty, and incurred wrath from God.