True Nature Of Islam

Zakat Zakat is found in the early Medinan suras and described as obligatory for Muslims. Poor-due, almsgiving, charity.                    S7(156) And ordain for us in this world that which is good, and in the Hereafter (that which is good), Lo! we have turned unto Thee. He said: I smite with My punishment whom I will, and My mercy embraceth all things, therefore I shall ordain it for those who ward off (evil) and pay the poor-due, and those who believe Our revelations;   https://archive.sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/007.htm Notice the conditions of the Allah's mercy:  a/  for those who ward off (evil) [ isn't warding off evil Allah's job? ] b/  pay the poor-due c/  believe Our revelations d/  bonus material:"Our". Allah is not singular! S9(60) 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

Quranic Preaching Via Threats al-Baqarah: The Cow 164 -167 Surah 2 164 Lo! In the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the difference of night and day, and the ships which run upon the sea with that which is of use to men, and the water which Allah sendeth down from the sky, thereby reviving the earth after its death, and dispersing all kinds of beasts therein, and (in) the ordinance of the winds, and the clouds obedient between heaven and earth: are signs (of Allah's Sovereignty) for people who have sense. 165 Yet of mankind are some who take unto themselves (objects of worship which they set as) rivals to Allah, loving them with a love like (that which is the due) of Allah (only) - those who believe are stauncher in their love for Allah - Oh, that those who do evil had but known, (on the day) when they behold the doom, that power belongeth wholly to Allah, and that Allah is severe in punishment! 166 (On the day) when those who were followed disown those who followed (them),