The claim: "The Qur'an says 'give zakāh' but does not give the 2.5% rate or the niṣāb. So the amount is set by hadith; hence the Qur'an alone is not enough."
The Qur'an gives a principle, not a number
The Qur'an ties giving to a principled frame rather than a fixed percentage:
- "Give its due on the day of harvest." (6:141)
- Asked what to spend: "the surplus (ʿafw)." (2:219)
- In wealth there is "a known right for the beggar and the deprived" (70:24-25).
- Give from the good of what you earn (2:267); the recipients are specified (9:60).
So the Qur'an leaves the amount to one's means and intention; not fixing a rate can be read as flexibility, not a gap.
An honest limit
Fact: the fixed rate (2.5%) and niṣāb are not in the Qur'an; these are matters of Sunnah and fiqh. Inference: "no rate means the Qur'an is insufficient." This second part is an interpretation — the Qur'an calls itself "a clarification of all things" (16:89). To someone who wants a fixed rate, leaving it to principle may look like a difficulty; whether to read this as the Qur'an's deliberate choice or a deficiency is interpretation. We mark both.
Source: Qur'anic verses (M. Okuyan meal). Presented with a text/interpretation distinction.