Here "ʿan yad" (from/for/at hand), is interpreted by some to mean that they should pay directly, without intermediary and without delay. Others say that it refers to its reception by Muslims and means "generously" as in "with an open hand," since the taking of the jizya is a form of munificence that averted a state of conflict. al-Ṭabarī gives only one explanation: that 'it means "from their hands to the hands of the receiver" just as we say "I spoke to him mouth to mouth", we also say, "I gave it to him hand to hand"'. M.J. Kister understands '"an yad" to be a reference to the "ability and sufficient means" of the "dhimmi". Similarly, Rashid Rida takes the word "Yad" in a metaphorical sense and relates the phrase to the financial ability of the person liable to pay jizya.