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Verse 47of 54

قُلْ مَا سَأَلْتُكُم مِّنْ أَجْرٍۢ فَهُوَ لَكُمْ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ شَهِيدٌۭ﴿٤٧

Translation (Sahih International)

Say, "Whatever payment I might have asked of you - it is yours. My payment is only from Allah, and He is, over all things, Witness."

Word-by-word meaning

قُلْqulSay
مَاNot
سَأَلْتُكُمsa-altukumI ask you
مِّنْminfor
أَجْرٍۢajrinany payment
فَهُوَfahuwabut it (is)
لَكُمْ ۖlakumfor you
إِنْinNot
أَجْرِىَajriya(is) my payment
إِلَّاillābut
عَلَىʿalāfrom
ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahiAllah
وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
عَلَىٰʿalā(is) over
كُلِّkulliall
شَىْءٍۢshayinthings
شَهِيدٌۭshahīduna Witness

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

I do not ask for any Reward for conveying the MessageAllah commands His Messenger to say to the idolators:مَا سَأَلْتُكُم مِّن أَجْرٍ فَهُوَ لَكُمْ(Whatever wage I might have asked of you is yours.) meaning, `I do not want anything for conveying the Message of Allah to you, advising you and telling you to worship Allah.'إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلاَّ عَلَى اللَّهِMy wage is from Allah only, means, rather I will seek the reward for that with Allah.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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