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قُلْ إِن ضَلَلْتُ فَإِنَّمَآ أَضِلُّ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِى ۖ وَإِنِ ٱهْتَدَيْتُ فَبِمَا يُوحِىٓ إِلَىَّ رَبِّىٓ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ سَمِيعٌۭ قَرِيبٌۭ﴿٥٠

Translation (Sahih International)

Say, "If I should err, I would only err against myself. But if I am guided, it is by what my Lord reveals to me. Indeed, He is Hearing and near."

Word-by-word meaning

قُلْqulSay
إِنinIf
ضَلَلْتُḍalaltuI err
فَإِنَّمَآfa-innamāthen only
أَضِلُّaḍilluI will err
عَلَىٰʿalāagainst
نَفْسِى ۖnafsīmyself
وَإِنِwa-iniBut if
ٱهْتَدَيْتُih'tadaytuI am guided
فَبِمَاfabimāthen it is by what
يُوحِىٓyūḥīreveals
إِلَىَّilayyato me
رَبِّىٓ ۚrabbīmy Lord
إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
سَمِيعٌۭsamīʿun(is) All-Hearer
قَرِيبٌۭqarībunEver-Near

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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