أَمۡ تَسۡـَٔلُهُمۡ خَرۡجٗا فَخَرَاجُ رَبِّكَ خَيۡرٞۖ وَهُوَ خَيۡرُ ٱلرَّٰزِقِينَ ٧٢
Or do you, [O Muḥammad], ask them for payment? But the reward of your Lord is best, and He is the best of providers.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- أَمۡOram
- تَسۡـَٔلُهُمۡyou ask themtasaluhum
- خَرۡجٗا(for) a paymentkharjan
- فَخَرَاجُBut the paymentfakharāju
- رَبِّكَ(of) your Lordrabbika
- خَيۡرٞۖ(is) bestkhayrun
- وَهُوَand Hewahuwa
- خَيۡرُ(is) the Bestkhayru
- ٱلرَّٰزِقِينَ(of) the Providersl-rāziqīna
Tafsir
O Messenger! Have you asked for a fee from these people for what you brought to them, which has made them reject your call? You have not done as such; the reward of your Lord is far better than the reward any of these people can give. He, may He be glorified, is the best of providers.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran