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Ash-Shu'ara 164

Ayah 164 of 227 · Meccan

وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٦٤

And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَمَآAnd notwamā
  2. أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡI ask youasalukum
  3. عَلَيۡهِfor itʿalayhi
  4. مِنۡanymin
  5. أَجۡرٍۖpaymentajrin
  6. إِنۡNotin
  7. أَجۡرِيَ(is) my paymentajriya
  8. إِلَّاexceptillā
  9. عَلَىٰfromʿalā
  10. رَبِّ(the) Lordrabbi
  11. ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ(of) the worldsl-ʿālamīna

Tafsir

“I do not seek any reward from you for what I convey to you from my Lord. My reward is only from Allah: the Lord of all creation, not from anyone else.”

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran