قُلۡ مَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٖ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلۡمُتَكَلِّفِينَ ٨٦
Say, [O Muḥammad], "I do not ask you for it [i.e., the Qur’ān] any payment, and I am not of the pretentious.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- قُلۡSayqul
- مَآNotmā
- أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡI ask of youasalukum
- عَلَيۡهِfor itʿalayhi
- مِنۡanymin
- أَجۡرٖpaymentajrin
- وَمَآand notwamā
- أَنَا۠I amanā
- مِنَofmina
- ٱلۡمُتَكَلِّفِينَthe ones who pretendl-mutakalifīna
Tafsir
Say - O Messenger, to these idolaters: “I do not ask you for any reward for the advice I convey to you, and I am not of the pretentious by bringing more than what I have been ordered with.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran