أَمۡ تَسۡـَٔلُهُمۡ أَجۡرٗا فَهُم مِّن مَّغۡرَمٖ مُّثۡقَلُونَ ٤٦
Or do you ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- أَمۡOram
- تَسۡـَٔلُهُمۡyou ask themtasaluhum
- أَجۡرٗاa paymentajran
- فَهُمso theyfahum
- مِّنfrommin
- مَّغۡرَمٖ(the) debtmaghramin
- مُّثۡقَلُونَ(are) burdenedmuth'qalūna
Tafsir
O Messenger! Do you seek a reward from them for what you invite them towards, due to which they are greatly burdened, being the cause of their turning away from you? The reality is the opposite: you do not seek any reward from them; so what stops them from following you?
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran