سُوْرَةُ الْقَلَمِ

Surah Al-Qalam (68) — Ayah 46

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أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ ﴿46﴾
Or is it that you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) ask them a wage, so that they are heavily burdened with debt?
أَمْ am Or
تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ tasaluhum you ask them
أَجْرًۭا ajran a payment
فَهُم fahum so they
مِّن min from
مَّغْرَمٍۢ maghramin (the) debt
مُّثْقَلُونَ muth'qalūna (are) burdened

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46. 1. This address is to the Prophet ﷺ, but the reproach is being directed at those who did not believe in him.