سُوْرَةُ هُوْدٍ
Surah Hud (11) — Ayah 51
يَـٰقَوْمِ لَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱلَّذِى فَطَرَنِىٓ ۚ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ ﴿51﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
"O my people I ask of you no reward for it (the Message). My reward is only from Him Who created me. Will you not then understand?
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
يَـٰقَوْمِ
yāqawmi
O my people
لَآ
lā
Not
أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ
asalukum
I ask you
عَلَيْهِ
ʿalayhi
for it
أَجْرًا ۖ
ajran
any reward
إِنْ
in
Not
أَجْرِىَ
ajriya
(is) my reward
إِلَّا
illā
except
عَلَى
ʿalā
from
ٱلَّذِى
alladhī
the One Who
فَطَرَنِىٓ ۚ
faṭaranī
created me
أَفَلَا
afalā
Then will not
تَعْقِلُونَ
taʿqilūna
you use reason
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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51. O my people! I do not ask you for any reward. My reward is only with the One who created me. Will you not then understand [58]?
[58]
Reward for Calling and Prophethood:
Every prophet has said this to his people: I am conveying Allah's message to you without any greed, and yet you treat me as your enemy and confront me. I have given up my own comfort, abandoned the pursuit of worldly gain, and I am not demanding any compensation from you, yet I am taking on the enmity of all of you. So, you yourselves should think: what personal benefit could I possibly have in this? The words of such a person cannot be so insignificant that they should be rejected without any thought.
[58]
Reward for Calling and Prophethood:
Every prophet has said this to his people: I am conveying Allah's message to you without any greed, and yet you treat me as your enemy and confront me. I have given up my own comfort, abandoned the pursuit of worldly gain, and I am not demanding any compensation from you, yet I am taking on the enmity of all of you. So, you yourselves should think: what personal benefit could I possibly have in this? The words of such a person cannot be so insignificant that they should be rejected without any thought.
