سُوْرَةُ صٓ
Surah Saad (38) — Ayah 86
قُلْ مَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلْمُتَكَلِّفِينَ ﴿86﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "No wage do I ask of you for this (the Qur’ân), nor am I one of the Mutakallifûn (those who pretend and fabricate things which do not exist).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قُلْ
qul
Say
مَآ
mā
Not
أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ
asalukum
I ask of you
عَلَيْهِ
ʿalayhi
for it
مِنْ
min
any
أَجْرٍۢ
ajrin
payment
وَمَآ
wamā
and not
أَنَا۠
anā
I am
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلْمُتَكَلِّفِينَ
l-mutakalifīna
the ones who pretend
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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86. Say to them: I do not ask you for any reward for this message, nor am I one who pretends [76].
[76] That is, I am conveying Allah’s message to you with complete sincerity. I neither seek any reward from you nor do I have any personal interest attached to it, nor am I among those who rise up with false claims to establish their own greatness. And my entire previous life, which you know well, bears witness to this.
Admitting Ignorance Is Also a Sign of Knowledge:
The meaning of the word ﴿متكلّفين﴾ is also clarified by the following hadith: Masruq says that we went to Abdullah bin Mas’ud ؓ. He said: O people! Whoever knows something should state it, and if he does not know, he should say, “Allah knows best,” because saying so is also a sign of perfect knowledge. Allah, the Exalted, said to His Prophet ﷺ: “I do not ask you for any reward for this (conveyance), nor am I among those who fabricate things from their own hearts.” [بخاري۔ كتاب التفسير]
[76] That is, I am conveying Allah’s message to you with complete sincerity. I neither seek any reward from you nor do I have any personal interest attached to it, nor am I among those who rise up with false claims to establish their own greatness. And my entire previous life, which you know well, bears witness to this.
Admitting Ignorance Is Also a Sign of Knowledge:
The meaning of the word ﴿متكلّفين﴾ is also clarified by the following hadith: Masruq says that we went to Abdullah bin Mas’ud ؓ. He said: O people! Whoever knows something should state it, and if he does not know, he should say, “Allah knows best,” because saying so is also a sign of perfect knowledge. Allah, the Exalted, said to His Prophet ﷺ: “I do not ask you for any reward for this (conveyance), nor am I among those who fabricate things from their own hearts.” [بخاري۔ كتاب التفسير]
