سُوْرَةُ الطُّوْرِ
Surah At-Tur (52) — Ayah 40
أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ ﴿40﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Or is it that you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) ask a wage from them (for your preaching of Islâmic Monotheism) so that they are burdened with a load of debt?
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
أَمْ
am
Or
تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ
tasaluhum
(do) you ask from them
أَجْرًۭا
ajran
a payment
فَهُم
fahum
so they
مِّن
min
from
مَّغْرَمٍۢ
maghramin
a debt
مُّثْقَلُونَ
muth'qalūna
(are) overburdened
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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40. Or do you (O Prophet) ask them for a reward, so that they are burdened with a debt [34]?
[34] Another possible reason for their opposition to you ﷺ could have been that you ﷺ demanded compensation and offerings from them, as is commonly done by religious contractors who collect such things from their followers and disciples and thus flourish their own businesses. But here, this is not the case at all—that you ﷺ ask them for offerings and they, considering it a burden, distance themselves from you ﷺ. In fact, your ﷺ conduct was entirely opposite to that of religious contractors. You ﷺ spent your own personal wealth in the service of religion. Due to your efforts in preaching the faith, your business had come to a standstill. Yet, you never accepted any compensation for this work of preaching. Rather, you served humanity with complete selflessness and sincerity.
[34] Another possible reason for their opposition to you ﷺ could have been that you ﷺ demanded compensation and offerings from them, as is commonly done by religious contractors who collect such things from their followers and disciples and thus flourish their own businesses. But here, this is not the case at all—that you ﷺ ask them for offerings and they, considering it a burden, distance themselves from you ﷺ. In fact, your ﷺ conduct was entirely opposite to that of religious contractors. You ﷺ spent your own personal wealth in the service of religion. Due to your efforts in preaching the faith, your business had come to a standstill. Yet, you never accepted any compensation for this work of preaching. Rather, you served humanity with complete selflessness and sincerity.
