Quran 26:164 — Ash-Shu'araa, verse 164
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
I ask no reward from you, for my only reward is with the Lord of the Worlds.
وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
wamā asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā ʿalā rabbi l-ʿālamīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- I ask of you no wage for this; my wage falls only upon the Lord of all Being.
- Muhammad Asad
- “And no reward whatever do I ask of you for it: my reward rests with none but the Sustainer of all the worlds.
- Sahih International
- And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَآwamā | And not | — |
| 2 | أَسْـَٔلُكُمْasalukum | I ask you | سأل |
| 3 | عَلَيْهِʿalayhi | for it | — |
| 4 | مِنْmin | any | — |
| 5 | أَجْرٍ ۖajrin | payment | أجر |
| 6 | إِنْin | Not | — |
| 7 | أَجْرِىَajriya | (is) my payment | أجر |
| 8 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 9 | عَلَىٰʿalā | from | — |
| 10 | رَبِّrabbi | (the) Lord | ربب |
| 11 | ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna | (of) the worlds | علم |