Quran 34:47 — Saba, verse 47
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Say, ‘If I have asked you for any reward, you can keep it. It is God alone who will reward me: He is witness to everything.’
قُلْ مَا سَأَلْتُكُمْ مِنْ أَجْرٍ فَهُوَ لَكُمْ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَى اللَّهِ ۖ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَهِيدٌ
qul mā sa-altukum min ajrin fahuwa lakum in ajriya illā ʿalā l-lahi wahuwa ʿalā kulli shayin shahīdun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'I have asked no wage of you; that shall be yours. My wage falls only upon God; and He is witness over everything.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Say: “No reward have I ever asked of you [out of anything] that is yours: my reward rests with none but God, and He is witness unto everything!”
- Sahih International
- Say, "Whatever payment I might have asked of you - it is yours. My payment is only from Allāh, and He is, over all things, Witness."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | مَاmā | Not | — |
| 3 | سَأَلْتُكُمsa-altukum | I ask you | سأل |
| 4 | مِّنْmin | for | — |
| 5 | أَجْرٍۢajrin | any payment | أجر |
| 6 | فَهُوَfahuwa | but it (is) | — |
| 7 | لَكُمْ ۖlakum | for you | — |
| 8 | إِنْin | Not | — |
| 9 | أَجْرِىَajriya | (is) my payment | أجر |
| 10 | إِلَّاillā | but | — |
| 11 | عَلَىʿalā | from | — |
| 12 | ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 13 | وَهُوَwahuwa | And He | — |
| 14 | عَلَىٰʿalā | (is) over | — |
| 15 | كُلِّkulli | all | كلل |
| 16 | شَىْءٍۢshayin | things | شيأ |
| 17 | شَهِيدٌۭshahīdun | a Witness | شهد |