Quran 38:86 — Saad, verse 86
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
[Prophet], say, ‘I ask no reward from you for this, nor do I claim to be what I am not:
قُلْ مَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ وَمَا أَنَا مِنَ الْمُتَكَلِّفِينَ
qul mā asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin wamā anā mina l-mutakalifīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'I ask of you no wage for it, neither am I of those who take things upon themselves.
- Muhammad Asad
- SAY [O Prophet]: “No reward whatever do I ask of you for this [message]; and I am not one of those who claim to be what they are not.
- Sahih International
- Say, [O Muḥammad], "I do not ask you for it [i.e., the Qur’ān] any payment, and I am not of the pretentious.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | مَآmā | Not | — |
| 3 | أَسْـَٔلُكُمْasalukum | I ask of you | سأل |
| 4 | عَلَيْهِʿalayhi | for it | — |
| 5 | مِنْmin | any | — |
| 6 | أَجْرٍۢajrin | payment | أجر |
| 7 | وَمَآwamā | and not | — |
| 8 | أَنَا۠anā | I am | — |
| 9 | مِنَmina | of | — |
| 10 | ٱلْمُتَكَلِّفِينَl-mutakalifīna | the ones who pretend | كلف |