Quran 52:40 — At-Tur, verse 40
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Do you [Prophet] demand a payment from them that would burden them with debt?
أَمْ تَسْأَلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُمْ مِنْ مَغْرَمٍ مُثْقَلُونَ
am tasaluhum ajran fahum min maghramin muth'qalūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Or askest thou them for a wage, and so they are weighed down with debt?
- Muhammad Asad
- Or is it that [they who reject thy message, O Muhammad, fear lest] thou ask of them a reward, so that they would be burdened with debt [if they should listen to thee]?
- Sahih International
- Or do you, [O Muḥammad], ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَمْam | Or | — |
| 2 | تَسْـَٔلُهُمْtasaluhum | (do) you ask from them | سأل |
| 3 | أَجْرًۭاajran | a payment | أجر |
| 4 | فَهُمfahum | so they | — |
| 5 | مِّنmin | from | — |
| 6 | مَّغْرَمٍۢmaghramin | a debt | غرم |
| 7 | مُّثْقَلُونَmuth'qalūna | (are) overburdened | ثقل |