Surah Hud 11:51 — translation and meaning
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ۖ ۚ يَا قَوْمِ لَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَى الَّذِي فَطَرَنِي أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ
Word by Word
ۖ
ۚ
يَا قَوْمِ
yaqawmi
O my people!
لَا
la
Not
أَسْأَلُكُمْ
asalukum
I ask you
عَلَيْهِ
alayhi
for it
أَجْرًا
ajran
any reward
إِنْ
in
Not
أَجْرِيَ
ajriya
(is) my reward
إِلَّا
illa
except
عَلَى
ala
from
الَّذِي
alladhi
the One Who
فَطَرَنِي
fatarani
created me
أَفَلَا
afala
Then will not
تَعْقِلُونَ
ta'qiluna
you use reason
Transliteration
Yaa qawmi laaa as'alukum 'alaihi ajran in ajriya illaa 'alal lazee fataranee; afalaa ta'qiloon
Translation
O my people, I do not ask you for it any reward. My reward is only from the one who created me. Then will you not reason?
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
Hūd told his people that he asked for no reward from them for what he conveyed from his Lord, calling them to it, and that his reward was only from Allah Who created him. Would they not think about this, and respond to what he called them to?
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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