Surah Saba 34:47 — translation and meaning

سبأ · Verse 47 / 54 · Page 433

ۖ ۖ قُلْ مَا سَأَلْتُكُم مِّنْ أَجْرٍ فَهُوَ لَكُمْ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَى اللَّهِ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَهِيدٌ

Word by Word

ۖ
ۖ
قُلْ
qul
Say
مَا
ma
Not
سَأَلْتُكُم
sa-altukum
I ask you
مِّنْ
min
for
أَجْرٍ
ajrin
any payment
فَهُوَ
fahuwa
but it (is)
لَكُمْ
lakum
for you
إِنْ
in
Not
أَجْرِيَ
ajriya
(is) my payment
إِلَّا
illa
but
عَلَى
ala
from
اللَّهِ
al-lahi
Allah
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
And He
عَلَى
ala
(is) over
كُلِّ
kulli
all
شَيْءٍ
shayin
things
شَهِيدٌ
shahidun
a Witness

Transliteration

Qul maa sa-altukum min ajrin fahuwa lakum in ajriya illaa 'alal laahi wa Huwa 'alaa kullin shai-in Shaheed

Translation

Say, "Whatever payment I might have asked of you - it is yours. My payment is only from Allah, and He is, over all things, Witness."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

O Messenger! Say to these idolaters who reject: “Whatever reward or payment I ask you for the guidance and good I have brought you, then it is - assuming it exists - for you. My reward is only with Allah alone, and He is Witness to everything. He witnesses that I have conveyed to you, and witnesses your actions and will then give you their full reward”.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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