Surah Hud (هود) • Hud

Quran 11:51

11:51

يَـٰقَوْمِ لَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱلَّذِى فَطَرَنِىٓ ۚ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

yāqawmi lā asalukum ʿalayhi ajran in ajriya illā ʿalā alladhī faṭaranī afalā taʿqilūna

O my people, I do not ask you for it [i.e., my advice] any reward. My reward is only from the one who created me. Then will you not reason?

— Saheeh International

I ask no reward from you, my people; my reward comes only from Him who created me. Why do you not use your reason?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"O my people I ask of you no reward for it (the Message). My reward is only from Him Who created me. Will you not then understand?

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 12Page 227meccan

Word by Word

يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
لَآlāNot
أَسْـَٔلُكُمْasalukumI ask you
عَلَيْهِʿalayhifor it
أَجْرًاۖajranany reward
إِنْinNot
أَجْرِىَajriya(is) my reward
إِلَّاillāexcept
عَلَىʿalāfrom
ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One Who
فَطَرَنِىٓۚfaṭaranīcreated me
أَفَلَاafalāThen will not
تَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūnayou use reason