Surah Sad (ص) • The Letter "Saad"

Quran 38:86

38:86

قُلْ مَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلْمُتَكَلِّفِينَ

qul mā asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin wamā anā mina l-mutakalifīna

Say, [O Muḥammad], "I do not ask you for it [i.e., the Qur’ān] any payment, and I am not of the pretentious.

— Saheeh International

[Prophet], say, ‘I ask no reward from you for this, nor do I claim to be what I am not:

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "No wage do I ask of you for this (the Qur’ân), nor am I one of the Mutakallifûn (those who pretend and fabricate things which do not exist).

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

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Word by Word

قُلْqulSay
مَآmāNot
أَسْـَٔلُكُمْasalukumI ask of you
عَلَيْهِʿalayhifor it
مِنْminany
أَجْرٍۢajrinpayment
وَمَآwamāand not
أَنَا۠anāI am
مِنَminaof
ٱلْمُتَكَلِّفِينَl-mutakalifīnathe ones who pretend