Surah Al-Qalam (القلم) • The Pen

Quran 68:46

68:46

أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ

am tasaluhum ajran fahum min maghramin muth'qalūna

Or do you ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?

— Saheeh International

Do you demand some reward from them that would burden them with debt?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Or is it that you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) ask them a wage, so that they are heavily burdened with debt?

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

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Word by Word

أَمْamOr
تَسْـَٔلُهُمْtasaluhumyou ask them
أَجْرًۭاajrana payment
فَهُمfahumso they
مِّنminfrom
مَّغْرَمٍۢmaghramin(the) debt
مُّثْقَلُونَmuth'qalūna(are) burdened