Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Al-Furqaan, Ayah 57
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(Say) O Muhammad to the people of Mecca: (I ask of you no reward) no payment or provision (for this) for professing Allah's divine Oneness and for the Qur'an, (save that whoso will may choose a way unto his Lord) through faith; it is also said that this means: save for the one who desires to profess Allah's divine Oneness and by means of this profession tread a way back to his Lord whereby he will find his reward.
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Al-Jalalayn Commentary
Say ‘I do not ask of you in return for this that is for delivering that Message with which I have been sent any reward except that whoever wishes to follow a way to his Lord should do so’ by expending his wealth for the sake of attaining God’s pleasure exalted be He; then whoever wishes to do so I will not prevent him from doing so.