Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Ash-Shu'araa, Ayah 164
وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.
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(And I ask of you no wage) no payment (therefore) for professing Allah's divine Oneness; (my wage) my reward (is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.
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Al-Jalalayn Commentary
I do not ask of you any reward for this; my reward lies only with the Lord of the Worlds.