Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Saba, Ayah 47

Saba · Ayah 47 · View Ayah
قُلْ مَا سَأَلْتُكُم مِّنْ أَجْرٍۢ فَهُوَ لَكُمْ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ شَهِيدٌۭ
Say, "Whatever payment I might have asked of you - it is yours. My payment is only from Allah, and He is, over all things, Witness."

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Al-Jalalayn Commentary

Say to them ‘I have not asked you in return for my warning and delivering the Message to you any reward since it is for the benefit of you in other words I do not ask you for any reward in return for this. Indeed my reward lies only with God and He is Witness over all things’ observing them all knowing my truthfulness.

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(Say) to them, O Muhammad: (Whatever reward) or exchange (I might have asked of you is yours. My reward is the affair of Allah only. He is Witness over all things) regarding your works.

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