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Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 57

سورة الفرقان، الآية ٥٧

25:57 Juz 19 Hizb 37 Page 365 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 25:57

قُلْ مَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِلَّا مَن شَآءَ أَن يَتَّخِذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ سَبِيلًا ۝٥٧

Transliteration

qul mā asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin illā man shāa an yattakhidha ilā rabbihi sabīlan

Translation

Say, "I do not ask of you for it any payment - only that whoever wills might take to his Lord a way."

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Verse 57 of Surah Al-Furqan (25:57), a Meccan surah, is in juz 19, on page 365 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 57

Al-Mukhtasar

Say, O Messenger: I am not asking for any reward for conveying the message. But anyone of you who wishes to take a path towards Allah’s pleasure by spending, then let him do so.

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Other translations of verse 57

Say, “I do not ask you for any reward for it, except that anyone who wishes to take a path to his Lord32.”

Notes

[32] By spending in the way of Allah.

Say: "No reward do I ask of you for this (that which I have brought from my Lord and its preaching), save that whosoever wills may take a Path to his Lord.

Say: I ask of you no reward for this, save that whoso will may choose a way unto his Lord.

Say: "No reward do I ask of you for it but this: that each one who will may take a (straight) Path to his Lord."

Say: I do not ask you aught in return except that he who will, may take the way to his Lord.

Say, "In no way do I ask of you (any) reward for it except for him who decides to take for (himself) a way to his Lord.

Verse 57 word by word

  1. قُلْ qul Say ق و ل
  2. مَآ mā Not
  3. أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ asalukum I ask (of) you س أ ل
  4. عَلَيْهِ ʿalayhi for it
  5. مِنْ min any
  6. أَجْرٍ ajrin payment أ ج ر
  7. إِلَّا illā except
  8. مَن man (that) whoever wills
  9. شَآءَ shāa (that) whoever wills ش ي أ
  10. أَن an to
  11. يَتَّخِذَ yattakhidha take أ خ ذ
  12. إِلَىٰ ilā to
  13. رَبِّهِۦ rabbihi his Lord ر ب ب
  14. سَبِيلًا sabīlan a way س ب ل

Verses related to verse 57

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • At-Takwir 81:28

    لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

    For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

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They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.

  • Sad 38:86

    قُلْ مَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلْمُتَكَلِّفِينَ

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

  • Ash-Shu’ara 26:109

    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.

  • Ash-Shu’ara 26:127

    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.

  • Ash-Shu’ara 26:145

    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.

  • Ash-Shu’ara 26:164

    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.

  • Ash-Shu’ara 26:180

    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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