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Surah Ash-Shu’ara, Verse 109

سورة الشعراء، الآية ١٠٩

26:109 Juz 19 Hizb 37 Page 371 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 26:109

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ۝١٠٩

Transliteration

wamā asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā ʿalā rabbi l-ʿālamīna

Translation

And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.

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Verse 109 of Surah Ash-Shu’ara (26:109), a Meccan surah, is in juz 19, on page 371 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 109

Al-Mukhtasar

180. “I do not seek any reward from you for what I convey to you from my Lord. My reward is only from Allah: the Lord of all creation, not from anyone else.”

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Other translations of verse 109

I seek of you no reward for this; my reward is only with the Lord of the worlds;

"No reward do I ask of you for it (my Message of Islâmic Monotheism); my reward is only from the Lord of the ‘Âlamîn (mankind, jinn and all that exists).

And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.

"No reward do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the Lord of the Worlds:

And I do not ask you any reward for it; my reward is only with the Lord of the worlds:

And in no way do I ask of you any reward for (this); decidedly my reward (falls) upon no one except The Lord of the worlds.

Verse 109 word by word

  1. وَمَآ wamā And not
  2. أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ asalukum I ask (of) you س أ ل
  3. عَلَيْهِ ʿalayhi for it
  4. مِنْ min any
  5. أَجْرٍ ajrin payment أ ج ر
  6. إِنْ in Not
  7. أَجْرِىَ ajriya (is) my payment أ ج ر
  8. إِلَّا illā but
  9. عَلَىٰ ʿalā from
  10. رَبِّ rabbi (the) Lord ر ب ب
  11. ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ l-ʿālamīna (of) the worlds ع ل م

Verses related to verse 109

Verses with similar wording

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  • 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.

  • Yunus 10:72

    فَإِن تَوَلَّيْتُمْ فَمَا سَأَلْتُكُم مِّنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ وَأُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ

    And if you turn away [from my advice] - then no payment have I asked of you. My reward is only from Allāh, and I have been commanded to be of the Muslims [i.e., those who submit to Allāh]."

  • Yusuf 12:104

    وَمَا تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    And you do not ask of them for it any payment. It is not except a reminder to the worlds.

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