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Surah At-Tur, Verse 40

سورة الطور، الآية ٤٠

52:40 Juz 27 Hizb 53 Page 525 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 52:40

أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ ۝٤٠

Transliteration

am tasaluhum ajran fahum min maghramin muth'qalūna

Translation

Or do you, [O Muḥammad], ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?

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Verse 40 of Surah At-Tur (52:40), a Meccan surah, is in juz 27, on page 525 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 40

Al-Mukhtasar

Or do you, O Messenger, seek a wage from them for what you convey to them from their Lord, due to which they are burdened with something they cannot bear?

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Other translations of verse 40

Or are you asking them [O Prophet] for a reward so they are overburdened by debt?

Or is it that you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) ask a wage from them (for your preaching of Islâmic Monotheism) so that they are burdened with a load of debt?

Or askest thou (Muhammad) a fee from them so that they are plunged in debt?

Or is it that thou dost ask for a reward, so that they are burdened with a load of debt?-

Or do you ask them for a reward, so that they are overburdened by a debt?

Or even do you ask them for a reward, (and) so they are weighed down with heavy fines?

Verse 40 word by word

  1. أَمْ am Or
  2. تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ tasaluhum (do) you ask from them س أ ل
  3. أَجْرًا ajran a payment أ ج ر
  4. فَهُم fahum so they
  5. مِّن min from
  6. مَّغْرَمٍ maghramin a debt غ ر م
  7. مُّثْقَلُونَ muth'qalūna (are) overburdened ث ق ل

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  • Al-Qalam 68:46

    أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ

    Or do you ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?

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