Al-Qur'an Surah Saba Verse 47

Mufti Taqi Usmani

Say, “If I had ever claimed any reward from you, then it is yours. My reward is with none but Allah. And He is witness over every thing.”

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Say, “If I had ever asked you for a reward, you could keep it. My reward is only from Allah. And He is a Witness over all things.”

Ruwwad Translation Center

Say, “If I had ever asked you for a reward, it is yours. My reward is only with Allah, and He is Witness over all things.”

A. J. Arberry

Say: 'I have asked no wage of you; that shall be yours. My wage falls only upon God; and He is witness over everything.'

Abdul Haleem

Say, ‘If I have asked you for any reward, you can keep it. It is God alone who will reward me: He is witness to everything.’

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Say thou: whatsoever hire might have asked of you is yours; my hire is with Allah only. And He is of everything a Witness.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Say; "No reward do I ask of you; it is (all) in your interest; my reward is only due from Allah; And He is witness to all things."

Abul Ala Maududi

Say to them: “Whatever recompense I might ask of you, it shall be yours. My recompense is with Allah, and He is witness over everything.”

Ahmed Ali

Say: "The reward I ask is for yourself. My reward is due from none but God; and He is witness over everything."

Ahmed Raza Khan

Say, “Whatever fee I might have asked from you upon this, is yours; my reward is only upon Allah; and He is Witness over all things.”

Ali Quli Qarai

Say, ‘Whatever reward I may have asked you is for your own good. My [true] reward lies only with Allah, and He is witness to all things.’

Ali Ünal

Say: "(I ask of you no wage, yet, even so) whatever you may think I might ask you for by way of wage, it is yours. My wage is only due from God. He is indeed a witness over everything."

Amatul Rahman Omar

Say, `Whatever reward I might have asked of you (for my this exhortation) you can keep it with you. (I claim) my reward only from Allâh for He is the Witness over all things.´

English Literal

Say: I did not ask/question you from a reward , so it is for you, that truly my reward (is) except on God, and He is on every thing (an) honest witness/testifier ."

Faridul Haque

Say, “Whatever fee I might have asked from you upon this, is yours; my reward is only upon Allah; and He is Witness over all things.”

Hamid S. Aziz

Say, "I exhort you only to one thing that you awake for Allah´s sake (or stand up before Allah) in twos or singly, then ponder: there is no madness in your companion (or comrade, fellow-citizen); he is only a Warner to you before a severe doom.

Hilali & Khan

Say (O Muhammad SAW): "Whatever wage I might have asked of you is yours. My wage is from Allah only. and He is Witness over all things."

Maulana Mohammad Ali

Say: I exhort you only to one thing, that you rise up for Allah’s sake by twos and singly, then ponder! There is no madness in your companion. He is only a warner to you before a severe chastisement.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

Say: Whatever reward I have asked of you, that is only for yourselves; my reward is only with Allah, and He is a witness of all things.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Say: Whatever reward I might have asked of you is yours. My reward is the affair of Allah only. He is Witness over all things.

Muhammad Sarwar

Say, "Whatever reward I ask you (for my preaching) will be for your own good. No one can reward me except God. He is the Witness over all things."

Qaribullah & Darwish

Say: 'I ask no wage of you; that shall be yours. My wage is only upon Allah and He is Witness over everything'

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

Say: "Whatever wage I might have asked of you is yours. My wage is from Allah only, and He is a Witness over all things."

Wahiduddin Khan

Say, "If I have asked you for any recompense, you can keep it. It is God alone who will reward me: He is the witness of all things."

Talal Itani

Say, “Whatever compensation I have asked of you, is yours. My compensation comes only from God, and He is Witness over all things.”

Tafsir jalalayn

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.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

I do not ask for any Reward for conveying the Message

Allah commands His Messenger to;

قُلْ

Say,

Allah commands His Messenger to say to the idolators;

مَا سَأَلْتُكُم مِّنْ أَجْرٍ فَهُوَ لَكُمْ

Whatever wage I might have asked of you is yours.

meaning, `I do not want anything for conveying the Message of Allah to you, advising you and telling you to worship Allah.'

إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلاَّ عَلَى اللَّهِ

My wage is from Allah only,

means, rather I will seek the reward for that with Allah.

وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَهِيدٌ



and He is a Witness over all things.

means, He knows all things, and He knows everything about me and the manner in which I am conveying the Message to you, and He knows all about you.

قُلْ إِنَّ رَبِّي يَقْذِفُ بِالْحَقِّ عَلَّمُ الْغُيُوبِ