Surah Hud, ayah 51
يَـٰقَوْمِ لَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱلَّذِى فَطَرَنِىٓ ۚ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ
O my people, I do not ask you for it [i.e., my advice] any reward. My reward is only from the one who created me. Then will you not reason?
Hud · 11:51
Word by word
- يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
- لَآlāNot
- أَسْـَٔلُكُمْasalukumI ask you
- عَلَيْهِʿalayhifor it
- أَجْرًا ۖajranany reward
- إِنْinNot
- أَجْرِىَajriya(is) my reward
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- عَلَىʿalāfrom
- ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One Who
- فَطَرَنِىٓ ۚfaṭaranīcreated me
- أَفَلَاafalāThen will not
- تَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūnayou use reason
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