Tafheem ul Quran

Surah 34 Saba, Ayat 47-47

قُلۡ مَا سَاَ لۡـتُكُمۡ مِّنۡ اَجۡرٍ فَهُوَ لَـكُمۡ ؕ اِنۡ اَجۡرِىَ اِلَّا عَلَى اللّٰهِ ۚ وَهُوَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَىۡءٍ شَهِيۡدٌ‏ ﴿34:47﴾

(34:47) Say to them: “Whatever recompense I might ask of you, it shall be yours.68 My recompense is with Allah, and He is witness over everything.”69


Notes

68. Another meaning of this can be: “I do not ask anything but your well-being: My only recompense is that you should be reformed.” This thing has been expressed at another place thus; “O Prophet, say to them: I do not ask of you any recompense for this: I only ask of the one, who will, to adopt the way of his Lord.” (Surah Al-Furqan, Ayat 57).

69. That is, “The accusers may say whatever they like but Allah knows everything. He is a witness that I am a selfless person. I am not perforating this mission for any selfish motive.”