Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Ayah 164 (26:164)

ٱلشُّعَرَاء

وَمَآ أَسَْٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

Quran 26:164 is ayah 164 of Surah Ash-Shu'ara (“The Poets”), a Meccan surah of 227 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 374 of the Madani Mushaf.

26:164
وَمَآأَسَْٔلُكُمْعَلَيْهِمِنْأَجْرٍ ۖإِنْأَجْرِىَإِلَّاعَلَىٰرَبِّٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ١٦٤
wamā asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā ʿalā rabbi l-ʿālamīna

And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.(164)

Word by word

  1. وَمَآwamāAnd not
  2. أَسَْٔلُكُمْasalukumI ask you
  3. عَلَيْهِʿalayhifor it
  4. مِنْminany
  5. أَجْرٍ ۖajrinpayment
  6. إِنْinNot
  7. أَجْرِىَajriya(is) my payment
  8. إِلَّاillāexcept
  9. عَلَىٰʿalāfrom
  10. رَبِّrabbi(the) Lord
  11. ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna(of) the worlds

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