25. Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 57
قُلْ مَٓا اَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ اَجْرٍ اِلَّا مَنْ شَٓاءَ اَنْ يَتَّخِذَ اِلٰى رَبِّه۪ سَب۪يلاً
Qul ma as-alukum AAalayhi min ajrinilla man shaa an yattakhitha ilarabbihi sabeela
Say: ‘I do not ask you for any wage for it – only that anyone who wants to should make his way towards his Lord. ’
- Progressive Muslims
Say: "I do not ask you for a wage; but for whoever chooses to make a path to his Lord. "
- Shabbir Ahmed
Say, "I ask you no reward for it but this: That whoever wishes, may take a Path to his Lord. " (34:47), (42:13).
- Sam Gerrans
Say thou: “I ask not of you for it any reward save that whoso wills might take to his Lord a path.”
- The Monotheist Group
Say: "I do not ask you for any wage; but for whoever chooses to make a path to his Lord."
- Edip-Layth
Say, "I do not ask you for a wage; but for whoever chooses to make a path to his Lord."
- Aisha Bewley
Say: ‘I do not ask you for any wage for it – only that anyone who wants to should make his way towards his Lord. ’
- Rashad Khalifa
Say, "I do not ask you for any money. All I seek is to help you find the right path to your Lord, if this is what you choose."
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
Tell them: "I do not ask any recompense of you for this other than (urging) whoever likes may take the way to his Lord. "
- Sahih International
Say, "I do not ask of you for it any payment - only that whoever wills might take to his Lord a way. "
- Muhammad Asad
Say: "For this, no reward do I ask of you [- no reward] other than that he who so wills may unto his Sustainer find a way!"
- Marmaduke Pickthall
Say: I ask of you no reward for this, save that whoso will may choose a way unto his Lord.
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
Say to them -the infidels-: "I do not charge you a price for imparting to you Allah's disclosures of divine knowledge, wisdom and practical divinity, my only reward is to see the one who has decided to open his heart's ears and his mind's eyes and sets himself on the path of righteousness, the path that leads directly to Allah. "
- Bijan Moeinian
Say: "I do not ask you for any consulting fee. All I am asking is to let me help you to find the right path to your Lord, in your freedom of choice."
- Al-Hilali & Khan
Say: "No reward do I ask of you for this (that which I have brought from my Lord and its preaching), save that whosoever wills may take a Path to his Lord.
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Say: "No reward do I ask of you for it but this: that each one who will may take a (straight) Path to his Lord."
- Mustafa Khattab
Say, "I do not ask you for any reward for this ˹message˺, but whoever wishes, let them pursue the Way to their Lord."
- Taqi Usmani
Say, "I do not demand from you any return, except that one should adopt the (proper) way to his Lord, if he so wills.
- Abdul Haleem
Say, ‘I am not asking for any reward for it, but anyone who wishes should take a path to his Lord.’
- Arthur John Arberry
Say: 'I do not ask of you a wage for this, except for him who wishes to take to his Lord a way. '
- E. Henry Palmer
Say, 'I ask you not for it a hire unless one please to take unto his Lord a way. '
- Hamid S. Aziz
We have only sent you to give glad tidings and as a Warner.
- Mahmoud Ghali
Say, "In no way do I ask of you (any) reward for it except for him who decides to take for (himself) a way to his Lord.
- George Sale
Say, I ask not of you any reward for this my preaching; besides the conversion of him who shall desire to take the way unto his Lord.
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
Say: "I do not ask any reward from you for it except this: That each one who will (wish to do so), may take a (straight) Path to his Lord. "
- Amatul Rahman Omar
Say, `I ask of you no recompense for it (- the services I render). All that I ask is that whosoever chooses may follow the path (that leads) to his Lord.'
- Ali Quli Qarai
Say, ‘I do not ask you any reward for it, except that anyone who wishes should take the way to his Lord. ’