Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Ayah 127 (26:127)

ٱلشُّعَرَاء

وَمَآ أَسَْٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

Quran 26:127 is ayah 127 of Surah Ash-Shu'ara (“The Poets”), a Meccan surah of 227 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 372 of the Madani Mushaf.

26:127
وَمَآأَسَْٔلُكُمْعَلَيْهِمِنْأَجْرٍ ۖإِنْأَجْرِىَإِلَّاعَلَىٰرَبِّٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ١٢٧
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.(127)

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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