Surah At-Tur, Ayah 40 (52:40)

ٱلطُّور

أَمْ تَسَْٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ

Quran 52:40 is ayah 40 of Surah At-Tur (“The Mount”), a Meccan surah of 49 ayahs. It is in Juz 27, on page 525 of the Madani Mushaf.

52:40
أَمْتَسَْٔلُهُمْأَجْرًافَهُممِّنمَّغْرَمٍمُّثْقَلُونَ٤٠
am tasaluhum ajran fahum min maghramin muth'qalūna

Or do you, [O Muḥammad], ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?(40)

Word by word

  1. أَمْamOr
  2. تَسَْٔلُهُمْtasaluhum(do) you ask from them
  3. أَجْرًاajrana payment
  4. فَهُمfahumso they
  5. مِّنminfrom
  6. مَّغْرَمٍmaghramina debt
  7. مُّثْقَلُونَmuth'qalūna(are) overburdened

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