Surah Hud, Ayah 51 (11:51)

هُود

يَٰقَوْمِ لَآ أَسَْٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱلَّذِى فَطَرَنِىٓ ۚ أَفَلَا …

Quran 11:51 is ayah 51 of Surah Hud (“Hud”), a Meccan surah of 123 ayahs. It is in Juz 12, on page 227 of the Madani Mushaf.

11:51
يَٰقَوْمِلَآأَسَْٔلُكُمْعَلَيْهِأَجْرًا ۖإِنْأَجْرِىَإِلَّاعَلَىٱلَّذِىفَطَرَنِىٓ ۚأَفَلَاتَعْقِلُونَ٥١
yāqawmi lā asalukum ʿalayhi ajran in ajriya illā ʿalā alladhī faṭaranī afalā taʿqilūna

O my people, I do not ask you for it [i.e., my advice] any reward. My reward is only from the one who created me. Then will you not reason?(51)

Word by word

  1. يَٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
  2. لَآlāNot
  3. أَسَْٔلُكُمْasalukumI ask you
  4. عَلَيْهِʿalayhifor it
  5. أَجْرًا ۖajranany reward
  6. إِنْinNot
  7. أَجْرِىَajriya(is) my reward
  8. إِلَّاillāexcept
  9. عَلَىʿalāfrom
  10. ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One Who
  11. فَطَرَنِىٓ ۚfaṭaranīcreated me
  12. أَفَلَاafalāThen will not
  13. تَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūnayou use reason

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