Sad 38:86
The Letter "Saad" · Meccan · Juz 23 · Page 458
I Am Not a Pretender
قُلۡ مَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرࣲ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلۡمُتَكَلِّفِينَ ٨٦
Say (O Muhammad, unto mankind): I ask of you no fee for this, and I am no simulating.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Say: “I ask no payment for it, nor am I of the pretenders.”
Insight
According to Elmalılı, the Prophet is not one who affects what he does not have.
Reflect
Be who you are; avoid pretence.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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