The meaning of:
قُلْ
مَآ أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ
Say: I do not ask you a reward.
[Al-Furqan 25:57]
Allah, the Exalted, commanded His
messenger Muhammad (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) to tell his people
that he is not seeking rewards or money for conveying to them what was
revealed to him from his Lord, and his calling them to worship Allah
alone, and the rest of Islamic laws. Rather, he was commissioned with
the role of delivering and clarifying the obeying of his Lord, seeking
His pleasure, and expecting reward from Him alone. Thus, to eliminate
from the minds of the polytheists the suspicion that the Prophet
(sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) called them to follow him coveting for
wealth or position, he clarified that he invited them to the truth purely for the sake of Allah.
This was the case of all the Messengers, may Allah exalt their mention.
They never asked for reward from people for preaching [to] them.
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