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  • قُلۡ Say
  • مَآ Not
  • أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ I ask of you
  • عَلَيۡهِ for it
  • مِنۡ any
  • أَجۡرٖ payment
  • وَمَآ and not
  • أَنَا۠ I am
  • مِنَ of
  • ٱلۡمُتَكَلِّفِينَ the ones who pretend
Say, [O Muḥammad], "I do not ask you for it [i.e., the Qur’ān] any payment, and I am not of the pretentious.
Say: 'I do not ask of you, in return for this, for delivering the Message [to you], any reward, any fee; nor am I an impostor, so as to make up Al-Qur'an myself.