Surah 34:47
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قُلۡ مَا سَأَلۡتُكُم مِّنۡ أَجۡرٖ فَهُوَ لَكُمۡۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱللَّهِۖ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ شَهِيدٞ
Say: ‘I have not asked you for any reward, but it was (only) for your own sake. My reward (depends) only on God. He is a witness over everything.’
قُلۡ إِنَّ رَبِّي يَقۡذِفُ بِٱلۡحَقِّ عَلَّـٰمُ ٱلۡغُيُوبِ
Say: ‘My Lord hurls the truth – Knower of the unseen.’
قُلۡ جَآءَ ٱلۡحَقُّ وَمَا يُبۡدِئُ ٱلۡبَٰطِلُ وَمَا يُعِيدُ
Say: ‘The truth has come! Falsehood (can) neither bring (anything) about, nor restore (it).’
قُلۡ إِن ضَلَلۡتُ فَإِنَّمَآ أَضِلُّ عَلَىٰ نَفۡسِيۖ وَإِنِ ٱهۡتَدَيۡتُ فَبِمَا يُوحِيٓ إِلَيَّ رَبِّيٓۚ إِنَّهُۥ سَمِيعٞ قَرِيبٞ
Say: ‘If I go astray, I go astray only against myself, but if I am guided, it is by what my Lord inspires me (with). Surely He is hearing (and) near.’
Allah commands His Messenger to say to the idolaters:
meaning, T do not want anything for conveying the Message of Allah to you, advising you and telling you to worship Allah.’
{My wage is from Allah only,} means, ‘rather I will seek the reward for that with Allah.’
{and He is a Witness over all things .} means, ‘He knows all things, and He knows everything about me and the manner in which I am conveying the Message to you, and He knows all about you.’
This is like the Ayah:
{He sends the Revelation by His command to any of His servants He zoills} (40:15).
meaning, He sends the angel to whomsoever He wills of His servants among the people on earth, and He is the All-Knower of the Unseen; nothing whatsoever is hidden from Him in the heavens or on earth.
means, truth and the great Law have come from Allah, and falsehood has gone and has perished and vanished. This is like the Ayah:
When the Messenger of Allah entered Al-Masjid Al-Haram on the day of the conquest of Makkah, and found those idols standing around the Ka'bah, he started to hit the idols with his bow, reciting,
This was recorded by Al-Bukhari, Muslim, At-Tirmidhi and An-Nasal.
means, all good comes from Allah, and in what Allah sends down of revelation and clear truth there is guidance and wisdom. So whoever goes astray, does so by himself, as 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud, may Allah be pleased with him, said when he was asked about some issue. He said, “I will say what I think, and if it is correct, then it is from Allah, and if it is wrong, then it is from me and from the Shayt&n, and Allah and His Messenger have nothing to do with it .”
{Truly, He is All-Hearer, Ever Near.} means. He hears all the words of His servants, and He is always near to respond to them when they call on Him. An-Nasal recorded the Hadith of Abu Musa which also appears in the Two Sahihs:
“You are not calling upon one who is deaf or absent; you are calling upon One Who is All-Hearer, Ever Near and Responsive .”