(86) Say, [O Muḥammad], "I do not ask you for it [i.e., the Qur’ān] any payment, and I am not of the pretentious.— الترجمة الإنجليزية - صحيح انترناشونال
86. Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "No wage do I ask of you for this (the Qur’ân), nor am I one of the Mutakallifûn (those who pretend and fabricate things which do not exist).— الترجمة الإنجليزية
— Dr. Ghali - English translationقُلۡ مَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٖ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلۡمُتَكَلِّفِينَSay, (This is addressed to the Prophet) "In no way do I ask of you any reward, and in no way am I (one) of the pretenders.
— Muhsin Khan - English translationقُلۡ مَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٖ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلۡمُتَكَلِّفِينَSay (O Muhammad SAW): "No wage do I ask of you for this (the Quran), nor am I one of the Mutakallifun (those who pretend and fabricate things which do not exist).
— Pickthall - English translationقُلۡ مَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٖ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلۡمُتَكَلِّفِينَSay (O Muhammad, unto mankind): I ask of you no fee for this, and I am no simulating.
— Yusuf Ali - English translationقُلۡ مَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٖ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلۡمُتَكَلِّفِينَSay: "No reward do I ask of you for this (Qur'an), nor am I a pretender.
— Sahih International - English translationقُلۡ مَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٖ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلۡمُتَكَلِّفِينَSay, [O Muhammad], "I do not ask you for the Qur'an any payment, and I am not of the pretentious
— Abul Ala Maududi(With tafsir) - English translationقُلۡ مَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٖ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلۡمُتَكَلِّفِينَ(38:86) (O Prophet), tell them: “I do not ask you for any recompense for
the performance of this task;1 nor am I given to affectation.2
— Abdul Haleem - English translationقُلۡ مَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٖ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلۡمُتَكَلِّفِينَ[Prophet], say, ‘I ask no reward from you for this, nor do I claim to be what I am not:
— Mufti Taqi Usmani - English translationقُلۡ مَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٖ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلۡمُتَكَلِّفِينَSay (O Prophet to the unbelievers,) “I do not demand from you any fee for it, nor am I from among those who make up things artificially.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran - English translationقُلۡ مَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٖ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلۡمُتَكَلِّفِينَSay, ˹O Prophet,˺ “I do not ask you for any reward for this ˹Quran˺, nor do I pretend to be someone I am not.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab - English translationقُلۡ مَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٖ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلۡمُتَكَلِّفِينَSay, ˹O Prophet,˺ “I do not ask you for any reward for this ˹Quran˺, nor do I pretend to be someone I am not.
Say [O Prophet], “I do not ask you for any reward for it, nor do I pretend to be what I am not.— الترجمة الإنجليزية - مركز رواد الترجمة
86. Say - O Messenger, to these idolaters: “I do not ask you for any reward for the advice I convey to you, and I am not of the pretentious by bringing more than what I have been ordered with.— الترجمة الإنجليزية للمختصر في تفسير القرآن الكريم
Say: ‘No reward do I ask of you for this, and I am not one to claim what I am not.— ترجمة معاني القرآن الكريم - عادل صلاحي