Surah Yusuf ayat 104 Tafsir Quran 12:104

﴿وَمَا تَسْأَلُهُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۚ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ﴾
[ يوسف: 104]

12:104 And you do not ask of them for it any payment. It is not except a reminder to the worlds.

Nor do you ask them any wage that you should take for it that is for the Qur’ān — it namely the Qur’ān is but a reminder an admonition to all the worlds.

In fact you never ask them for a price nor do you strike a bargain with them for advantaging them of divine knowledge and practical divinity cited in the Quran which is but a divine illumination and enlightenment revealed to guide mankind into all truth

This Story is a Revelation from Allah Allah narrated to Muhammad ﷺ, the story of Yusuf and his brothers and how Allah raised him over them, giving him the better end, triumph, the sovereignty and wisdom ( i.e., prophethood ), even though they tried to harm and kill him.
Allah said, `This and similar stories are part of the unseen incidents of the past, O Muhammad, نُوحِيهِ إِلَيْكَ ( which We reveal to you. ) and inform you of, O Muhammad, because it carries a lesson, for you to draw from and a reminder to those who defy you.' Allah said next, وَمَا كُنتَ لَدَيْهِمْ `( You were not (present ) with them), you did not witness their conference nor saw them, إِذْ أَجْمَعُواْ أَمْرَهُمْ ( when they arranged their plan together, ) to throw Yusuf into the well, وَهُمْ يَمْكُرُونَ ( and (while ) they were plotting) against him.
We taught you all this through Our Revelation which We sent down to you.' Allah said in other Ayat, وَمَا كُنتَ لَدَيْهِمْ إِذْ يُلْقُون أَقْلَـمَهُمْ ( You were not with them, when they cast lots with their pens.. ) and, وَمَا كُنتَ بِجَانِبِ الْغَرْبِىِّ إِذْ قَضَيْنَآ إِلَى مُوسَى الاٌّمْرَ ( And you were not on the western side, when We made clear to Musa the commandment... ) 28:44 until, وَمَا كُنْتَ بِجَانِبِ الطُّورِ إِذْ نَادَيْنَا ( And you were not at the side of the Tur when We did call. )28:46 Allah also said, وَمَا كُنتَ ثَاوِياً فِى أَهْلِ مَدْيَنَ تَتْلُو عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَـتِنَا ( And you were not a dweller among the people of Madyan, reciting Our verses to them. ) 28:45 Allah states that Muhammad is His Messenger and that He has taught him the news of what occurred in the past, which carry lessons for people to draw from, so that they acquire their safety in their religious affairs as well as their worldly affairs.
Yet, most people did not and will not believe, so Allah said, وَمَآ أَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ وَلَوْ حَرَصْتَ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ ( And most of mankind will not believe even if you desire it eagerly. ) Allah said in similar Ayat, وَإِن تُطِعْ أَكْثَرَ مَن فِى الاٌّرْضِ يُضِلُّوكَ عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ( And if you obey most of those on the earth, they will mislead you far away from Allah's path ) 6:116, and, إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لأَيَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُّؤْمِنِينَ ( Verily, in this is an Ayah, yet most of them are not believers. ) 26:8 Allah said next, وَمَا تَسْأَلُهُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ( And no reward you ask of them for it; ) Allah says, `You, O Muhammad, do not ask them in return for this advice and your call to all that is good and righteous, for any price or compensation for delivering it.
Rather, you do so seeking Allah's Face and to deliver good and sincere advice to His creatures, إِنْ هُوَ إِلاَّ ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـلَمِينَ ( it (the Qur'an ) is no less than a Reminder unto the `Alamin ( men and Jinn )) with which they remember, receive guidance and save themselves in this life and the Hereafter.'

(12:104) howsoever eager *72 you may be, and may even demand no recompense for this Message: it is simply an instruction for all the people of the world. *73

And you do not ask of them meaning

*72) In order to grasp the full significance of the underlying admonition implied in it, we must keep in view the background of the Revelation of this story given in the introduction to this Surah.
The Quraish themselves had invited the Holy Prophet to a meeting that had been arranged for putting him to a test which was to show whether he was a we Prophet or not.
When he arrived there, they put him this question without any previous notice or intimation: why did the Israelites go to Egypt? In answer to this, the Holy Prophet recited this Surah then and there.
As they themselves knew that this was an abrupt question and there had been no preparation for its answer beforehand, it was expected that they would 'believe in his Prophethood.
But they were so obdurate that they did not believe in him even then.
As Allah was aware of their intentions, he informed His Messenger beforehand, as if to say, " Though you have come out successful in the test, to which they themselves put you, yet most of them are not going to believe it because they are not sincere in their quest for the truth.
That is why they will not believe even now when the revelation of this Surah has proved conclusively that the Qur'an is not being forged by you but is being sent down by Allah Himself.
As their real aim and intention is to reject your Message anyhow, they will now invent another excuse for their denial.
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This is not meant to remove any misunderstanding the Holy Prophet might have cherished, but is merely an indirect warning to the questioners that Allah knew their intentions well.
This was meant to warn them like this: " O obdurate people ! this Surah has been placed before you to serve as a mirror for you.
You demanded a proof from Our Messenger that he was not forging the Qur'an: had you been reasonable and sincere people, you would have accepted the truth that has been established according to your own test, but you are obdurate people and are still denying it.
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*73) This is another admonition more subtle than the one given above.
Though this, too, has been addressed to the Holy Prophet, it is meant for the unbelievers, as if to say, " O people ! consider your attitude towards the Message from another point of view.
Had you noticed anything in the Mission and the Message of Our Prophet that might have smelt of any self-interest whatever, you would have been justified in rejecting it as the work of a selfish person.
But you yourselves have experienced it that he has absolutely no self-interest in his work and demands no recompense for the Message, which is nothing but instruction for aII the people of the world.
Therefore you should listen to it and consider it without prejudice and make your decisions about it on merit and merit alone.
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This Story is a Revelation from Allah Allah narrated to Muhammad ﷺ, the story of Yusuf and his brothers and how Allah raised him over them, giving him the better end, triumph, the sovereignty and wisdom ( i.e., prophethood ), even though they tried to harm and kill him.
Allah said, `This and similar stories are part of the unseen incidents of the past, O Muhammad, نُوحِيهِ إِلَيْكَ ( which We reveal to you. ) and inform you of, O Muhammad, because it carries a lesson, for you to draw from and a reminder to those who defy you.' Allah said next, وَمَا كُنتَ لَدَيْهِمْ `( You were not (present ) with them), you did not witness their conference nor saw them, إِذْ أَجْمَعُواْ أَمْرَهُمْ ( when they arranged their plan together, ) to throw Yusuf into the well, وَهُمْ يَمْكُرُونَ ( and (while ) they were plotting) against him.
We taught you all this through Our Revelation which We sent down to you.' Allah said in other Ayat, وَمَا كُنتَ لَدَيْهِمْ إِذْ يُلْقُون أَقْلَـمَهُمْ ( You were not with them, when they cast lots with their pens.. ) and, وَمَا كُنتَ بِجَانِبِ الْغَرْبِىِّ إِذْ قَضَيْنَآ إِلَى مُوسَى الاٌّمْرَ ( And you were not on the western side, when We made clear to Musa the commandment... ) 28:44 until, وَمَا كُنْتَ بِجَانِبِ الطُّورِ إِذْ نَادَيْنَا ( And you were not at the side of the Tur when We did call. )28:46 Allah also said, وَمَا كُنتَ ثَاوِياً فِى أَهْلِ مَدْيَنَ تَتْلُو عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَـتِنَا ( And you were not a dweller among the people of Madyan, reciting Our verses to them. ) 28:45 Allah states that Muhammad is His Messenger and that He has taught him the news of what occurred in the past, which carry lessons for people to draw from, so that they acquire their safety in their religious affairs as well as their worldly affairs.
Yet, most people did not and will not believe, so Allah said, وَمَآ أَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ وَلَوْ حَرَصْتَ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ ( And most of mankind will not believe even if you desire it eagerly. ) Allah said in similar Ayat, وَإِن تُطِعْ أَكْثَرَ مَن فِى الاٌّرْضِ يُضِلُّوكَ عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ( And if you obey most of those on the earth, they will mislead you far away from Allah's path ) 6:116, and, إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لأَيَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُّؤْمِنِينَ ( Verily, in this is an Ayah, yet most of them are not believers. ) 26:8 Allah said next, وَمَا تَسْأَلُهُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ( And no reward you ask of them for it; ) Allah says, `You, O Muhammad, do not ask them in return for this advice and your call to all that is good and righteous, for any price or compensation for delivering it.
Rather, you do so seeking Allah's Face and to deliver good and sincere advice to His creatures, إِنْ هُوَ إِلاَّ ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـلَمِينَ ( it (the Qur'an ) is no less than a Reminder unto the `Alamin ( men and Jinn )) with which they remember, receive guidance and save themselves in this life and the Hereafter.'

( Thou askest them ) O Muhammad ( no fee ) no payment ( for it ) for the profession of monotheism. ( It is ) i.e. the Qur’an ( naught else than a reminder ) an admonition ( unto the peoples ) unto the jinn and humans.

And no reward you (O Muhammad SAW) ask of them (those who deny your Prophethood) for it, it (the Quran) is no less than a Reminder and an advice unto the 'Alamin (men and jinns).

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