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Surah Yusuf — 12:104

وَمَا تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۚ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Wa maa tas'aluhum 'alaihi min ajr; in huwa illaa zikrul lil'aalameen

Oysa sen buna karşılık onlardan bir ücret de istemiyorsun. Kuran, alemler için sadece bir öğüttür.

You ask no reward from them for it. It is nothing but a reminder to all the worlds.

Reflection

The story of Yusuf has finished, and this line sets the terms on which it was handed over. Surah al-Shuʿarāʾ gives the same formula to five prophets in their own voices, each asking no wage and placing his wage with the Lord of al-ʿālamīn; here God says it of the Prophet, and the same word, al-ʿālamīn, names the audience of the reminder. A history of one family, told free of charge, is claimed for every kind of being.

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