Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
Or is it that [they who reject thy message, O Muhammad, fear lest] thou ask of them a reward, so that they would be burdened with debt [if they should listen to thee]
M. M. Pickthall
Or askest thou (Muhammad) a fee from them so that they are plunged in debt
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Or is it that thou dost ask for a reward, so that they are burdened with a load of debt?
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
Or are you ˹O Prophet˺ asking them for a reward ˹for the message˺ so that they are overburdened by debt?
Safi Kaskas
Or do you demand a wage from them that would burden them with debt?
Wahiduddin Khan
Or do you ask them for a reward, so that they are overburdened by debt
Shakir
Or do you ask them for a reward, so that they are overburdened by a debt
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
Or hast thou asked them for a compensation so that they are from something owed ones who will be weighed down?
T.B.Irving
Or are you asking them for some fee so they will feel weighted down with debt?
Abdul Hye
Or is it that you (O Muhammad) ask a wage from them (for your preaching) so that they are burdened from a load of debt?
The Study Quran
Or dost thou ask a reward of them, such that they are burdened with debt
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
Or is it that you ask them for a fee, so they are burdened by a debt?
Talal Itani (2012)
Or do you demand a payment from them, and they are burdened by debt
Dr. Kamal Omar
Do you ask them for a reward, so they with a load of debt are burdened people
Do you ask them payment for your services, that they should fear to be overburdened by a debt
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Or even do you ask them for a reward, (and) so they are weighed down with heavy fines
Muhammad Sarwar
Do you (Muhammad) ask them for any payment (for your preaching) which they cannot afford
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Or is it that you (O prophet) ask them for a fee, and therefore they are burdened with a liability
Shabbir Ahmed
Or is it that you (O Prophet) ask a reward from them and thereby they are burdened with debt
Dr. Munir Munshey
(Oh prophet), are you asking them for a fee, so they feel burdened by that liability
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Or is it that you ask for a reward, so that they will be burdened with a load of debt
Or do you, [O Muhammad], ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
Or do you ask them for a wage, thus they are burdened by the fin
Abdel Haleem
Do you [Prophet] demand a payment from them that would burden them with debt
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Or askest thou a hire from them so that they are with debt laden
Ahmed Ali
Or do you demand any wages from them so that they are burdened with expense
Aisha Bewley
Or do you ask them for a wage so they are weighed down with debt?
Ali Ünal
Or is it that you (O Messenger) ask them for wage (for conveying God’s Religion to them) so that they are crushed under debt
Ali Quli Qara'i
Do you ask them for a reward, so that they are weighed down with debt
Hamid S. Aziz
Or do you ask them for a reward, so that they are overburdened by a debt
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
Or do you ask them for a wage, and they are weighed down by the debt?
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
Or is it that you ask for a reward, so that they are burdened with a load of debt
Musharraf Hussain
Or do you ask them for a wage for this guidance that would make them heavily indebted?
Maududi
Or is it that you ask of them any recompense so that they should fear to be weighed down under the burden of debt
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Or do you ask them for a wage, so they are burdened by the fine?
Mohammad Shafi
Or, do you [Prophet Muhammad] ask of them a reward, and so do they get burdened with debt
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Or you ask some wage from them, so that they are pressed under a load of debt
Are you asking them for any wage, and they are burdened thereby?
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
Or, do you ask them for a wage, so that they become weighed down in debt
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Or askest thou a reward from them so that they are over-burdened by a debt
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
Or you ask/question them (for) a reward/wage/fee, so they are from a burdensome debt heavy/burdened/loaded
Bijan Moeinian
Does our prophet ask for a wage for his mission that they are afraid of paying for him
Faridul Haque
Or do you (O dear Prophet Mohammed - peace and blessings be upon him) ask any fee from them, so they are burdened with the penalty
Sher Ali
Dost thou ask a reward from them, so that they are weighed down with a load of debt
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Do you ask them for wages that they are weighed down with debt
Amatul Rahman Omar
Do you ask a reward from them (for your conveying the Message) so that they are weighed down with a load of undue debts (and so are finding it hard to pay)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
Or is it that you (O Muhammad SAW) ask a wage from them (for your preaching of Islamic Monotheism) so that they are burdened with a load of debt
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
Or is it that you ask them for a fee so that they are overburdened with debt?
Munir Mezyed
Or do you ask them a reward for (your preaching) while they are heavily burdened with debt?
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
Or do you ask them for a reward and they are burdened by debt?
Linda “iLHam” Barto
Have you asked for a reward so that they are burdened with a load of debt?
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
Or do yousg ask them for a reward so that they are weighed down by debt?
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
Or are you asking them for some fee so they will feel weighted down with debt?
Samy Mahdy
Or do you ask them for a wage, so they from fines are overburdened?
Ahmed Hulusi
Or do you ask of them a payment by which they are heavily indebted?
Mir Aneesuddin
Or do you ask them for a reward so that they are burdened with a debt?
Or do you ask of them a pay for the Divine message you deliver to them, that they have been burdened with a heavy debt
The Wise Quran
Or you ask them for a reward, so they are burdened from debt.