Qur'an 76:9 Al-Insan
إِنَّمَا نُطْعِمُكُمْ لِوَجْهِ ٱللَّهِ لَا نُرِيدُ مِنكُمْ جَزَآءًۭ وَلَا شُكُورًا
[Saying], "We feed you only for the countenance of Allah. We wish not from you reward or gratitude.
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What it says
The reason is given in the givers' own words, the only words quoted from them anywhere in the surah, and they run on into the next verse. Li-wajhillah aims the food past the person receiving it, so the recipient is not the point of the act. The two things refused are the two ordinary returns on a gift, payment and thanks, and the second is the harder one to give up.
Word by word
إِنَّمَا innamā only · نُطْعِمُكُمْ nuṭʿimukum we feed you · لِوَجْهِ liwajhi for the face · ٱللَّهِ llāhi of Allah · لَا lā not · نُرِيدُ nurīdu we want · مِنكُمْ minkum from you · جَزَآءً jazāʾan repayment · وَلَا wa-lā nor · شُكُورًا shukūran thanks
The reel · recited by Mishary Rashid Alafasy
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