Transliteration:( Am tas'aluhum kharjan fakharaaju Rabbika khairunw wa Huwa khairur raaziqeen )
"Do you ask them any recompense, but recompense of your Lord is the best [107], and He is the Best Provider? [108]."
This verse refutes a possible excuse the disbelievers might make—that they are rejecting faith because the Prophet ﷺ demands some form of compensation or wages. Allah clarifies that the Messenger never sought worldly payment in return for preaching the truth.
Their rejection was not due to any burden of cost, but was purely out of rebelliousness, arrogance, and pride. The reward of the Prophet ﷺ is with Allah alone, and that Divine reward is the best and most honourable.
This phrase expresses Divine excellence and supremacy. In Arabic, such expressions (like Khairur-Rāziqīn) are used not for comparison, but to affirm absolute perfection in a given quality.
While people may gain sustenance through various means—like serving rulers or wealthy patrons—the truest and most honourable provision comes through serving and remembering Allah. He is the real source of all sustenance, and seeking it through Him is the most noble and blessed path.
The tafsir of Surah Al-Muminun verse 72 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Muminun ayat 68 which provides the complete commentary from verse 68 through 75.
(23:72) Are you asking them for something? What Allah has given you is the best. He is the Best of providers.[70]
70. This was yet another proof of the Prophet’s (peace be upon him) Prophethood. He was conveying the message without demanding any recompense for it, and he had no self interest in it. Nay, he had staked his business, reputation, peaceful home life, relationships with the unbelieving kindred for the success of his mission and was being ruthlessly persecuted for its sake. A selfish person could not have risked his all for the sake of only worldly motives. He would rather have exploited the racial and tribal prejudices of his people to become their ruler and leader. On the contrary, his message not only cut at the root of those prejudices but tended to destroy the very bases which helped his tribe to wield influence and authority over the polytheists of Arabia. This is an argument which the Quran has advanced again and again as a proof of the truth of the mission of the other Prophets as well. See (Surah Al-Anaam, Ayat 90); (Surah Yunus, Ayat 72); (Surah Hud, Ayat 29), (Surah Hud, Ayat 51); (Surah Yusuf, Ayat 104); (Surah Ya-Seen, Ayat 21) along with the relevant E.Ns.
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