Inspiring quotes from the Meccan Revelations (... more)
[ Work and compensation ]
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Work requires a wage for its own sake, which is the compensation in return for what he gave of himself, and what remains is only from what is taken. Among us are those who said, “Do not take it from God Almighty, because He is the one employed by us in that work, so the wage is upon him. There is no prophet or messenger except that he said, when it was said to him, ‘Say,’ and he commanded,” and he said. I do not ask of you any reward for it, meaning in conveying the message, my reward is only from God. They have not deviated from the reward and reporting from God is the best of closeness to God, and God used him in conveying the message even though he is a servant, so the reward was required of him, Glory be to Him, by appointing him in exchange for what he gave of himself in what he used him for and leaving the permissibility of what he is. It is his and his choice. And whoever sees that the compensation is due only to the one who benefits from that communication, he asks for the