قوله : ( ويا قوم لا أسألكم عليه مالا ) أي : على الوحي وتبليغ الرسالة ، كناية عن غير مذكور ، ( إن أجري ) ما ثوابي ، ( إلا على الله وما أنا بطارد الذين آمنوا ) هذا دليل على أنهم طلبوا منه طرد المؤمنين ، ( إنهم ملاقو ربهم ) أي : صائرون إلى ربهم في المعاد فيجزي من طردهم ، ( ولكني أراكم قوما تجهلون )
Noah told his people that he did not ask for any payment for the delivery of his message: his reward would only be from Allah. He would not drive away the poor among the believers, who the disbelievers asked to be removed from his company. They will be meeting their Lord on the Day of Judgement, and Allah will reward them for their faith. Noah said that he saw them as a people who did not understand the reality of what he was calling them to when they asked him to drive away the weak people among the believers.