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quran:36:21

Follow those who do not ask of you ˹any˺ payment, and they are ˹rightly˺ guided.  

Follow (ittabi‘ū, this reiterates the preceding ˹ittabi‘ū˺) them who do not ask you for any reward, in return for ˹delivering to you˺ the message, and who are rightly guided. And so he was asked, ‘Do you follow their religion?’ So he replied:
القرآن:٣٦:٢١

اتَّبِعُوا مَنْ لَا يَسْأَلُكُمْ أَجْرًا وَهُمْ مُهْتَدُونَ  

{اتبعوا} تأكيد للأول {مَن لا يسألكم أجرا} على رسالته {وهم مهتدون} فقيل له: أنت على دينهم.