Or is it that [they fear lest] thou ask them for a reward, [O Prophet,] so that they would be burdened with debt [if they listened to thee]?

Or is it that thou dost ask them for a reward, so that they are burdened with a load of debt?-

Or dost thou (Muhammad) ask a fee from them so that they are heavily taxed?

Or dost thou ask from them a reward, so that they are burdened with debt?

Or do you ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?