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Warner

نَذِير

In Islamic tradition, a Warner (نَذِير) is a pivotal figure, a messenger sent by Allah to guide humanity. These noble individuals, including all the prophets, bear the weighty responsibility of conveying divine messages, primarily to warn people of the spiritual and worldly consequences of disbelief and disobedience. Their mission is one of profound mercy, providing clear guidance so that humanity might not claim ignorance. As the Quran states, Allah sends messengers 'lest you say, "There came not to us any bringer of good tidings or a warner." But there has come to you a bringer of good tidings and a warner' [5:19]. Every prophet, from Noah—who declared, 'Indeed, I am to you a clear warner' [11:25]—to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon them all), served this dual role. They are not merely bearers of stern admonitions; rather, 'We send not the messengers except as bringers of good tidings and warners' [6:48]. They call people to pure monotheism, emphasizing 'Do not worship except Allah. Indeed, I am to you from Him a warner and a bringer of good tidings' [11:2]. The Warner's message is an invitation to reflection, an opportunity for people to heed guidance and avert spiritual loss, underscoring Allah’s compassionate desire for humanity's salvation.

In Islamic discourse, the "Warner" (نَذِير) represents a foundational and recurring archetype: the messenger sent by Allah to guide humanity. These figures, most notably all the prophets, are entrusted with a profound dual responsibility: to convey divine messages that promise good tidings to the obedient and to deliver stern warnings of the consequences of disbelief and disobedience. This mission is an act of divine mercy, ensuring that humanity is never left without clear guidance, thereby precluding any claim of ignorance on the Day of Judgment. The Quran explicitly states this purpose, indicating that messengers are sent . This article will delve into the multifaceted role of the Warner, examining its divine mandate, prophetic characteristics, the nature of its reception by humanity, its universal continuity, and its spiritual and legal implications.

The Divine Mandate of Warning

The concept of a Warner is deeply embedded in the Quranic narrative, highlighting Allah's justice and mercy. Allah sends prophets not merely as bearers of glad tidings, but also as warners, as revealed: . This dual role ensures that individuals are fully informed of the path to salvation and the perils of straying, leaving them without excuse for their actions. According to Ibn Kathir's commentary on , this verse emphasizes that messengers clarify religion after a period of cessation, thus removing any plea of ignorance.

Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, is explicitly identified as a Warner for all humanity. The Quran proclaims, and , except as a bringer of good tidings and a warner]. This mandate is universal, encompassing all people, as stated: . Even earlier prophets, such as Noah, declared their mission with similar words: . Ma'arif-ul-Quran explains that the word nadhir (warner) implies a loving, affectionate warning, aiming to protect the warned from harm in this world and the Hereafter, rather than merely instilling fear.

The universality of this divine institution is further underscored by the verse . This signifies that every community throughout history has received divine guidance and admonition through a prophet or messenger, ensuring that Allah's message is consistently conveyed across all times and peoples.

The Prophetic Persona and Message

The Warner, while divinely appointed, remains human, serving as an accessible guide to humanity. Prophet Muhammad, like his predecessors, was a man among his people, not an angel or a possessor of divine treasures, as the Quran clarifies: Say, "I do not say to you that with me are the treasures Allah, nor do I have the knowledge of the Unseen, nor do I say to you that I am an angel. But, I follow that which is revealed to me". This humanity allows the messenger to be relatable, embodying the message within human capabilities and experiences. Ma'arif-ul-Quran elaborates on this, stating that a messenger's humanity ensures mutual homogeneity with those he is sent to, making religious instruction practical and understandable, unlike an angelic messenger whose supernatural nature might compel belief rather than invite it through free will.

The core message of every Warner is unwavering monotheism: . This fundamental call is accompanied by warnings against associating partners with Allah and promises of reward for obedience. The Prophet Muhammad's role is summarized as a reminder: ; you are only a reminder]. His mission is primarily to convey, as stated, the duty of Our Messenger is only to convey the Message clearly.

The prophetic role is not to perform miracles on demand, but to convey truth and warn of divine consequences. When disbelievers sought specific signs, the Quran reminded them: . This signifies that signs are manifested by Allah's will, not the prophet's, and the purpose of the warning is to guide, not to satisfy curiosity or coerce belief. Ibn Kathir highlights that miraculous signs, if denied after being requested, would only hasten punishment, making Allah's decision to delay such signs an act of mercy.

Humanity's Response to the Warning

The historical record, as presented in the Quran, reveals diverse human reactions to the warners' messages. Many chose disbelief and mockery, leading to their ultimate ruin. The Quran recounts, Not a verse from the verses of their Lord comes to them but they turn away from it. Despite clear signs, disbelievers often persisted in their ways. For instance, the people of Noah mocked him while he built the ark, even as he warned them of the coming flood, saying, . His son Canaan refused to board the ark, believing he could escape to a mountain, illustrating the deep-seated denial that often accompanies rejection of divine warning. Ma'arif-ul-Quran notes that Noah, despite his paternal love, could not save his disbelieving son, emphasizing that spiritual kinship overrides blood ties in divine judgment.

Some communities were tested with hardship, hoping they would turn in humility to Allah, but their hearts hardened. Others were given worldly prosperity, which only increased their heedlessness, leading to sudden destruction, as exemplified in So, when they forgot (the warning) with which they had been reminded, We opened to them the gates of every (pleasant) thing, until in the midst of their enjoyment in that which they were given, all of a sudden, We took them to punishment, and lo! They were plunged into destruction with deep regrets and sorrows. Ma'arif-ul-Quran explains that this worldly prosperity (Istidraj) is a gradual luring into destruction for those who persist in sin, serving as a warning to observers.

Even on the Day of Resurrection, some disbelievers will lie about their idolatry, swearing by Allah that they were not polytheists. However, Allah will seal their mouths, and their own limbs will testify against them, revealing their true deeds. As Ibn Kathir points out on 6:28, their wish to return to the world and believe will be a lie born of fear of torment, not genuine faith. This highlights the concept of accountability where one cannot escape the consequences of denial and transgression.

The Universal Continuity of Warning

The mission of warning is a continuous thread throughout prophetic history, culminating in Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), the final Warner. The Quran asserts, is a warner like the former warners], indicating a consistent message delivered by all messengers. Prophet Muhammad's role is not new but a continuation and culmination of the same divine tradition. Indeed, there was a period known as 'Fatrah,' a gap of approximately 500-600 years between the time of Prophet Isa (Jesus) and Prophet Muhammad, during which no new prophet was sent. Ma'arif-ul-Quran explains that Allah sent Prophet Muhammad after this long period of suspension of messengers, so that humanity would not be able to claim ignorance on the Day of Judgment. Ibn Kathir, citing Al-Bukhari, mentions the Prophet's saying, "I, among all people, have the most right to the son of Maryam, for there was no Prophet between Him and I" (Ibn Kathir on 5:19).

Prophet Muhammad's warning is comprehensive and universal, intended for all of humankind: this Qur'an has been revealed to me that I may therewith warn you and whomsoever it may reach. This implies the eternal relevance of the Quran and the Sunnah as sources of warning and guidance until the Day of Judgment. The Prophet likened his role to a "naked warner" who, having seen the enemy himself, rushes to warn his people, urging them to escape imminent danger (Muslim 1:412; Bukhari 81:71, 96:15). This vivid imagery emphasizes the urgency and sincerity of the prophetic warning.

The continuity of the message also extends to previous scriptures. The Quran confirms and is a custodian over the Torah and the Injil, correcting distortions and highlighting the enduring truths within them. This overarching role of the Quran ensures that humanity always has access to the unadulterated divine warning.

Spiritual and Legal Dimensions of Heeding the Warner

Heeding the Warner has profound spiritual and legal implications. On a spiritual level, responding to the divine call leads to peace and ultimate success. Allah invites people to the Abode of Peace, which is Paradise, a place of eternal security and absence of all sorrow. Ma'arif-ul-Quran describes "Dar-us-Salam" as a home of absolute and eternal peace, where dwellers receive greetings of "Salam" from Allah and the angels. This blissful end is promised for those who believe and do righteous deeds.

Legally and socially, the teachings of the Warners operationalize divine justice and human responsibility. The Quran commands believers to Help you one another in Al-Birr and At-Taqwa; but do not help one another in sin and transgression. Ma'arif-ul-Quran clarifies that Birr means righteous deeds and Taqwa means abstinence from evil, forming the basis of mutual cooperation in a just society. Justice is paramount, even towards enemies, as Allah states: let not the enmity and hatred of others make you avoid justice. Be just: that is nearer to Taqwa. Ibn Kathir on 5:8 records a Hadith where the Prophet Muhammad instructs, "Have Taqwa of Allah and treat your children equally," reinforcing the universal demand for fairness.

The concept of repentance also plays a crucial role in the legal and spiritual framework. For those who commit wrongs, Allah provides an opportunity for repentance. Even for serious crimes like highway robbery, if individuals repent before being apprehended, the prescribed worldly punishment may be waived, as stated: Except for those who repent before you overpower them; for know that Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. Ma'arif-ul-Quran notes this exception is distinct from general Hudud (prescribed punishments), allowing a path to reform, although rights of individuals must still be fulfilled.

The warning also extends to various aspects of daily life, such as fulfilling contracts: O you who believe! Fulfill (your) obligations. Ma'arif-ul-Quran on 5:1 specifies that al-uqud (contracts) include covenants with Allah, vows to oneself, and agreements with others. This emphasizes the comprehensive nature of divine guidance, encompassing both spiritual and mundane affairs.

The significance of the Warner is encapsulated in the continuous exhortation to worship your Lord until the certainty comes to you. This "certainty," as elucidated by Ibn Kathir, refers to death. It implies that the obligation to worship and follow divine commands continues throughout one's life, until the very moment of death. This continuous engagement with Allah's guidance is the path to receiving His mercy and avoiding His severe punishment.

The concept of the Warner (نَذِير) is central to Islamic theology, illustrating Allah’s unwavering commitment to guiding humanity through clear warnings and glad tidings. From the universal mandate of all prophets to the specific message and human characteristics of Prophet Muhammad, the Warner serves as a beacon, guiding individuals towards monotheism, righteous deeds, and accountability. Humanity's varied responses, from acceptance to denial, underscore the test of life. Both the spiritual rewards for obedience and the legal implications of justice and repentance highlight the comprehensive nature of this divine office. Ultimately, the Warner's message is an eternal call to reflection, inviting humanity to embrace the straight path before the inevitable Day of Reckoning.

Quran — 40 verses

يَٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ قَدْ جَآءَكُمْ رَسُولُنَا يُبَيِّنُ لَكُمْ عَلَىٰ فَتْرَةٍ مِّنَ ٱلرُّسُلِ أَن تَقُولُوا۟ مَا جَآءَنَا مِنۢ بَشِيرٍ وَلَا نَذِيرٍ فَقَدْ جَآءَكُم بَشِيرٌ وَنَذِيرٌ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

Yaaa Ahlal Kitaabi qad jaaa'akum Rasoolunaa yubaiyinu lakum 'alaa fatratim minal Rusuli an taqooloo maa jaaa'anaa mim basheerinw wa laa nazeerin faqad jaaa'akum basheerunw wa nazeer; wallaahu 'alaa kulli shai'in Qadeer

O People of the Scripture, there has come to you Our Messenger to make clear to you [the religion] after a period [of suspension] of messengers, lest you say, "There came not to us any bringer of good tidings or a warner." But there has come to you a bringer of good tidings and a warner. And Allah is over all things competent.

اے اہلِ کتاب پیغمبروں کے آنے کا سلسلہ جو (ایک عرصے تک) منقطع رہا تو (اب) تمہارے پاس ہمارے پیغمبر آ گئے ہیں جو تم سے (ہمارے احکام) بیان کرتے ہیں تاکہ تم یہ نہ کہو کہ ہمارے پاس کوئی خوشخبری یا ڈر سنانے والا نہیں آیا سو (اب) تمہارے پاس خوشخبری اور ڈر سنانے والے آ گئے ہیں اور خدا ہر چیز پر قادر ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary The word, "fatrah" in: عَلَىٰ فَتْرَ‌ةٍ مِّنَ الرُّ‌سُلِ (after a gap between Messengers) literally means to slacken, to become dormant or to suspend or to terminate an activity. Leading authorities in Tafsir have given this very meaning of fatrah in this verse. It signifies the suspensio...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: O People of the Scripture there has verily come to you Our Messenger Muhammad (s) making clear to you the laws of religion after an interval between the messengers for there was no messenger between him and Jesus an interval of 569 years; lest you should say if you are punished ‘There has not come t...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): وَلَبِثُواْ فِى كَهْفِهِمْ ثَلاثَ مِئَةٍ سِنِينَ وَازْدَادُواْ تِسْعًا (And they stayed in their Cave three hundred years, adding nine.) meaning, nine more lunar years to substitute for the difference between lunar and solar years, thus agreeing with the three hundred years that the People of the Bo...

وَمَا نُرْسِلُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنذِرِينَ فَمَنْ ءَامَنَ وَأَصْلَحَ فَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ

Wa maa nursilul mursaleena illaa mubashshireena wa munzireena faman aamana wa aslaha falaa khawfun 'alaihim wa laa hum yahzanoon

And We send not the messengers except as bringers of good tidings and warners. So whoever believes and reforms - there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.

اور ہم جو پیغمبروں کو بھیجتے رہے ہیں تو خوشخبری سنانے اور ڈرانے کو پھر جو شخص ایمان لائے اور نیکوکار ہوجائے تو ایسے لوگوں کو نہ کچھ خوف ہوگا اور نہ وہ اندوہناک ہوں گے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In the last verse (45), it was said that, when the mass punishment of Allah Ta` ala came, the people who did wrong were uprooted to the last man. Said immediately after was: وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّـهِ رَ‌بِّ الْعَالَمِينَ (And praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds) where the hint given is: Whenever t...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: We do not send messengers except as bearers of good tidings to those who believe good tidings of Paradise and as warners to those who disbelieve warning of the Fire. Whoever believes in them and makes amends in his deeds no fear shall befall them neither shall they grieve in the Hereafter.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَخَذَ اللَّهُ سَمْعَكُمْ وَأَبْصَـرَكُمْ (Tell me, if Allah took away your hearing and your sight.) just as He gave these senses to you. In another Ayah, Allah said; هُوَ الَّذِى أَنشَأَكُمْ وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ السَّمْعَ وَالاٌّبْصَـرَ (It is He Who has created you, and endowed you wi...

قُلِ ٱنظُرُوا۟ مَاذَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا تُغْنِى ٱلْـَٔايَٰتُ وَٱلنُّذُرُ عَن قَوْمٍ لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ

Qulin zuroo maazaa fissamaawaati wal ard; wa maa tughnil Aayaatu wannuzuru 'an qawmil laa yu'minoon

Say, "Observe what is in the heavens and earth." But of no avail will be signs or warners to a people who do not believe

(ان کفار سے) کہو دیکھو تو زمین اور آسمانوں میں کیا کچھ ہے۔ مگر جو لوگ ایمان نہیں رکھتے ان کی نشانیاں اور ڈرواے کچھ کام نہیں آتے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In the seventh verse (98), the heedless deniers of truth have been admonished for their failure to make the optimum use of the time of life allowed to them. There was still time for them to leave denial and contumacy. Otherwise, an ominous time was due to come when they will make Taubah but their Ta...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Say to the disbelievers of Mecca ‘Behold what is in the heavens and in the earth!’ of signs indicating God’s Oneness exalted be He. But signs and warners nudhur is the plural of nadhīr that is messengers do not avail a folk who will not believe according to God’s knowledge in other words these signs...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Command to reflect upon the Creation of the Heavens and the Earth Allah, the Exalted, guides His servants to reflect upon His blessings. What Allah has created in the heavens and the earth is part of the clear signs for those who possess correct understanding. From that which is in the heavens a...

أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ إِنَّنِى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌ وَبَشِيرٌ

Allaa ta'budooo illal laah; innanee lakum minhu nazeerunw wa basheer

[Through a messenger, saying], "Do not worship except Allah. Indeed, I am to you from Him a warner and a bringer of good tidings,"

(وہ یہ) کہ خدا کے سوا کسی کی عبادت نہ کرو اور میں اس کی طرف سے تم کو ڈر سنانے والا اور خوشخبری دینے والا ہوں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: From the second verse begins the delineation of one of the most important and foremost themes, that of Tauhid, the Oneness of Allah Ta` ala. It is said: أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوا إِلَّا اللَّـهَ (that you worship none but Allah). It means that among things stated in these verses the most important and forem...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Saying ‘Worship none but God. Truly I am to you a warner from Him of chastisement if you disbelieve and a bearer of good tidings’ of reward if you believe.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah Surah Hud made the Prophet's Hair turn Gray Abu `Isa At-Tirmidhi recorded from Ibn `Abbas that Abu Bakr said, "O Messenger of Allah, verily your hair has turned gray." The Prophet replied, «شَيَّبَتْنِي هُودٌ وَالْوَاقِعَةُ وَالْمُرْسَلَاتُ وَعَمَّ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ وَإِذَا...

فَلَعَلَّكَ تَارِكٌۢ بَعْضَ مَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَيْكَ وَضَآئِقٌۢ بِهِۦ صَدْرُكَ أَن يَقُولُوا۟ لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْهِ كَنزٌ أَوْ جَآءَ مَعَهُۥ مَلَكٌ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ نَذِيرٌ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَكِيلٌ

Fala'allaka taarikum ba'da maa yoohaaa ilaika wa daaa'iqum bihee sadruka ai yaqooloo law laaa unzila 'alaihi kanzun aw jaaa'a ma'ahoo malak; innamaa anta nazeer; wallaahu 'alaa kulli shai'inw wakeel

Then would you possibly leave [out] some of what is revealed to you, or is your breast constrained by it because they say, "Why has there not been sent down to him a treasure or come with him an angel?" But you are only a warner. And Allah is Disposer of all things.

شاید تم کچھ چیز وحی میں سے جو تمہارے پاس آتی ہے چھوڑ دو اور اس (خیال) سے کہ تمہارا دل تنگ ہو کہ (کافر) یہ کہنے لگیں کہ اس پر کوئی خزانہ کیوں نہ نازل ہوا یا اس کے ساتھ کوئی فرشتہ کیوں نہیں آیا۔ اے محمدﷺ! تم تو صرف نصیحت کرنے والے ہو۔ اور خدا ہر چیز کا نگہبان ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The fourth verse (12) has been revealed about a particular event. What happened was that the Mushriks of Makkah placed a host of demands before the Holy Prophet One of these was, ` our idols have been maligned in this Qur'an, therefore, we cannot believe in it. So, you should either bring some other...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Perhaps O Muhammad (s) you might think to leave out some of what is revealed to you such that you do not convey it to them for they do not take it seriously and that your breast should be straitened by it by reciting it to them because they say ‘Why has a treasure not been sent down for him or an an...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Messenger grieving by the Statements of the Polytheists, and His Gratification This statement of Allah, the Exalted, to His Messenger comforted the worries that the polytheists were causing him due to their statements directed towards him. This is just as Allah says about them, وَقَالُواْ مَا لِ...

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنِّى لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ

Wa laqad arsalnaa Noohan ilaa qawmihee innee lakum nazeerum mubeen

And We had certainly sent Noah to his people, [saying], "Indeed, I am to you a clear warner

اور ہم نے نوح کو ان کی قوم کی طرف بھیجا (تو انہوں نے ان سے کہا) کہ میں تم کو کھول کھول کر ڈر سنانے اور پیغام پہنچانے آیا ہوں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary When Sayyidna Nuh علیہ السلام invited his people to believe, they responded with some doubts and objections against the veracity of his mission as a prophet and messenger of Allah. Sayyidna Nuh (علیہ السلام) with the will and permission of Allah, answered their questions. Many primary and...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And verily We sent Noah to his people and he said ‘I am annī a variant reading has innī in which case ‘he said’ has been omitted for you a clear warner one whose warning is plain.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Story of Nuh and His Conversation with His People Allah, the Exalted, informs about Prophet Nuh. He was the first Messenger whom Allah sent to the people of the earth who were polytheists involved in worshipping idols. Allah mentions that he (Nuh) said to his people, إِنَّى لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِي...

وَيَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦٓ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرٌ وَلِكُلِّ قَوْمٍ هَادٍ

Wa yaqoolul lazeena kafaroo law laaa unzila 'alaihi Aayatum mir Rabbih; innamaaa anta munzirunw wa likulli qawmin haad

And those who disbelieved say, "Why has a sign not been sent down to him from his Lord?" You are only a warner, and for every people is a guide.

اور کافر لوگ کہتے ہیں کہ اس (پیغمبر) پر اس کے پروردگار کی طرف سے کوئی نشانی نازل نہیں ہوئی۔ سو (اے محمدﷺ) تم تو صرف ہدایت کرنے والے ہو اور ہر ایک قوم کے لیے رہنما ہوا کرتا ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: (that is, in order to raise an objection against the prophethood of Sayyidna Muhammad al-Mustafa ﷺ ، they say) 'Why has the specific miracle they demand has not been shown by him?' The answer is clear. The showing of a miracle is not within the control of a prophet or messenger. Instead, that is dir...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And those who disbelieve say ‘Why has not some sign been sent down upon him upon Muhammad (s) from his Lord!’ the like of the staff and the glowing hand or the she-camel. God exalted be He says You are only a warner one to threaten the disbelievers for it is not your duty to bring forth signs; and f...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Idolators ask for a Miracle Allah states that out of their disbelief and stubbornness, the idolators asked why is not a miracle sent down to the Messenger from his Lord, just like the earlier Messengers For instance, the disbelievers were being stubborn when they asked the Prophet to turn As-Saf...

وَقُلْ إِنِّىٓ أَنَا ٱلنَّذِيرُ ٱلْمُبِينُ

Wa qul inneee anan nazeerul mubeen

And say, "Indeed, I am the clear warner" -

اور کہہ دو کہ میں تو علانیہ ڈر سنانے والا ہوں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary Surah Al-Fatihah is the Text and Summary of the Whole Qur'an That Surah Al-Fatihah (The Opening) has been called the Glorious Qur’ an in this verse (87) indicates that Surah Al-Fatihah is, in a way, the whole Qur’ an - because the basic principles of Islam have been merged in it.l 1. In o...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And say ‘Indeed I am the warner of God’s chastisement lest it be sent down on you the clear warner clear in his warning.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Messenger is a Plain Warner Allah commanded His Prophet to tell the people: إِنِّى أَنَا النَّذِيرُ الْمُبِينُ (I am indeed a plain warner) coming to warn the people of a severe punishment that they will suffer if they reject him, as happened to those nations before them who disbelieved in their...

وَبِٱلْحَقِّ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ وَبِٱلْحَقِّ نَزَلَ وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرًا وَنَذِيرًا

Wa bilhaqqi anzalnaahu wa bilhaqqi nazal; wa maaa arsalnaaka illaa mubash shiranw wa nazeeraa

And with the truth We have sent the Qur'an down, and with the truth it has descended. And We have not sent you, [O Muhammad], except as a bringer of good tidings and a warner.

اور ہم نے اس قرآن کو سچائی کے ساتھ نازل کیا ہے اور وہ سچائی کے ساتھ نازل ہوا اور (اے محمدﷺ) ہم نے تم کو صرف خوشخبری دینے والا اور ڈر سنانے والا بنا کر بھیجا ہے

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary The first verse (101): وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ تِسْعَ آيَاتٍ mentions the bestowal of nine clear signs on Sayyidna Musa (علیہ السلام) . The word: آیَہ ('ayah) carries the meaning of miracle or sign as well as that of the آیَت : ayat or verses of the Qur'an, that is, the divine injunctio...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: With the truth have We revealed it that is the Qur’ān and with the truth it comprises has it been revealed in the way it has unaffected by any alterations; and We have not sent you O Muhammad (s) except as a bearer of good tidings of Paradise for those who believe and as a warner of the Fire for tho...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Revelation of the Qur'an in Stages Allah tells us that His Book, the Glorious Qur'an, has been sent with truth, i.e., it contains the truth, as Allah says: لَّـكِنِ اللَّهُ يَشْهَدُ بِمَآ أَنزَلَ إِلَيْكَ أَنزَلَهُ بِعِلْمِهِ وَالْمَلَـئِكَةُ يَشْهَدُونَ (But Allah bears witness to that which He...

فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرْنَٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لِتُبَشِّرَ بِهِ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ وَتُنذِرَ بِهِۦ قَوْمًا لُّدًّا

Fa innamaa yassarnaahu bilisaanika litubashshira bihil muttaqeena wa tunzira bihee qawmal luddaa

So, [O Muhammad], We have only made Qur'an easy in the Arabic language that you may give good tidings thereby to the righteous and warn thereby a hostile people.

(اے پیغمبر) ہم نے یہ (قرآن) تمہاری زبان میں آسان (نازل) کیا ہے تاکہ تم اس سے پرہیزگاروں کو خوشخبری پہنچا دو اور جھگڑالوؤں کو ڈر سنا دو

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: سَيَجْعَلُ لَهُمُ الرَّ‌حْمَـٰنُ وُدًّا "For them the Rahman (All-Merciful) will create love." - 19:96. It means that for those who are steadfast in their faith in Him, Allah creates an environment of friendship and love for each other, which consequently promotes mutual amity and goodwill among the...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Indeed We have made it easy namely the Qur’ān in your tongue only that you may bear good tidings therewith to the God-fearing those who will be prosperous because of their faith and warn threaten therewith a folk who are contumacious luddan the accusative plural of aladd in other words extremely dis...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Allah places Love of the Righteous People in the Hearts Allah, the Exalted, informs about His believing servants, who work righteous deeds -- deeds that He is pleased with because they are in accordance with the legislation of Muhammad -- that He plants love for them in the hearts of His righteous s...

قُلْ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ

Qul yaaa ayyuhan naasu innamaaa ana lakum nazeerum mubeen

Say, "O people, I am only to you a clear warner."

(اے پیغمبر) کہہ دو کہ لوگو! میں تم کو کھلم کھلا نصیحت کرنے والا ہوں

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: How the Day of Resurrection will be equal to one thousand years by our reckoning In this verseإِنَّ يَوْمًا عِندَ رَ‌بِّكَ كَأَلْفِ سَنَةٍ (22:47) means that one day with your Lord is like one thousand years of what you count. This verse can be interpreted in two ways. The first meaning is that the ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Say ‘O mankind that is O people of Mecca I am only a manifest warner to you’ one whose warning is plain; but also I am a giver of good tidings to the believers.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Recompense of the Righteous and the Unrighteous Allah said to His Prophet , when the disbelievers asked him to hasten on the punishment for them: قُلْ يأَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّمَآ أَنَاْ لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ (Say: "O mankind! I am (sent) to you only as a plain warner.") meaning, `Allah has sen...

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِى نَزَّلَ ٱلْفُرْقَانَ عَلَىٰ عَبْدِهِۦ لِيَكُونَ لِلْعَٰلَمِينَ نَذِيرًا

Tabaarakal lazee nazzalal Furqaana 'alaa 'abdihee li yakoona lil'aalameena nazeera

Blessed is He who sent down the Criterion upon His Servant that he may be to the worlds a warner -

وہ (خدائے غزوجل) بہت ہی بابرکت ہے جس نے اپنے بندے پر قرآن نازل فرمایا تاکہ اہل حال کو ہدایت کرے

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Special features of the Surah There is consensus among the commentators that this Surah was revealed in Makkah. However, Sayyidna Ibn ` Abbas ؓ and Qatadah ؓ contend that three of its verses are Madani and rest of the Surah is Makkan. Yet Qurtubi and a few others maintain that the Surah itself is Ma...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Blessed exalted is He Who revealed the Criterion al-furqān the Qur’ān — called thus al-furqān because it has discriminated faraqa between truth and falsehood — to His servant Muhammad (s) that he may be to all the worlds to mankind and the jinn but not the angels a warner a threatening of God’s chas...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Blessed be Allah Here Allah praises Himself for the Noble Qur'an He has revealed to His noble Messenger . This is like the Ayat: الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِى أَنْزَلَ عَلَى عَ...

وَلَوْ شِئْنَا لَبَعَثْنَا فِى كُلِّ قَرْيَةٍ نَّذِيرًا

Wa law shi'naa laba'asnaa fee kulli qar yatin nazeeraa

And if We had willed, We could have sent into every city a warner.

اور اگر ہم چاہتے تو ہر بستی میں ڈرانے والا بھیج دیتے

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَلَقَدْ صَرَّ‌فْنَاهُ بَيْنَهُمْ (And We have distributed it (the water) among them - 25:50). The verse says that We keep rotating the rainfall, that is, it sometimes falls in one locality and sometimes in another. Then sometimes a locality receives in one year more rain and in subsequent years les...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And had We willed We could have sent forth in every town a warner to threaten its inhabitants with God’s chastisement; instead We have sent you to the inhabitants of all towns as a warner for your reward to be a great one.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The universality of the Prophet's Message, how He was supported in His Mission and Allah's Blessings to Mankind Allah says: وَلَوْ شِئْنَا لَبَعَثْنَا فِى كُلِّ قَرْيَةٍ نَّذِيراً (And had We willed, We would have raised a warner in every town.) `Calling them to Allah, but We have singled you out, O...

وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرًا وَنَذِيرًا

Wa maa arsalnaaka illaa mubashshiranw wa nazeeraa

And We have not sent you, [O Muhammad], except as a bringer of good tidings and a warner.

اور ہم نے (اے محمدﷺ) تم کو صرف خوشی اور عذاب کی خبر سنانے کو بھیجا ہے

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَهُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ مِنَ الْمَاءِ بَشَرً‌ا فَجَعَلَهُ نَسَبًا وَصِهْرً‌ا (And He is the One who created man from water then made of him kinship of blood and kinship of in-laws. 25:54) نَسَب (nasab, translated above as 'kinship of blood' ) is that relationship which emanates from either parent, and...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And We have not sent you except as a bearer of good tidings of Paradise and as a warner a threatener of people with the chastisement of the Fire.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Ignorance of the Idolators Allah tells us how ignorant the idolators are; instead of worshipping Allah, they worship idols which do not possess the power either to harm or benefit. They do this with no evidence or proof; the only thing that led them to do this was their own whims and desires. So...

إِنْ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ

In ana illaa nazeerum mubeen

I am only a clear warner."

میں تو صرف کھول کھول کر نصیحت کرنے والا ہوں

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Nobility of a person depends on deeds and moral qualities and not on family or status قَالُوا أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَاتَّبَعَكَ الْأَرْ‌ذَلُونَ ﴿111﴾ قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِي بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ ﴿112﴾ They said, "Shall we believe in you while you are followed by the lowest people?" [ 111] He said, "I do...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: I am just a plain warner’.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Demand of the People of Nuh and His Response They said: "We do not believe in you, and we will not follow you and become equal to the meanest of the people, who follow you and believe in you, and they are the lowest among us." قَالُواْ أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَاتَّبَعَكَ الاٌّرْذَلُونَ - قَالَ وَمَا عِ...

عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنذِرِينَ

'Alaa qalbika litakoona minal munzireen

Upon your heart, [O Muhammad] - that you may be of the warners -

(یعنی اس نے) تمہارے دل پر (القا) کیا ہے تاکہ (لوگوں کو) نصیحت کرتے رہو

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary Qur’ an is the name of the collection of its words and meanings نَزَلَ بِهِ الرُّ‌وحُ الْأَمِينُ ﴿193﴾ عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُنذِرِ‌ينَ ﴿194﴾ بِلِسَانٍ عَرَ‌بِيٍّ مُّبِينٍ ﴿195﴾ وَإِنَّهُ لَفِي زُبُرِ‌ الْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿196﴾ It is brought by the Trusted Spirit down [ 193] to you...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: upon your heart that you may be one of the warners
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Qur'an was revealed by Allah Here Allah tells us about the Book which He revealed to His servant and Messenger Muhammad ﷺ. وَأَنَّهُ (And truly, this) refers to the Qur'an, which at the beginning of the Surah was described as وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن ذِكْرٍ مِّنَ الرَّحْمَـنِ مُحْدَثٍ (and never co...

وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ

Wa maaa ahlaknaa min qaryatin illaa lahaa munziroon

And We did not destroy any city except that it had warners

اور ہم نے کوئی بستی ہلاک نہیں کی مگر اس کے لئے نصیحت کرنے والے (پہلے بھیج دیتے) تھے

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: أَفَرَ‌أَيْتَ إِن مَّتَّعْنَاهُمْ سِنِينَ ﴿205﴾ So tell me, If We give them enjoyment for years, - 26:205. There is a hint in this verse that those who are bestowed with long life in this world by Allah Ta’ ala, it is His grace on them. But those who show ingratitude for this grace and do not submit...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And We have not destroyed any town but it had warners messengers to warn its inhabitants;
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Deniers will never believe until They see the Torment Allah says: `thus We caused denial, disbelief, rejection and stubbornness to enter the hearts of the sinners.' لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِ (They will not believe in it), i.e., the truth, حَتَّى يَرَوُاْ الْعَذَابَ الاٌّلِيمَ (until they see the pain...

وَأَنْ أَتْلُوَا۟ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ فَمَنِ ٱهْتَدَىٰ فَإِنَّمَا يَهْتَدِى لِنَفْسِهِۦ وَمَن ضَلَّ فَقُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلْمُنذِرِينَ

Wa an atluwal Qur-aana famanih tadaa fa innnamaa yahtadee linafsihee wa man dalla faqul innamaaa ana minal munzireen

And to recite the Qur'an." And whoever is guided is only guided for [the benefit of] himself; and whoever strays - say, "I am only [one] of the warners."

اور یہ بھی کہ قرآن پڑھا کروں۔ تو جو شخص راہ راست اختیار کرتا ہے تو اپنے ہی فائدے کے لئے اختیار کرتا ہے۔ اور جو گمراہ رہتا ہے تو کہہ دو کہ میں تو صرف نصیحت کرنے والا ہوں

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary رَ‌بَّ هَـٰذِهِ الْبَلْدَةِ (the Lord of this city - 27:91). Majority of the commentators have taken the word o=ff "Baldah" (the city) for Makkah. Allah Ta’ ala is the Lord of all the worlds and the Lord of heavens and earth. Therefore, the particular mention of Makkah here is to show its...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: and to recite the Qur’ān to you as a call to faith. So whoever is guided to it is guided only for his own sake since the reward for his being guided will be his; and whoever goes astray from faith and errs from the path of guidance say to him ‘I am just one of the warners’ the threateners and theref...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Command to worship Allah and to call People with the Qur'an Allah commands His Messenger to say: إِنَّمَآ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَعْبُدَ رَبِّ هَذِهِ الْبَلْدَةِ الَّذِى حَرَّمَهَا وَلَهُ كُلُّ شَىءٍ (I have been commanded only to worship the Lord of this city, Who has sanctified it and to Whom belongs ...

وَمَا كُنتَ بِجَانِبِ ٱلطُّورِ إِذْ نَادَيْنَا وَلَٰكِن رَّحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ لِتُنذِرَ قَوْمًا مَّآ أَتَىٰهُم مِّن نَّذِيرٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ

Wa maa kunta bijaanibit Toori iz naadainaa wa laakir rahmatam mir Rabbika litunzira qawmam maaa ataahum min nazeerim min qablika la'allahum yatazakkaroon

And you were not at the side of the mount when We called [Moses] but [were sent] as a mercy from your Lord to warn a people to whom no warner had come before you that they might be reminded.

اور نہ تم اس وقت جب کہ ہم نے (موسٰی کو) آواز دی طور کے کنارے تھے بلکہ (تمہارا بھیجا جانا) تمہارے پروردگار کی رحمت ہے تاکہ تم اُن لوگوں کو جن کے پاس تم سے پہلے کوئی ہدایت کرنے والا نہیں آیا ہدایت کرو تاکہ وہ نصیحت پکڑیں

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: لِتُنذِرَ‌ قَوْمًا مَّا أَتَاهُم مِّن نَّذِيرٍ‌ ( so that you warn a people to whom no warner has come before - 28:46). The expression ` a people' is purported here for the Arabs, who are the progeny of Sayyidna Ismail (علیہ السلام) . No prophet was sent to this ` people' after Sayyidna Ismail علیہ ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And you were not on the side of the Mount when We called out to Moses to take the Scripture earnestly; but We have sent you as a mercy from your Lord that you may warn a people to whom no warner came before you — these are the people of Mecca — and that perhaps they may remember they may be admonish...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Proof of the Prophethood of Muhammad ﷺ Allah points out the proof of the prophethood of Muhammad ﷺ, whereby he told others about matters of the past, and spoke about them as if he were hearing and seeing them for himself. But he was an illiterate man who could not read books, and he grew up among a ...

وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ إِلَّا كَآفَّةً لِّلنَّاسِ بَشِيرًا وَنَذِيرًا وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Wa maaa arsalnaaka illaa kaaffatal linnaasi basheeranw wa nazeeranw wa laakinna aksaran naasi laa ya'lamoon

And We have not sent you except comprehensively to mankind as a bringer of good tidings and a warner. But most of the people do not know.

اور (اے محمدﷺ) ہم نے تم کو تمام لوگوں کے لئے خوشخبری سنانے والا اور ڈرانے والا بنا کر بھیجا ہے لیکن اکثر لوگ نہیں جانتے

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary That Allah is One and that His power is absolute was the subject in previous verses. In the present verse, it is being said that the Holy Prophet ﷺ “ was sent as the Messenger of Allah to all peoples of the world who are there now or will come in the future. The word: كَافَّةً (Kaaffah) i...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And We did not send you except to all kāffatan is a circumstantial qualifier referring to al-nās ‘mankind’ and is made to precede li’l-nās because of the importance attached to it of mankind both as a bearer of good tidings to believers of Paradise and a warner to the disbelievers of chastisement bu...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Prophet was sent to all of Mankind Allah says to His servant and Messenger Muhammad ﷺ: وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَـكَ إِلاَّ كَآفَّةً لِّلنَّاسِ بَشِيراً وَنَذِيراً (And We have not sent you except as a giver of glad tidings and a warner to all mankind,) i.e., to all of creation among those who are account...

وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا فِى قَرْيَةٍ مِّن نَّذِيرٍ إِلَّا قَالَ مُتْرَفُوهَآ إِنَّا بِمَآ أُرْسِلْتُم بِهِۦ كَٰفِرُونَ

Wa maaa arsalnaa' fee qaryatim min nazeerin illaa qaala mutrafooaa innaa bimaaa ursiltum bihee kaafiroon

And We did not send into a city any warner except that its affluent said, "Indeed we, in that with which you were sent, are disbelievers."

اور ہم نے کسی بستی میں کوئی ڈرانے والا نہیں بھیجا مگر وہاں کے خوش حال لوگوں نے کہا کہ جو چیز تم دے کر بھیجے گئے ہو ہم اس کے قائل نہیں

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary The age-old shaitanic illusion of taking worldly riches and honours as a proof of being loved by Allah All along the lanes of time since the very beginning, people intoxicated with material wealth and luxury have always opposed the voice of truth and taken a stance of hostility against th...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And We did not send a warner to any town without its affluent ones its leaders those enjoying life’s comforts saying ‘Indeed we disbelieve in that Message with which you have been sent’.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): How Those Who lived a Life of Luxury disbelieved in the Messengers and were misled by Their pursuit of Wealth and Children Allah is consoling His Prophet and commanding him to follow the example of the Messengers that came before him. He tells him that no Prophet was ever sent to a township but thos...

وَمَآ ءَاتَيْنَٰهُم مِّن كُتُبٍ يَدْرُسُونَهَا وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْهِمْ قَبْلَكَ مِن نَّذِيرٍ

Wa maaa aatainaahum min Kutubiny yadrusoonahaa wa maaa arsalnaaa ilaihim qablaka min nazeer

And We had not given them any scriptures which they could study, and We had not sent to them before you, [O Muhammad], any warner.

اور ہم نے نہ تو ان (مشرکوں) کو کتابیں دیں جن کو یہ پڑھتے ہیں اور نہ تم سے پہلے ان کی طرف کوئی ڈرانے والا بھیجا مگر انہوں نے تکذیب کی

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary This verse has appeared a little earlier (36) almost in the same words. As obvious, the same thing has been mentioned here, however, it has a difference. At this place, there is an addition of: مِنْ عِبَادِهِ (out of His servants) after: مَن يَشَاءُ whomsoever He wills) and: لَہ، (lahu: f...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And We did not give them any scriptures for them to study nor did We send them any warner before you so on what grounds do they deny you?
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Saying of the Disbelievers about the Prophets, and its refutation Allah tells us that the disbeliever deserve to be severely punished by Him, because when His clear Verses were recited to them, and they heard them fresh from the lips of His Messenger , they said: قَالُواْ مَا هَـذَا إِلاَّ رَجُل...

قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَعِظُكُم بِوَٰحِدَةٍ أَن تَقُومُوا۟ لِلَّهِ مَثْنَىٰ وَفُرَٰدَىٰ ثُمَّ تَتَفَكَّرُوا۟ مَا بِصَاحِبِكُم مِّن جِنَّةٍ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ لَّكُم بَيْنَ يَدَىْ عَذَابٍ شَدِيدٍ

Qul innamaaa a'izukum biwaahidatin an taqoomoo lillaahi masnaa wa furaadaa summa tatafakkaroo; maa bisaahibikum min jinnah; in huwa illaa nazeerul lakum baina yadai 'azaabin shadeed

Say, "I only advise you of one [thing] - that you stand for Allah, [seeking truth] in pairs and individually, and then give thought." There is not in your companion any madness. He is only a warner to you before a severe punishment.

کہہ دو کہ میں تمہیں صرف ایک بات کی نصیحت کرتا ہوں کہ تم خدا کے لئے دو دو اور اکیلے اکیلے کھڑے ہوجاؤ پھر غور کرو۔ تمہارے رفیق کو سودا نہیں وہ تم کو عذاب سخت (کے آنے) سے پہلے صرف ڈرانے والے ہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Call to the disbelievers of Makkah In verse 46: إِنَّمَا أَعِظُكُم بِوَاحِدَةٍ (I advise you for one thing only), in order to negate any excuse for the people of Makkah, they have been shown a shortcut to ascertain truth. For this, they had to do just one thing: Stand for Allah, in pairs and singles...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Say ‘I will give you just one piece of admonition namely that you rise up for God in other words for His sake in twos and individually and then reflect and realise that there is no madness in your companion Muhammad (s). He is just a warner to you before the befalling of a severe chastisement’ in th...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Refutation of Their Accusation that the Prophet was Insane Allah says: `Say, O Muhammad, to these disbelievers who claim that you are crazy,' إِنَّمَآ أَعِظُكُمْ بِوَحِدَةٍ I exhort you to one (thing) only, meaning, I am only telling you to one thing, and that is: أَن تَقُومُواْ لِلَّهِ مَثْنَى وَفُ...

وَلَا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ وَإِن تَدْعُ مُثْقَلَةٌ إِلَىٰ حِمْلِهَا لَا يُحْمَلْ مِنْهُ شَىْءٌ وَلَوْ كَانَ ذَا قُرْبَىٰٓ إِنَّمَا تُنذِرُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلْغَيْبِ وَأَقَامُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَمَن تَزَكَّىٰ فَإِنَّمَا يَتَزَكَّىٰ لِنَفْسِهِۦ وَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

Wa laa taziru waaziratun wizra ukhraa; wa in tad'u musqalatun ilaa himlihaa laa yuhmal minhu shai'unw wa law kaana zaa qurbaa; innamaa tunzirul lazeena yakhshawna Rabbahum bilghaibi wa aqaamus Sallah; wa man tazakkaa fa innamaa yatazakkaa linafsih; wa ilal laahil maseer

And no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another. And if a heavily laden soul calls [another] to [carry some of] its load, nothing of it will be carried, even if he should be a close relative. You can only warn those who fear their Lord unseen and have established prayer. And whoever purifies himself only purifies himself for [the benefit of] his soul. And to Allah is the [final] destination.

اور کوئی اٹھانے والا دوسرے کا بوجھ نہ اٹھائے گا۔ اور کوئی بوجھ میں دبا ہوا اپنا بوجھ بٹانے کو کسی کو بلائے تو کوئی اس میں سے کچھ نہ اٹھائے گا اگرچہ قرابت دار ہی ہو۔ (اے پیغمبر) تم انہی لوگوں کو نصیحت کرسکتے ہو جو بن دیکھے اپنے پروردگار سے ڈرتے اور نماز بالالتزام پڑھتے ہیں۔ اور جو شخص پاک ہوتا ہے اپنے ہی لئے پاک ہوتا ہے۔ اور (سب کو) خدا ہی کی طرف لوٹ کر جانا ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary Verse 18: وَلَا تَزِرُ‌ وَازِرَ‌ةٌ وِزْرَ‌ أُخْرَ‌ىٰ (And no bearer will bear the burden of any other person) means that, on the Day of Judgment, no one will be able to bear the burden of another person's sins. Everyone will have to bear his or her burden. As for what appears in Surah Al-...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And no burdened soul shall bear the burden of another sinful soul. And should one soul burdened heavily with sin call for some of its burden to be borne by another nothing of it will be borne even if the one called be a relative kin such as a father or a son — the impossibility of ‘having something ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Mankind is in need of Allah, and each Person will carry His own Burdens on the Day of Resurrection Allah tells us that He has no need of anyone or anything else, but all of creation is in need of Him and is in a position of humility before Him. He says: يأَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَنتُمُ الْفُقَرَآءُ إِلَى ...

إِنْ أَنتَ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ

In anta illaa nazeer

You, [O Muhammad], are not but a warner.

تم تو صرف ڈرانے والے ہو

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: At the beginning of the verse: وَمَا أَنتَ بِمُسْمِعٍ مَّن فِي الْقُبُورِ‌ (And you cannot make hear those who are in the graves - 22.), disbelievers have been likened to the dead and believers, to the living. In congruence to this, the expression: (those in the graves) here means the disbelievers. ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: You are but a warner to them.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Believer and the Disbeliever are not equal Allah says that these antonyms are clearly not equal, the blind and the seeing are not equal, there is a difference and a huge gap between them. Darkness and light are not equal, neither are shade and the sun's heat. By the same token, the living and th...

إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ بَشِيرًا وَنَذِيرًا وَإِن مِّنْ أُمَّةٍ إِلَّا خَلَا فِيهَا نَذِيرٌ

Innaa arsalnaak bil haqqi basheeranw wa nazeeraa; wa im min ummatin illaa khalaa feehaa nazeer

Indeed, We have sent you with the truth as a bringer of good tidings and a warner. And there was no nation but that there had passed within it a warner.

ہم نے تم کو حق کے ساتھ خوشخبری سنانے والا اور ڈرانے والا بھیجا ہے۔ اور کوئی اُمت نہیں مگر اس میں ہدایت کرنے والا گزر چکا ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: At the beginning of the verse: وَمَا أَنتَ بِمُسْمِعٍ مَّن فِي الْقُبُورِ‌ (And you cannot make hear those who are in the graves - 22.), disbelievers have been likened to the dead and believers, to the living. In congruence to this, the expression: (those in the graves) here means the disbelievers. ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Truly We have sent you with the truth with right guidance as a bearer of good tidings to him who responds to it and a warner to him who does not respond to it. And there is not a community but there has passed there has been in it a warner a prophet to warn it.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Believer and the Disbeliever are not equal Allah says that these antonyms are clearly not equal, the blind and the seeing are not equal, there is a difference and a huge gap between them. Darkness and light are not equal, neither are shade and the sun's heat. By the same token, the living and th...

وَهُمْ يَصْطَرِخُونَ فِيهَا رَبَّنَآ أَخْرِجْنَا نَعْمَلْ صَٰلِحًا غَيْرَ ٱلَّذِى كُنَّا نَعْمَلُ أَوَلَمْ نُعَمِّرْكُم مَّا يَتَذَكَّرُ فِيهِ مَن تَذَكَّرَ وَجَآءَكُمُ ٱلنَّذِيرُ فَذُوقُوا۟ فَمَا لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ مِن نَّصِيرٍ

Wa hum yastarikhoona feehaa Rabbanaa akhrijnaa na'mal saalihan ghairal lazee kunnaa na'mal; awa lamnu 'ammirkum maa yatazak karu feehi man tazakkara wa jaaa'akumun nazeeru fazooqoo famaa lizzaalimeena min naseer

And they will cry out therein, "Our Lord, remove us; we will do righteousness - other than what we were doing!" But did We not grant you life enough for whoever would remember therein to remember, and the warner had come to you? So taste [the punishment], for there is not for the wrongdoers any helper.

وہ اس میں چلائیں گے کہ اے پروردگار ہم کو نکال لے (اب) ہم نیک عمل کیا کریں گے۔ نہ وہ جو (پہلے) کرتے تھے۔ کیا ہم نے تم کو اتنی عمر نہیں دی تھی کہ اس میں جو سوچنا چاہتا سوچ لیتا اور تمہارے پاس ڈرانے والا بھی آیا۔ تو اب مزے چکھو۔ ظالموں کا کوئی مددگار نہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: When the people in Jahannam will plead with their Lord that they be delivered from its punishment, so that they could do good deeds then, and not do the bad ones they did earlier, at that time they will be told: أَوَلَمْ نُعَمِّرْ‌كُم مَّا يَتَذَكَّرُ‌ فِيهِ مَن تَذَكَّرَ‌ وَجَاءَكُمُ النَّذِيرُ‌ "D...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: While therein they will be crying out calling for help in distress howling and saying ‘Our Lord! Bring us forth from it and we will act righteously other than how we used to act’. But it will be said to them ‘Did We not give you long life enough time in which to take heed for him who would take heed...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Punishment of the Disbeliever and what Their State will be in Hell Having told us how the blessed will be (in Paradise), Allah now starts to tell us what the state of doomed will be. He says: وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَهُمْ نَارُ جَهَنَّمَ لاَ يُقْضَى عَلَيْهِمْ فَيَمُوتُواْ (But those who disbelie...

وَأَقْسَمُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ جَهْدَ أَيْمَٰنِهِمْ لَئِن جَآءَهُمْ نَذِيرٌ لَّيَكُونُنَّ أَهْدَىٰ مِنْ إِحْدَى ٱلْأُمَمِ فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ نَذِيرٌ مَّا زَادَهُمْ إِلَّا نُفُورًا

Wa aqsamoo billaahi jahda aymaanihim la'in jaaa'ahum nazeerul layakoonunna ahdaa min ihdal umami falam maa jaaa'ahum nazeerum maa zaadahum illaa nufooraa

And they swore by Allah their strongest oaths that if a warner came to them, they would be more guided than [any] one of the [previous] nations. But when a warner came to them, it did not increase them except in aversion.

اور یہ خدا کی سخت سخت قسمیں کھاتے ہیں کہ اگر ان کے پاس کوئی ہدایت کرنے والا آئے تو ہر ایک اُمت سے بڑھ کر ہدایت پر ہوں۔ مگر جب ان کے پاس ہدایت کرنے والا آیا تو اس سے ان کو نفرت ہی بڑھی

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In the expression: إِنَّ اللَّـهَ يُمْسِكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ (Undoubtedly, Allah holds back the heavens and the earth - 35:41), the 'holding' of the heavens or the skies does not mean that their movement was stopped. Instead, it means holding them from moving askance - as the word: أَن تَزُولَا (an tazu...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And they that is the disbelievers of Mecca swore by God their most solemn oaths they swore with utmost effort to be sincere in them that if a warner a messenger were to come to them they would be more readily guided than any one of the communities than the Jews the Christians or others in other word...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): They longed for a Warner to come, but when He came, They disbelieved in Him Allah tells us how Quraysh and the Arabs swore by Allah their most binding oath before the Messenger came to them, لَئِن جَآءَهُمْ نَذِيرٌ لَّيَكُونُنَّ أَهْدَى مِنْ إِحْدَى الاٍّمَمِ (that if a warner came to them, they wou...

وَعَجِبُوٓا۟ أَن جَآءَهُم مُّنذِرٌ مِّنْهُمْ وَقَالَ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا سَٰحِرٌ كَذَّابٌ

Wa 'ajibooo an jaaa'a hum munzirum minhum wa qaalal kaafiroona haazaa saahirun kazzaab

And they wonder that there has come to them a warner from among themselves. And the disbelievers say, "This is a magician and a liar.

اور انہوں نے تعجب کیا کہ ان کے پاس ان ہی میں سے ہدایت کرنے والا آیا اور کافر کہنے لگے کہ یہ تو جادوگر ہے جھوٹا

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary The background of the revelation The background of the revelation of the initial verses of this Surah was that Abu Talib, the uncle of the Holy Prophet ﷺ was doing his best as his guardian, despite that he had not yet embraced Islam. When he fell sick, the chiefs of the tribe of Quraish h...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And they marvel that a warner has come to them from among themselves a messenger from among their number to warn them and to threaten them with the punishment of the Fire after resurrection — and this warner is the Prophet s. And those who disbelieve the overt noun al-kāfirūnā has replaced the third...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Idolators were amazed at the Message, Tawhid and the Qur'an Allah tells us that the idolators wondered at the sending of the Messenger of Allah as a bringer of glad tidings and a warner. This is like the Ayah: أَكَانَ لِلنَّاسِ عَجَبًا أَنْ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَى رَجُلٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَنْ أَنذِرِ النَّاس...

قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ مُنذِرٌ وَمَا مِنْ إِلَٰهٍ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ ٱلْوَٰحِدُ ٱلْقَهَّارُ

Qul innamaaa ana munzirunw wa maa min ilaahim illal laahul Waahidul Qahhaar

Say, [O Muhammad], "I am only a warner, and there is not any deity except Allah, the One, the Prevailing.

کہہ دو کہ میں تو صرف ہدایت کرنے والا ہوں۔ اور خدائے یکتا اور غالب کے سوا کوئی معبود نہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary A Gist of the Subjects of the Surah In verse 65, it was said: قُلْ إِنَّمَا أَنَا مُنذِرٌ‌ (Say, “ I am only a warner) At the beginning of the Surah, you have seen that the real objective of this Surah was the affirmation of the prophethood of the noble Prophet ﷺ refutation of what the di...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Say O Muhammad (s) to the disbelievers of Mecca ‘I am only a warner to threaten disbelievers with punishment in the Fire. And there is no god except God the One the All-Compelling of all His creatures;
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Message of the Messenger is a Great News Allah tells His Messenger to say to those who disbelieved in Allah, associated others in worship with Him and denied His Messenger: `I am a warner, I am not as you claim.' وَمَا مِنْ إِلَـهٍ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ الْوَحِدُ الْقَهَّارُ (and there is no God (worth...

إِن يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ إِلَّآ أَنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ

Iny-yoohaaa ilaiya illaaa annnamaaa ana nazeerum mubeen

It has not been revealed to me except that I am a clear warner."

میری طرف تو یہی وحی کی جاتی ہے کہ میں کھلم کھلا ہدایت کرنے والا ہوں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In verse 69, it was said: مَا كَانَ لِيَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ بِالْمَلَإِ الْأَعْلَىٰ إِذْ يَخْتَصِمُونَ (I had no knowledge of the Heavenly Beings when they were debating (about the creation of 'Adam). Means: 'It is a clear proof of my prophethood that I am telling you these things from such a high assembly...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: All that is revealed to me is that I am just a plain warner’ one whose warning is clear.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Message of the Messenger is a Great News Allah tells His Messenger to say to those who disbelieved in Allah, associated others in worship with Him and denied His Messenger: `I am a warner, I am not as you claim.' وَمَا مِنْ إِلَـهٍ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ الْوَحِدُ الْقَهَّارُ (and there is no God (worth...

بَشِيرًا وَنَذِيرًا فَأَعْرَضَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ فَهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُونَ

Basheeranw wa nazeeran fa-a'rada aksaruhum fahum laa yasma'oon

As a giver of good tidings and a warner; but most of them turn away, so they do not hear.

جو بشارت بھی سناتا ہے اور خوف بھی دلاتا ہے لیکن ان میں سے اکثروں نے منہ پھیر لیا اور وہ سنتے ہی نہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: An offer by the infidel's of Makkah to the Holy Prophet ﷺ The infidels of Quraysh, who are the direct addressees of this Surah, tried very hard to suppress the propagation of Islam in early days after the revelation of the Qur'an, through the use of physical force, and tried equally hard to intimida...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: containing good tidings bashīran is an adjective describing qur’ānan ‘a Qur’ān’ and a warning. But most of them turn away so that they do not hear in a way so as to accept its message.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Description of the Qur'an, and what Those Who turn away from it say. حـم - تَنزِيلٌ مِّنَ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ (Ha Mim. A revelation from the Most Gracious, the Most Merc...

بَلْ عَجِبُوٓا۟ أَن جَآءَهُم مُّنذِرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَقَالَ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا شَىْءٌ عَجِيبٌ

Bal 'ajibooo an jaa'ahum munzirum minhum faqaalal kaafiroona haazaa shai'un 'ajeeb

But they wonder that there has come to them a warner from among themselves, and the disbelievers say, "This is an amazing thing.

لیکن ان لوگوں نے تعجب کیا کہ انہی میں سے ایک ہدایت کرنے والا ان کے پاس آیا تو کافر کہنے لگے کہ یہ بات تو (بڑی) عجیب ہے

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Linkage with the preceding Surah This Surah mostly contains subjects relating to the Day of Judgment, Resurrection, the Reckoning, Paradise, the Fire, Allah's reward and punishment etc. Thus this Surah is linked with Surah Al-Hujurat because the concluding part of the latter Surah dealt with these s...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Nay but they consider it odd that there should have come to them a warner from among themselves a messenger who is one of them to threaten them with the punishment of the Fire after resurrection. So the disbelievers say ‘This warning is an odd thing!
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah The Beginning of the Mufassal Section of the Qur'an This Surah is the first Surah in the Mufassal section of the Qur'an, according to the correct view. It is said that the Mufassal starts with Surat Al-Hujurat. Some common people say that the Mufassal starts with Surah `...

وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا۟ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ

Wa laa taj'aloo ma'al laahi ilaahan aakhara innee lakum minhu nazeerum mubeen

And do not make [as equal] with Allah another deity. Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner.

اور خدا کے ساتھ کسی اَور کو معبود نہ بناؤ۔ میں اس کی طرف سے تم کو صریح رستہ بتانے والا ہوں

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: فَفِرُّ‌وا إِلَى اللَّـهِ (So flee to Allah....51:50). Sayyidna Ibn ` Abbas ؓ said: "It means: Flee from your sins and take shelter in Allah for repentance." Abu Bakr Warraq and Junaid Baghdadi رحمۃ اللہ علیہما said that the base self of man and the devil invite him to commit sins, and they deceive ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And do not set up another god alongside God. Truly I am a clear warner to you from Him before fa-firrū ‘so flee’ one may read an implicit preceding qul lahum ‘Say to them’.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Proofs of Allah's Oneness abound in the Creation of the Heavens and the Earth Allah reminds us of the creating of the higher and lower worlds, وَالسَّمَآءَ بَنَيْنَـهَا (We constructed the heaven.) meaning, `We made it as a high roof, protected from falling,' بِأَيْدٍ (with Hands), meaning, with str...

هَٰذَا نَذِيرٌ مِّنَ ٱلنُّذُرِ ٱلْأُولَىٰٓ

Haazaa nazeerum minan nuzuril oolaa

This [Prophet] is a warner like the former warners.

یہ (محمدﷺ) بھی اگلے ڈر سنانے والوں میں سے ایک ڈر سنانے والے ہیں

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: هَـٰذَا نَذِيرٌ‌ مِّنَ النُّذُرِ‌ الْأُولَىٰ (This [ Holy Prophet ] is a warner from the (genus of the) previous warners...53:56). Hadha is a demonstrative pronoun and points either to the Holy Prophet ﷺ or to the Qur'an. With reference to the Holy Prophet ﷺ ، it means that in the past, many Prophet...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: This Muhammad (s) is a warner in the tradition of the warners of old of their kind that is to say he is a messenger like messengers before him sent to you just as they were sent to their peoples.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): A Warning and Exhortation, the Order to prostrate and to be humble Allah said, هَـذَا نَذِيرٌ (This is a warner) in reference to Muhammad ﷺ , مِّنَ النُّذُرِ الاٍّوْلَى (from the warners of old.) means, just like the warners of old, he was sent as a Messenger as they were sent as Messengers. Allah t...

تَكَادُ تَمَيَّزُ مِنَ ٱلْغَيْظِ كُلَّمَآ أُلْقِىَ فِيهَا فَوْجٌ سَأَلَهُمْ خَزَنَتُهَآ أَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ نَذِيرٌ

Takaadu tamayyazu minal ghaizi kullamaaa uliqya feehaa fawjun sa alahum khazanatuhaaa alam yaatikum nazeer

It almost bursts with rage. Every time a company is thrown into it, its keepers ask them, "Did there not come to you a warner?"

گویا مارے جوش کے پھٹ پڑے گی۔ جب اس میں ان کی کوئی جماعت ڈالی جائے گی تو دوزخ کے داروغہ ان سے پوچھیں گے کہ تمہارے پاس کوئی ہدایت کرنے والا نہیں آیا تھا؟

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَلَقَدْ زَيَّنَّا السَّمَاءَ الدُّنْيَا بِمَصَابِيحَ وَجَعَلْنَاهَا رُ‌جُومًا لِّلشَّيَاطِينِ (And We have decorated the nearest sky with lamps, and have made them devices to stone the devils, and We have prepared for them the punishment of Hell....67:5). The word 'masabih' (translated above as 'la...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: almost exploding tamayyazu a variant reading has the original form tatamayyazu ripped apart with rage in wrath against the disbelievers. Whenever a host a group of them is flung into it its keepers ask them an interrogation of rebuke ‘Did there not come to you a warner?’ a messenger to warn you of G...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Description of Hell and Those Who will enter into it Allah the Exalted says, وَ (and) meaning, `and We have prepared,' لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْبِرَبِّهِمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيرُ (for those who disbelieve in their Lord is the torment of Hell, and worst indeed is that destination.) This...

قَالُوا۟ بَلَىٰ قَدْ جَآءَنَا نَذِيرٌ فَكَذَّبْنَا وَقُلْنَا مَا نَزَّلَ ٱللَّهُ مِن شَىْءٍ إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا فِى ضَلَٰلٍ كَبِيرٍ

Qaaloo balaa qad jaaa'anaa nazeerun fakazzabnaa wa qulnaa maa nazzalal laahu min shai in in antum illaa fee dalaalin kabeer

They will say," Yes, a warner had come to us, but we denied and said, 'Allah has not sent down anything. You are not but in great error.'"

وہ کہیں گے کیوں نہیں ضرور ہدایت کرنے والا آیا تھا لیکن ہم نے اس کو جھٹلا دیا اور کہا کہ خدا نے تو کوئی چیز نازل ہی نہیں کی۔ تم تو بڑی غلطی میں (پڑے ہوئے) ہو

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَلَقَدْ زَيَّنَّا السَّمَاءَ الدُّنْيَا بِمَصَابِيحَ وَجَعَلْنَاهَا رُ‌جُومًا لِّلشَّيَاطِينِ (And We have decorated the nearest sky with lamps, and have made them devices to stone the devils, and We have prepared for them the punishment of Hell....67:5). The word 'masabih' (translated above as 'la...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: They will say ‘Yes a warner did indeed come to us but we denied and said “God has not revealed anything; you are assuredly in great error”’ this last words may be the words of the angels spoken to the disbelievers when they are told of the denial or they may belong to the words of the disbelievers s...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Description of Hell and Those Who will enter into it Allah the Exalted says, وَ (and) meaning, `and We have prepared,' لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْبِرَبِّهِمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيرُ (for those who disbelieve in their Lord is the torment of Hell, and worst indeed is that destination.) This...

قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ إِنِّى لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ

Qaala yaa qawmi innee lakum nazeerum mubeen

He said, "O my people, indeed I am to you a clear warner,

انہوں نے کہا کہ اے قوم! میں تم کو کھلے طور پر نصیحت کرتا ہوں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَالَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَادَاتِهِمْ قَائِمُونَ (...and those who are upright in their testimonies, [ 70:33] '. The word shahadat is the plural of shahadah. The use of plural number in this verse too indicates that there are many types and categories of 'testimony', and it is necessary to stand firm by ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: He said ‘O my people I am indeed a plain warner to you one whose warning is plain
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ (In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Nuh's Invitation to His People Allah says concerning Nuh that He sent him to his people commanding him to warn them of the punishment of Allah before it befell them. He wa...

إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا

Innamaaa anta munziru maiy yakshaahaa

You are only a warner for those who fear it.

جو شخص اس سے ڈر رکھتا ہے تم تو اسی کو ڈر سنانے والے ہو

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Thereafter, the special marks of the inmates of Paradise are described. They too have two characteristics: وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَ‌بِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ (whereas for the one who feared to stand before his Lord, and restrained his self from the [ evil ] desire, 79:40). In othe...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: You are only a warner for your warning will only benefit the one who fears it.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Day of Judgement, its Pleasures and Hell, and that its Time is not known Allah says, فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ الطَّآمَّةُ الْكُبْرَى (But when there comes the Great Catastrophe) This refers to the Day of Judgement. This has been said by Ibn `Abbas. It has been called this because it will overcome every m...

فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ

Fazakkir innama anta Muzakkir

So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.

تو تم نصیحت کرتے رہو کہ تم نصیحت کرنے والے ہی ہو

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ (So, do they not look at the camels how they are created...88:17) The Qur'an first described the conditions of the Hereafter; and it then went on to depict the reward of the believers and the retribution of the unbelievers. Now it turns attention to...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So remind them of God’s graces and the proofs affirming His Oneness. For you are only an admonisher;
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Exhortation to look at the Creation of the Camel, the Heaven, the Mountains and the Earth Allah commands His servants to look at His creations that prove His power and greatness. He says, أَفَلاَ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ (Do they not look at the camels, how they are created) Ind...
Hadith — 8 traditions
Sahih al-Bukhari 65:323sahih

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَازِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ صَعِدَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم الصَّفَا ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ يَا صَبَاحَاهْ ‏"‏ فَاجْتَمَعَتْ إِلَيْهِ قُرَيْشٌ قَالُوا مَا لَكَ قَالَ ‏"‏ أَرَأَيْتُمْ لَوْ أَخْبَرْتُكُمْ أَنَّ الْعَدُوَّ يُصَبِّحُكُمْ أَوْ يُمَسِّيكُمْ أَمَا كُنْتُمْ تُصَدِّقُونِي ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالُوا بَلَى‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ فَإِنِّي نَذِيرٌ لَكُمْ بَيْنَ يَدَىْ عَذَابٍ شَدِيدٍ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَقَالَ أَبُو لَهَبٍ تَبًّا لَكَ أَلِهَذَا جَمَعْتَنَا فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ ‏{‏تَبَّتْ يَدَا أَبِي لَهَبٍ‏}‏‏.‏

Narrated Ibn `Abbas:One day the Prophet (ﷺ) ascended Safa mountain and said, "Oh Sabahah! " All the Quraish gathered round him and said, "What is the matter?" He said, Look, if I told you that an enemy is going to attack you in the morning or in the evening, would you not believe me?" They said, "Yes, we will believe you." He said, "I am a warner to you in face of a terrible punishment." On that Abu Lahab said, "May you perish ! Is it for this thing that you have gathered us?" So Allah revealed: 'Perish the hands of Abu Lahab

ہم سے علی بن عبداللہ مدینی نے بیان کیا، کہا ہم سے محمد بن حازم نے بیان کیا، کہا ہم سے اعمش نے بیان کیا، ان سے عمرو بن مرہ نے، ان سے سعید بن جبیر نے اور ان سے ابن عباس رضی اللہ عنہما نے بیان کیا کہ ایک دن رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم صفا پہاڑی پر چڑھے اور پکارا: یا صباحاہ! ( لوگو دوڑو ) اس آواز پر قریش جمع ہو گئے اور پوچھا کیا بات ہے؟ نبی کریم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا کہ تمہاری کیا رائے ہے اگر میں تمہیں بتاؤں کہ دشمن صبح کے وقت یا شام کے وقت تم پر حملہ کرنے والا ہے تو کیا تم میری بات کی تصدیق نہیں کرو گے؟ انہوں نے کہا کہ ہم آپ کی تصدیق کریں گے۔ آپ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا کہ پھر میں تم کو سخت ترین عذاب ( دوزخ ) سے پہلے ڈرانے والا ہوں۔ ابولہب ( مردود ) بولا تو ہلاک ہو جا، کیا تو نے اسی لیے ہمیں بلایا تھا۔ اس پر اللہ پاک نے آیت «تبت يدا أبي لهب‏» نازل فرمائی۔

Sahih al-Bukhari 65:359sahih

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ هِلاَلِ بْنِ أَبِي هِلاَلٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ أَنَّ هَذِهِ، الآيَةَ الَّتِي فِي الْقُرْآنِ ‏{‏يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ شَاهِدًا وَمُبَشِّرًا وَنَذِيرًا‏}‏ قَالَ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ شَاهِدًا وَمُبَشِّرًا وَحِرْزًا لِلأُمِّيِّينَ، أَنْتَ عَبْدِي وَرَسُولِي سَمَّيْتُكَ الْمُتَوَكِّلَ لَيْسَ بِفَظٍّ وَلاَ غَلِيظٍ وَلاَ سَخَّابٍ بِالأَسْوَاقِ وَلاَ يَدْفَعُ السَّيِّئَةَ بِالسَّيِّئَةِ وَلَكِنْ يَعْفُو وَيَصْفَحُ وَلَنْ يَقْبِضَهُ اللَّهُ حَتَّى يُقِيمَ بِهِ الْمِلَّةَ الْعَوْجَاءَ بِأَنْ يَقُولُوا لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ فَيَفْتَحَ بِهَا أَعْيُنًا عُمْيًا وَآذَانًا صُمًّا وَقُلُوبًا غُلْفًا‏.‏

Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr bin Al-As:This Verse: 'Verily We have sent you (O Muhammad) as a witness, as a bringer of glad tidings and as a warner.' (48.8) which is in the Qur'an, appears in the Torah thus: 'Verily We have sent you (O Muhammad) as a witness, as a bringer of glad tidings and as a warner, and as a protector for the illiterates (i.e., the Arabs.) You are my slave and My Apostle, and I have named you Al-Mutawakkil (one who depends upon Allah). You are neither hard-hearted nor of fierce character, nor one who shouts in the markets. You do not return evil for evil, but excuse and forgive. Allah will not take you unto Him till He guides through you a crooked (curved) nation on the right path by causing them to say: "None has the right to be worshipped but Allah." With such a statement He will cause to open blind eyes, deaf ears and hardened hearts

ہم سے عبداللہ نے بیان کیا، کہا ہم سے عبدالعزیز بن ابی سلمہ نے بیان کیا، ان سے ہلال بن ابی ہلال نے، ان سے عطاء بن یسار نے اور ان سے عبداللہ بن عمرو بن عاص نے کہ یہ آیت جو قرآن میں ہے «يا أيها النبي إنا أرسلناك شاهدا ومبشرا ونذيرا‏» ”اے نبی! بیشک ہم نے آپ کو گواہی دینے والا اور ڈرانے والا بنا کر بھیجا ہے۔“ تو نبی کریم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم کے متعلق یہی اللہ تعالیٰ نے توریت میں بھی فرمایا تھا ”اے نبی! بیشک ہم نے آپ کو گواہی دینے والا اور بشارت دینے والا اور ان پڑھوں ( عربوں ) کی حفاظت کرنے والا بنا کر بھیجا ہے۔ آپ میرے بندے ہیں اور میرے رسول ہیں۔ میں نے آپ کا نام متوکل رکھا، آپ نہ بدخو ہیں اور نہ سخت دل اور نہ بازاروں میں شور کرنے والے اور نہ وہ برائی کا بدلہ برائی سے دیں گے بلکہ معافی اور درگزر سے کام لیں گے اور اللہ ان کی روح اس وقت تک قبض نہیں کرے گا جب تک کہ وہ کج قوم ( عربی ) کو سیدھا نہ کر لیں یعنی جب تک وہ ان سے «لا إله إلا الله» کا اقرار نہ کرا لیں پس اس کلمہ توحید کے ذریعہ وہ اندھی آنکھوں کو اور بہرے کانوں کو اور پردہ پڑے ہوئے دلوں کو کھول دیں گے۔“

Sahih al-Bukhari 65:494sahih

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم خَرَجَ إِلَى الْبَطْحَاءِ فَصَعِدَ إِلَى الْجَبَلِ فَنَادَى ‏"‏ يَا صَبَاحَاهْ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَاجْتَمَعَتْ إِلَيْهِ قُرَيْشٌ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ حَدَّثْتُكُمْ أَنَّ الْعَدُوَّ مُصَبِّحُكُمْ أَوْ مُمَسِّيكُمْ، أَكُنْتُمْ تُصَدِّقُونِي ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالُوا نَعَمْ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ فَإِنِّي نَذِيرٌ لَكُمْ بَيْنَ يَدَىْ عَذَابٍ شَدِيدٍ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَقَالَ أَبُو لَهَبٍ أَلِهَذَا جَمَعْتَنَا تَبًّا لَكَ‏.‏ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ‏{‏تَبَّتْ يَدَا أَبِي لَهَبٍ‏}‏ إِلَى آخِرِهَا‏.‏

Narrated Ibn `Abbas:The Prophet (ﷺ) went out towards Al-Batha' and ascended the mountain and shouted, "O Sabahah!" So the Quraish people gathered around him. He said, "Do you see? If I tell you that an enemy is going to attack you in the morning or in the evening, will you believe me?" They replied, "Yes." He said, "Then I am a plain warner to you of a coming severe punishment." Abu Lahab said, "Is it for this reason that you have gathered us? May you perish ! " Then Allah revealed: 'Perish the hands of Abu Lahab

ہم سے محمد بن سلام نے بیان کیا، کہا ہم کو ابومعاویہ نے خبر دی، ان سے اعمش نے بیان کیا، ان سے عمرو بن مرہ نے، ان سے سعید بن جبیر نے اور ان سے ابن عباس رضی اللہ عنہما نے بیان کیا کہ یعنی وہ ہلاک ہوا نہ اس کا مال اس کے کام آیا اور نہ جو کچھ اس نے کمایا وہ کام آیا۔ نبی کریم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم بطحاء کی طرف تشریف لے گئے اور پہاڑی پر چڑھ کر پکارا۔ یا صباحاہ! قریش اس آواز پر آپ کے پاس جمع ہو گئے۔ نبی کریم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے ان سے پوچھا: تمہارا کیا خیال ہے اگر میں تمہیں بتاؤں کہ دشمن تم پر صبح کے وقت یا شام کے وقت حملہ کرنے والا ہے تو کیا تم میری تصدیق نہیں کرو گے؟ انہوں نے کہا کہ ہاں ضرور آپ کی تصدیق کریں گے۔ نبی کریم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا کہ تو میں تمہیں سخت عذاب سے ڈراتا ہوں جو تمہارے سامنے آ رہا ہے۔ ابولہب بولا تم تباہ ہو جاؤ۔ کیا تم نے ہمیں اسی لیے جمع کیا تھا؟ اس پر اللہ تعالیٰ نے یہ آیت نازل کی «تبت يدا أبي لهب‏» آخر تک۔

Sahih al-Bukhari 81:71sahih

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ بُرَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ مَثَلِي وَمَثَلُ مَا بَعَثَنِي اللَّهُ كَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ أَتَى قَوْمًا فَقَالَ رَأَيْتُ الْجَيْشَ بِعَيْنَىَّ، وَإِنِّي أَنَا النَّذِيرُ الْعُرْيَانُ فَالنَّجَا النَّجَاءَ‏.‏ فَأَطَاعَتْهُ طَائِفَةٌ فَأَدْلَجُوا عَلَى مَهْلِهِمْ فَنَجَوْا، وَكَذَّبَتْهُ طَائِفَةٌ فَصَبَّحَهُمُ الْجَيْشُ فَاجْتَاحَهُمْ ‏"‏‏.‏

Narrated Abu Musa:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said. "My example and the example of the message with which Allah has sent me is like that of a man who came to some people and said, "I have seen with my own eyes the enemy forces, and I am a naked warner (to you) so save yourself, save yourself! A group of them obeyed him and went out at night, slowly and stealthily and were safe, while another group did not believe him and thus the army took them in the morning and destroyed them

ہم سے محمد بن علاء نے بیان کیا، کہا ہم سے ابواسامہ نے بیان کیا، ان سے برید بن عبداللہ بن ابی بردہ نے ان سے ابوبردہ نے، اور ان سے ابوموسیٰ رضی اللہ عنہ نے بیان کیا کہ رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا ”میری اور جو کچھ کلام اللہ نے میرے ساتھ بھیجا ہے اس کی مثال ایک ایسے شخص جیسی ہے جو اپنی قوم کے پاس آیا اور کہا کہ میں نے ( تمہارے دشمن کا ) لشکر اپنی آنکھوں سے دیکھا ہے اور میں واضح ڈرانے والا ہوں۔ پس بھاگو، پس بھاگو ( اپنی جان بچاؤ ) اس پر ایک جماعت نے اس کی بات مان لی اور رات ہی رات اطمینان سے کسی محفوظ جگہ پر نکل گئے اور نجات پائی۔ لیکن دوسری جماعت نے اسے جھٹلایا اور دشمن کے لشکر نے صبح کے وقت اچانک انہیں آ لیا اور تباہ کر دیا۔“

Sahih al-Bukhari 96:15sahih

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ بُرَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ إِنَّمَا مَثَلِي وَمَثَلُ مَا بَعَثَنِي اللَّهُ بِهِ كَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ أَتَى قَوْمًا فَقَالَ يَا قَوْمِ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ الْجَيْشَ بِعَيْنَىَّ، وَإِنِّي أَنَا النَّذِيرُ الْعُرْيَانُ فَالنَّجَاءَ‏.‏ فَأَطَاعَهُ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ فَأَدْلَجُوا، فَانْطَلَقُوا عَلَى مَهَلِهِمْ فَنَجَوْا، وَكَذَّبَتْ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْهُمْ فَأَصْبَحُوا مَكَانَهُمْ، فَصَبَّحَهُمُ الْجَيْشُ، فَأَهْلَكَهُمْ وَاجْتَاحَهُمْ، فَذَلِكَ مَثَلُ مَنْ أَطَاعَنِي، فَاتَّبَعَ مَا جِئْتُ بِهِ، وَمَثَلُ مَنْ عَصَانِي وَكَذَّبَ بِمَا جِئْتُ بِهِ مِنَ الْحَقِّ ‏"‏‏.‏

Narrated Abu Musa:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "My example and the example of what I have been sent with is that of a man who came to some people and said, 'O people! I have seen the enemy's army with my own eyes, and I am the naked warner; so protect yourselves!' Then a group of his people obeyed him and fled at night proceeding stealthily till they were safe, while another group of them disbelieved him and stayed at their places till morning when the army came upon them, and killed and ruined them completely So this is the example of that person who obeys me and follows what I have brought (the Qur'an and the Sunna), and the example of the one who disobeys me and disbelieves the truth I have brought

ہم سے ابوکریب محمد بن علاء نے بیان کیا، کہا ہم سے اسامہ نے بیان کیا، ان سے برید نے، ان سے ان کے دادا ابوبردہ نے اور ان سے ابوموسیٰ اشعری رضی اللہ عنہ نے کہ نبی کریم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا ”میری اور جس دعوت کے ساتھ مجھے اللہ تعالیٰ نے بھیجا ہے اس کی مثال ایک ایسے شخص جیسی ہے جو کسی قوم کے پاس آئے اور کہے: اے قوم! میں نے ایک لشکر اپنی آنکھوں سے دیکھا ہے اور میں ننگ دھڑنگ تم کو ڈرانے والا ہوں، پس بچاؤ کی صورت کرو تو اس قوم کے ایک گروہ نے بات مان لی اور رات کے شروع ہی میں نکل بھاگے اور حفاظت کی جگہ چلے گئے۔ اس لیے نجات پا گئے لیکن ان کی دوسری جماعت نے جھٹلایا اور اپنی جگہ ہی پر موجود رہے، پھر صبح سویرے ہی دشمن کے لشکر نے انہیں آ لیا اور انہیں مارا اور ان کو برباد کر دیا۔ تو یہ مثال ہے اس کی جو میری اطاعت کریں اور جو دعوت میں لایا ہوں اس کی پیروی کریں اور اس کی مثال ہے جو میری نافرمانی کریں اور جو حق میں لے کر آیا ہوں اسے جھٹلائیں۔

Sahih al-Bukhari 96:77sahih

حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ يُجَاءُ بِنُوحٍ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ هَلْ بَلَّغْتَ فَيَقُولُ نَعَمْ يَا رَبِّ‏.‏ فَتُسْأَلُ أُمَّتُهُ هَلْ بَلَّغَكُمْ فَيَقُولُونَ مَا جَاءَنَا مِنْ نَذِيرٍ‏.‏ فَيَقُولُ مَنْ شُهُودُكَ فَيَقُولُ مُحَمَّدٌ وَأُمَّتُهُ‏.‏ فَيُجَاءُ بِكُمْ فَتَشْهَدُونَ ‏"‏‏.‏ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏{‏وَكَذَلِكَ جَعَلْنَاكُمْ أُمَّةً وَسَطًا‏}‏ قَالَ عَدْلاً ‏{‏لِتَكُونُوا شُهَدَاءَ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَيَكُونَ الرَّسُولُ عَلَيْكُمْ شَهِيدًا‏}‏ وَعَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ عَوْنٍ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِهَذَا‏.‏

Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Noah will be brought (before Allah) on the Day of Resurrection, and will be asked, 'Did you convey the message of Allah?" He will reply, 'Yes, O Lord.' And then Noah's nation will be asked, 'Did he (Noah) convey Allah's message to you?' They will reply, 'No warner came to us.' Then Noah will be asked, 'Who are your witnesses?' He will reply. '(My witnesses are) Muhammad and his followers.' Thereupon you (Muslims) will be brought and you will bear witness." Then the Prophet (ﷺ) recited: 'And thus We have made of you (Muslims) a just and the best nation, that you might be witness over the nations, and the Apostle a witness over you

ہم سے اسحاق بن منصور نے بیان کیا، کہا ہم سے ابواسامہ نے بیان کیا، کہا ہم سے اعمش نے بیان کیا، کہا ہم سے ابوصالح (ذکوان) نے بیان کیا، ان سے ابو سعید خدری رضی اللہ عنہ نے بیان کیا کہ رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا ”قیامت کے دن نوح علیہ السلام کو لایا جائے گا اور ان سے پوچھا جائے گا، کیا تم نے اللہ کا پیغام پہنچا دیا تھا؟ وہ عرض کریں گے کہ ہاں، اے رب! پھر ان کی امت سے پوچھا جائے گا کہ کیا انہوں نے تمہیں اللہ کا پیغام پہنچا دیا تھا؟ وہ کہیں گے کہ ہمارے پاس کوئی ڈرانے والا نہیں آیا۔ اللہ تعالیٰ نوح علیہ السلام سے پوچھے گا، تمہارے گواہ کون ہیں؟ نوح علیہ السلام عرض کریں گے کہ محمد صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم اور ان کی امت پھر تمہیں لایا جائے گا اور تم لوگ ان کے حق میں شہادت دو گے، پھر رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے یہ آیت پڑھی «‏‏‏‏وكذلك جعلناكم أمة وسطا‏» ”اور اسی طرح ہم نے تمہیں درمیانی امت بنایا۔“ کہا کہ «وسط» بمعنی «عدل» ( میانہ رو ) ہے، تاکہ تم لوگوں کے لیے گواہ بنو اور رسول تم پر گواہ بنے۔ اسحاق بن منصور سے جعفر بن عون نے روایت کیا، کہا ہم سے اعمش نے بیان کیا، ان سے ابوصالح نے، ان سے ابو سعید خدری رضی اللہ عنہ نے اور ان سے نبی کریم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے یہی حدیث بیان فرمائی۔

Sahih Muslim 1:412sahih

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ الْجَحْدَرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا التَّيْمِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ، عَنْ قَبِيصَةَ بْنِ الْمُخَارِقِ، وَزُهَيْرِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، قَالاَ لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ ‏{‏ وَأَنْذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ الأَقْرَبِينَ‏}‏ قَالَ انْطَلَقَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِلَى رَضْمَةٍ مِنْ جَبَلٍ فَعَلاَ أَعْلاَهَا حَجَرًا ثُمَّ نَادَى ‏"‏ يَا بَنِي عَبْدِ مَنَافَاهْ إِنِّي نَذِيرٌ إِنَّمَا مَثَلِي وَمَثَلُكُمْ كَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ رَأَى الْعَدُوَّ فَانْطَلَقَ يَرْبَأُ أَهْلَهُ فَخَشِيَ أَنْ يَسْبِقُوهُ فَجَعَلَ يَهْتِفُ يَا صَبَاحَاهْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Qabisa b. al-Mukhariq and Zuhair b. 'Amr reported:When this verse was revealed:" And warn thy nearest kindred," the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) set off towards a rock of the hill and ascended the highest of the rocks and then called: 0 sons of 'Abd Manaf! I am a warner; my similitude and your similitude is like a man who saw the enemy and went to guard his people, but, being afraid they might get there before him, he shouted: Be on your guard

یزید بن زریع نے ( سلیمان ) تیمی سے ، انہوں نے ابو عثمان کے واسطے سے حضرت قبیصہ بن مخارق اور حضرت زہیر بن عمرو ‌رضی ‌اللہ ‌عنہ ‌ ‌ سے حدیث بیان کی ، دونوں نےکہا کہ جب آیت : ’’ اور اپنے قریبی رشتہ داروں کو ڈرائیے ‘ ‘ اتری ، کہا : تو اللہ کے نبی ﷺ ایک پہاڑی چٹان کی طرف تشریف لے گئے اور اس کے سب سے اونچے پتھروں والے حصے پر چڑھے ، پھر آواز دی : ’’ اے عبد مناف کی اولاد! میں ڈرانے والا ہوں ، میری اور تمہاری مثال اس آدمی کی ہے جس نے دشمن کو دیکھا تو وہ خاندان کو بچانے کے لیے چل پڑا اور اسے خطرہ ہوا کہ دشمن اس سے پہلے نہ پہنچ جائے تووہ بلند آواز سے پکارنے لگاؤ : وائے اس کی صبح ( کی تباہی! ) ‘ ‘

Sahih Muslim 43:17sahih

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بَرَّادٍ الأَشْعَرِيُّ، وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ - وَاللَّفْظُ لأَبِي كُرَيْبٍ - قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ بُرَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ إِنَّ مَثَلِي وَمَثَلَ مَا بَعَثَنِيَ اللَّهُ بِهِ كَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ أَتَى قَوْمَهُ فَقَالَ يَا قَوْمِ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ الْجَيْشَ بِعَيْنَىَّ وَإِنِّي أَنَا النَّذِيرُ الْعُرْيَانُ فَالنَّجَاءَ ‏.‏ فَأَطَاعَهُ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ فَأَدْلَجُوا فَانْطَلَقُوا عَلَى مُهْلَتِهِمْ وَكَذَّبَتْ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْهُمْ فَأَصْبَحُوا مَكَانَهُمْ فَصَبَّحَهُمُ الْجَيْشُ فَأَهْلَكَهُمْ وَاجْتَاحَهُمْ فَذَلِكَ مَثَلُ مَنْ أَطَاعَنِي وَاتَّبَعَ مَا جِئْتُ بِهِ وَمَثَلُ مَنْ عَصَانِي وَكَذَّبَ مَا جِئْتُ بِهِ مِنَ الْحَقِّ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Abu Musa reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:The similitude of mine and of that with which Allah sent me is that of a person who came to us and said: O people, I have seen an army with my eyes and I am a plain warner (and issue you warning) that you should immediately manage to find an escape. A group of people from amongst them paying heed (to his warning) fled to a place of protection and a group amongst them belied him and the morning overtook them in their houses and the army attacked them and killed them and they were routed. And that is the similitude of the one who obeyed me, followed with which I had been sent and the similitude of the other is of one who disobeyed and belied me and the Truth with which I have been sent

سیدنا ابوموسیٰ رضی اللہ عنہ نبی کریم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم سے روایت کرتے ہیں کہ آپ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا : میری مثال اور میرے دین کی مثال جو کہ اللہ نے مجھے دے کر بھیجا ہے ، ایسی ہے جیسے اس شخص کی مثال جو اپنی قوم کے پاس آیا اور کہنے لگا کہ اے میری قوم! میں نے لشکر کو اپنی دونوں آنکھوں سے دیکھا ہے ( یعنی دشمن کی فوج کو ) اور میں صاف صاف ڈرانے والا ہوں ، پس جلدی بھاگو ۔ اب اس کی قوم میں سے بعض نے اس کا کہنا مانا اور وہ شام ہوتے ہی بھاگ گئے اور آرام سے چلے گئے اور بعض نے جھٹلایا اور وہ صبح تک اس ٹھکانے میں رہے اور صبح ہوتے ہی لشکر ان پر ٹوٹ پڑا اور ان کو تباہ کیا اور جڑ سے اکھیڑ دیا ۔ پس یہی اس شخص کی مثال ہے جس نے میری اطاعت کی اور جو کچھ میں لے کر آیا ہوں اس کی اتباع کی اور جس نے میرا کہنا نہ مانا اور سچے دین کو جھٹلایا ۔

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