Quran Universe
7:93

فَتَوَلَّىٰ عَنۡهُمۡ وَقَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ لَقَدۡ أَبۡلَغۡتُكُمۡ رِسَٰلَٰتِ رَبِّي وَنَصَحۡتُ لَكُمۡۖ فَكَيۡفَ ءَاسَىٰ عَلَىٰ قَوۡمٖ كَٰفِرِينَ

Fatawalla AAanhum waqala ya qawmi laqad ablaghtukum risalati rabbee wanasahtu lakum fakayfa asa AAala qawmin kafireena

And he turned away from them and said, "O my people, I had certainly conveyed to you the messages of my Lord and advised you, so how could I grieve for a disbelieving people?"

Word by word
  1. فَتَوَلَّىٰSo he turned away
  2. عَنۡهُمۡfrom them
  3. وَقَالَand said
  4. يَٰقَوۡمِO my people
  5. لَقَدۡVerily
  6. أَبۡلَغۡتُكُمۡI (have) conveyed to you
  7. رِسَٰلَٰتِ(the) Messages
  8. رَبِّي(of) my Lord
  9. وَنَصَحۡتُand advised
  10. لَكُمۡۖ[to] you
  11. فَكَيۡفَSo how could
  12. ءَاسَىٰI grieve
  13. عَلَىٰfor
  14. قَوۡمٖa people
  15. كَٰفِرِينَ(who are) disbelievers
Al-A'raf · 7:93Makkah

I told you, I advised you. I did my part.

Shuayb turns away after the end

Shuayb's farewell
conveyed the messageall he was sent with
gave sincere adviceagain and again
so
no more griefthe choice was theirs
What he was responsible for
their choicemaking them believe
conveying clearlythat was his duty

After the destruction, Shuayb turned away from his people. He told them I conveyed my Lord's messages and gave you good advice. Ibn Kathir explains: I delivered what I was sent with, so I will not grieve, since you rejected it.

You warned your younger brother about the friends he was keeping. You said it kindly, more than once. He did not listen. You keep blaming yourself. You did your part. The rest was his.

If they did not change, I must have failed.

My job is to advise sincerely. Their response is not my burden to carry.

Try this

Think of one person you keep trying to fix. Make dua for them, then let go a little.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir

Then he (Shu'ayb) turned from them and said: "O my people! I have indeed conveyed my Lord's Messages unto you and I have given you good advice. Then how can I grieve over people who are disbelievers. (93)

Prophet Shu'ayb, peace be upon him, turned away from his people after the torment, punishment and destruction struck them, admonishing and censuring them by saying to them,

يَا قَوْمِ لَقَدْ أَبْلَغْتُكُمْ رِسَالَاتِ رَبِّي وَنَصَحْتُ لَكُمْ

("O my people! I have indeed conveyed my Lord's Messages unto you and I have given you good advice.")

Shu'ayb said, I have conveyed to you what I was sent with, so I will not feel any sorrow for you since you disbelieved in what I brought you,

فَكَيْفَ آسَىٰ عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ كَافِرِينَ

("Then how can I grieve over pepple who are disbelievers?")