2:119

إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَٰكَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ بَشِيرٗا وَنَذِيرٗاۖ وَلَا تُسۡـَٔلُ عَنۡ أَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ

Inna arsalnaka bialhaqqi basheeran wanatheeran wala tusalu Aaan ashabi aljaheemi

Indeed, We have sent you, [O Muhammad], with the truth as a bringer of good tidings and a warner, and you will not be asked about the companions of Hellfire.

Word by word
  1. إِنَّآIndeed We
  2. أَرۡسَلۡنَٰكَ[We] have sent you
  3. بِٱلۡحَقِّwith the truth
  4. بَشِيرٗا(as) a bearer of good news
  5. وَنَذِيرٗاۖand (as) a warner
  6. وَلَاAnd not
  7. تُسۡـَٔلُyou will be asked
  8. عَنۡabout
  9. أَصۡحَٰبِ(the) companions
  10. ٱلۡجَحِيمِ(of) the blazing Fire
Al-Baqarah · 2:119Madinah

Sent with the truth to give good news and warn.

The messenger's job, and its limit


His role
the truth
good newsfor those who believe
warningfor those who reject
not
answerable for their choice
Whose responsibility
I must make them believe
convey; Allah reckons

Allah tells the Prophet ﷺ he was sent with the truth, a bringer of good news and a warner. Ibn Kathir: you will not be asked why others rejected you. Abdullah bin Amr said the Torah described him too: not harsh, not loud in the markets, forgiving and pardoning.

Your brother stopped praying. Your friend mocks religion. You lie awake as if their choices were your exam. Your job is to show and tell, kindly. The reckoning is Allah's, not yours.

If they do not change, I have failed.

My part is to convey with kindness. Their hearts are in Allah's hands.

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Share one good thing about your faith with someone today, gently, then let it go.

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

Verily, We have sent you (O Muhammad ﷺ) with the truth (Islam), a bringer of glad tidings (for those who believe in what you brought, that they will enter Paradise) and a warner (for those who disbelieve in what you brought, that they will enter the Hellfire). And you will not be asked about the dwellers of the blazing Fire (119)

Allah's statement;

وَلَا تُسْأَلُ عَنْ أَصْحَابِ الْجَحِيمِ

(And you will not be asked about the dwellers of the blazing Fire.) means, "We shall not ask you about the disbelief of those who rejected you." Similarly, Allah said,

فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْكَ الْبَلَاغُ وَعَلَيْنَا الْحِسَابُ

(Your duty is only to convey (the Message) and on Us is the reckoning.)(13:40)

فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ - لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ

(So remind them (O Muhammad ﷺ) ـ you are only one who reminds. You are not a dictator over them.)(88:21-22) and,

نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ وَمَا أَنتَ عَلَيْهِم بِجَبَّارٍ فَذَكِّرْ بِالْقُرْآنِ مَن يَخَافُ وَعِيدِ

(We know best what they say. And you (O Muhammad ﷺ) are not the one to force them (to belief). But warn by the Qur'an; him who fears My threat)(50:45).

There are many other similar Ayat.

The Description of the Prophet (ﷺ) in the Tawrah

Imam Ahmad recorded 'Ata' bin Yasar saying that he met 'Abdullah bin 'Amr bin Al-'As and said to him, "Tell me about the description of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the Torah." He said, "Yes, by Allah, he is described by the Torah with the same characteristics that he is described with in the Qur'an with: 'O Prophet! We have sent you as a witness, a bringer of good news, a warner, and as safe refuge for the unlettered people. You are My servant and Messenger. I have called you the Mutawakkil (who depends and relies on Allah for each and everything). You are not harsh, nor hard, nor obnoxious in the bazaars. He does not reward the evil deed with an evil deed. Rather, he forgives and pardons. Allah will not bring his life to an end, until he straightens the wicked's religion by his hands so that the people proclaim: There is no deity worthy of worship except Allah. By his hands, Allah will open blind eyes, deaf ears and sealed hearts.'" This was recorded by Al-Bukhari only.