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13:7

وَيَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَوۡلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيۡهِ ءَايَةٞ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦٓۗ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرٞۖ وَلِكُلِّ قَوۡمٍ هَادٍ

Wayaqoolu allatheena kafaroo lawla onzila AAalayhi ayatun min rabbihi innama anta munthirun walikulli qawmin hadin

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.

Word by word
  1. وَيَقُولُAnd say
  2. ٱلَّذِينَthose who
  3. كَفَرُواْdisbelieved
  4. لَوۡلَآWhy not
  5. أُنزِلَhas been sent down
  6. عَلَيۡهِto him
  7. ءَايَةٞa sign
  8. مِّنfrom
  9. رَّبِّهِۦٓۗhis Lord
  10. إِنَّمَآOnly
  11. أَنتَyou
  12. مُنذِرٞۖ(are) a warner
  13. وَلِكُلِّand for every
  14. قَوۡمٍpeople
  15. هَادٍ(is) a guide
Ar-Ra'd · 13:7Madinah

You are a warner, not a miracle machine.

Every people gets a guide; results belong to Allah

The demand
the deniersshow us a sign
they wanted
Safa into goldmountains moved away
the answer
only a warneryour job is to convey
Whose job is what
I must convince themor I have failed
I conveyAllah guides whom He wills

Ibn Kathir notes that the idolaters asked the Prophet ﷺ to turn the hill of Safa into gold and move the mountains away. The reply: you are only a warner. Guidance is not your burden, and every people has had someone calling them.

Your brother stopped praying and you have sent him every reminder clip there is. You lie awake running the next argument. Your part is to say it well and with love. The heart is not in your hands.

If they do not change, it means I did not find the right words.

My job is to convey kindly. Changing hearts is Allah's.

Try this

Think of the person you most want to guide. Make dua for them instead of planning your next argument.

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Tafsir Ibn Kathir

And the disbelievers say: "Why is not a sign sent down to him from his Lord?" You are only a warner, and to every people there is a guide (7)

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 ﷺ from his Lord, just like the earlier Messengers For instance, the disbelievers were being stubborn when they asked the Prophet ﷺ to turn As-Safa into gold, to remove the mountains from around them, and to replace them with green fields and rivers. Allah said,

وَمَا مَنَعَنَا أَن نُّرْسِلَ بِالْآيَاتِ إِلَّا أَن كَذَّبَ بِهَا الْأَوَّلُونَ

(And nothing stops Us from sending the Ayat but that the people of old denied them.)[17:59] Allah said here,

إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُنذِرٌ

(You are only a warner), and your duty is only to convey Allah's Message which He has ordered you,

لَّيْسَ عَلَيْكَ هُدَاهُمْ وَلَٰكِنَّ اللَّهَ يَهْدِي مَن يَشَاءُ

(Not upon you is their guidance, but Allah guides whom He wills.)[2:272] Allah said;

وَلِكُلِّ قَوْمٍ هَادٍ

(And to every people there is a guide.) meaning that for every people there has been a caller, according to Ibn 'Abbas and as narrated from him by Ali bin Abi Talhah. Allah said in a similar Ayah,

وَإِن مِّنْ أُمَّةٍ إِلَّا خَلَا فِيهَا نَذِيرٌ

(And there never was a nation but a warner had passed among them.)[35:24] Similar has reported from Qatadah and 'Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd.