Quran Universe
26:107

إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ

Innee lakum rasoolun ameenun

Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.

Word by word
  1. إِنِّيIndeed,I am
  2. لَكُمۡto you
  3. رَسُولٌa Messenger
  4. أَمِينٞtrustworthy
Ash-Shu'ara · 26:107Makkah

I am a messenger you can trust.

Nothing added, nothing taken away

What Nuh carried
the messagefrom his Lord
delivered
faithfullynothing added or removed
What trustworthy means
pleasantsays what you like
faithfulpasses it on exactly

Nuh says I am a trustworthy messenger to you. Ibn Kathir explains: I convey the messages of my Lord and I do not add anything to them or take anything away. His trust was in passing it on exactly.

Someone tells you a secret, a colleague asks you to pass a message, a friend shares a hadith in the group. Do you pass it on exactly, or add a little spin? Being trustworthy is in the small relays too.

A little exaggeration when I pass something on is harmless.

Trust means passing things on exactly as they were given to me.

Try this

Next time you repeat what someone said, say it exactly, without adding anything.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 26:105)

The people of Nuh denied the Messengers (105)When their brother Nuh said to them: "Will you not have Taqwa? ( 106)"I am a trustworthy Messenger to you. ( 107)"So have Taqwa of Allah, and obey me. ( 108)"No reward do I ask of you for it; my reward is only from the Lord of all that exists. ( 109)"So have Taqwa of Allah, and obey me. ( 110)

Nuh's Preaching to His People, and Their Response

Here Allah tells us about His servant and Messenger Nuh, peace be upon him, who was the first Messenger sent by Allah to the people of earth after they started to worship idols. Allah sent him to forbid that and to warn people of the consequences of idol worship. But his people belied him and continued their evil practice of worshipping idols besides Allah. Allah revealed that their disbelieving in him was akin to disbelieving in all the Messengers, So Allah said:

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ الْمُرْسَلِينَ - إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

(The people of Nuh belied the Messengers. When their brother Nuh said to them: "Will you not have Taqwa?") meaning, 'do you not fear Allah when you worship others instead of Him?'

إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

(I am a trustworthy Messenger to you.) means, 'I am the Messenger of Allah to you, faithfully fulfilling the mission with which Allah has sent me. I convey the Messages of my Lord to you, and I do not add anything to them or take anything away from them.

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ - وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ

(So have Taqwa of Allah, and obey me. No reward do I ask of you for it;) means, 'I do not want any payment for the advice I give you; I will save my reward for it with Allah.'

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

(So have Taqwa of Allah, and obey me.) 'It is clear to you that I am telling the truth and that I am faithfully fulfilling the mission with which Allah has entrusted me.'