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26:115

إِنۡ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٞ

In ana illa natheerun mubeenun

I am only a clear warner."

Word by word
  1. إِنۡNot
  2. أَنَا۠I am
  3. إِلَّاbut
  4. نَذِيرٞa warner
  5. مُّبِينٞclear
Ash-Shu'ara · 26:115Makkah

I am only a clear warner.

Knowing the limits of your role

Nuh's job
warn clearlyhis whole task
not
pick followersby rank
What the role is
gatekeeperwho gets in
warnerto everyone, equally

Nuh closes his answer: I am only a plain warner. Ibn Kathir explains: I have been sent as a warner, and whoever believes in me belongs to me, whether upper-class or lower-class. He does not decide who deserves the message.

You run the youth group, the study circle, the family WhatsApp. It is easy to start choosing who belongs. Your job is to share what is good, clearly and to everyone. Not to guard the door.

Part of my role is deciding who deserves to hear this.

My role is to share clearly. Who accepts it is not mine to sort.

Try this

Share one good reminder today with someone you would not usually share it with.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 26:111)

They said: "Shall we believe in you, when the inferior follow you? (111)He said: "And what knowledge have I of what they used to do? (112)"Their account is only with my Lord, if you could (but) know. (113)"And I am not going to drive away the believers. (114)"I am only a plain warner. (115)

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."

قَالُوا أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَاتَّبَعَكَ الْأَرْذَلُونَ - قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِي بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

(They said: "Shall we believe in you, when the inferior follow you?" He said: "And what knowledge have I of what they used to do?") meaning, 'what does it have to do with me if they follow me? No matter what they used to do before, I do not have to check on them and examine their background; all I have to do is accept it if they believe in me; whatever is in their hearts is for Allah to know.'

إِنْ حِسَابُهُمْ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّي ۖ لَوْ تَشْعُرُونَ - وَمَا أَنَا بِطَارِدِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

(Their account is only with my Lord, if you could (but) know. And I am not going to drive away the believers.) It seems that they asked him to drive these people away, then they would follow him, but he refused to do that, and said:

وَمَا أَنَا بِطَارِدِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ - إِنْ أَنَا إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ

(And I am not going to drive away the believers. I am only a plain warner.) meaning, 'I have been sent as a warner, and whoever obeys me and follows me and believes in me, then he belongs to me and I to him, whether he is noble or common, upper-class or lower-class.'