Quran Universe
38:70

إِن يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَيَّ إِلَّآ أَنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٌ

In yooha ilayya illa annama ana natheerun mubeenun

It has not been revealed to me except that I am a clear warner."

Word by word
  1. إِنNot
  2. يُوحَىٰٓhas been revealed
  3. إِلَيَّto me
  4. إِلَّآexcept
  5. أَنَّمَآthat only
  6. أَنَا۠I am
  7. نَذِيرٞa warner
  8. مُّبِينٌclear
Sad · 38:70Makkah

All that is revealed to me: I am a clear warner.

Clear about his role, nothing added

His role
revealed to meonly this
that
a clear warnerplain, open
The messenger's job
to force themmake them believe
to warn clearlyand leave guidance to Allah

The passage ends with the Prophet ﷺ saying that what is revealed to him is only that he is a plain warner. Ibn Kathir's heading for this section: the message of the Messenger ﷺ is great news.

You have tried for years to get your brother back to prayer. You feel like a failure. Your job is to say it clearly and kindly. Guidance is not in your hands.

If someone I care about does not change, I have failed.

My part is to remind clearly and kindly. Guidance belongs to Allah.

Try this

Make dua for one person you have been trying to remind, and let go of the pressure.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 38:65)

Say: "I am only a warner and there is no God (worthy of worship) except Allah the One, the Irresistible, (65)"The Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, the Almighty, the Oft-Forgiving. (66)Say: "That is a great news, (67)"From which you turn away! (68)"I had no knowledge of the chiefs (angels) on high when they were disputing and discussing. (69)"Only this has been revealed to me, that I am a plain warner. (70)

The Message of the Messenger ﷺ is a Great News

Allah tells His Messenger ﷺ to say to those who disbelieved in Allah, associated others in worship with Him and denied His Messenger: 'I am a warner, I am not as you claim.'

وَمَا مِنْ إِلَٰهٍ إِلَّا اللَّهُ الْوَاحِدُ الْقَهَّارُ

(and there is no God (worthy of worship) except Allah, the One, the Irresistible,) means, He Alone has subjugated and controlled everything.

رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا

(The Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them,) means, He is the Sovereign of all that and is in control of it.

الْعَزِيزُ الْغَفَّارُ

(the Almighty, the Oft-Forgiving.) means, He is Oft-Forgiving as well as being Almighty and All-Powerful.

قُلْ هُوَ نَبَأٌ عَظِيمٌ 

(Say: "That (this Qur'an) is a great news,") means, 'something very important, which is that Allah has sent me to you.

أَنْتُمْ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضُونَ 

(From which you turn away!) means, 'you neglect it.'

مَا كَانَ لِيَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ بِالْمَلَإِ الْأَعْلَىٰ إِذْ يَخْتَصِمُونَ

(I had no knowledge of the chiefs (angels) on high when they were disputing and discussing.) meaning, 'were it not for the divine revelation, how could I have known about the dispute of the chiefs on high (the angels)?' This refers to their dispute concerning Adam, peace be upon him, and how Iblis refused to prostrate to him and argued with his Lord because He preferred him (Adam) over him. This is what Allah says: