The Poets — Verse 115
26:115 · ash-Shu`ara`
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إِنۡ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِیرࣱ مُّبِینࣱ ١١٥
in anā illā nadhīrun mubīnu
The Poets / ash-Shu`ara` (26:115)
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Q 26:111 (ash-Shu`ara`)
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I am here only to give people a clear warning.’
in anā illā nadhīrun mubīnu
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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."
قَالُواْ أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَاتَّبَعَكَ الاٌّرْذَلُونَ - قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِى بِمَا كَانُواْ 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 إِلاَّ عَلَى رَبِّى لَوْ تَشْعُرُونَ - وَمَآ أَنَاْ 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:
وَمَآ أَنَاْ بِطَارِدِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ - إِنْ أَنَا إِلاَّ 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.'
I am just a plain warner’.
وما أنا بطارد الذين يؤمنون بدعوتي، مهما تكن حالهم؛ تلبية لرغبتكم كي تؤمنوا بي. ما أنا إلا نذير بيِّن الإنذار.
وقال: "وما أنا بطارد المؤمنين إن أنا إلا نذير مبين" أي إنما بعثت نذيرا فمن أطاعني وأتبعني وصدقني كان مني وأنا منه سواء كان شريفا أو وضيعا جليلا أو حقيرا.
( إِنْ أَنَا إِلاَّ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ ) أى : ليست وظيفتى إلا الإنذار الواضح للناس بسوء المصير ، إذا ما استمروا على كفرهم ، سواء أكانوا من الأغنياء أم من الفقراء .فأنت ترى أن نوحا - عليه السلام - قد جمع فى رده عليهم ، بين المنطق الرصين الحكيم ، وبين الحزم والشجاعة والزجر الذى يخرس ألسنتهم .
( إِنْ أَنَا إِلا نَذِيرٌ مُبِينٌ ) يقول: ما أنا إلا نذير لكم من عند ربكم أنذركم بأسه, وسطوته على كفركم به مبين: يقول: نذير قد أبان لكم إنذاره, ولم يكتمكم نصيحته.
"إن أنا إلا نذير مبين".
إِنْ أَنَا إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ مُبِينٌ (115)وجملة : { إن أنا إلا نذير مبين } استئناف في معنى التعليل ، أي لأن وصفي يصرفني عن موافقتكم .والمُبِين : من أبان المتعدي بمعنى بَيَّن ووضَّح . والقصر إضافي وهو قصر موصوف على صفة .وقد تقدم في سورة هود حكاية موقف لنوح عليه السلام مع قومه شبيه بما حكي هنا وبين الحكايتين اختلاف مَّا ، فلعلهما موقفان أو هما كلامان في موقف واحد حكي أحدُهما هنالك والآخر هنا على عادة قصص القرآن ، فما في إحدى الآيتين من زيادة يحمل على أنه مكمل لما في الأخرى .
إِنْ أَنَا إِلا نَذِيرٌ مُبِينٌ أي ما أنا إلا منذر ومبلغ عن الله ومجتهد في نصح العباد وليس لي من الأمر شيء إن الأمر إلا لله .
إن أنا إلا نذير مبين يعني : إن الله ما أرسلني أخص ذوي الغنى دون الفقراء ، إنما أنا رسول أبلغكم ما أرسلت به ، فمن أطاعني فذلك السعيد عند الله وإن كان فقيرا ..
Noah’s community rejected him, though his call was fully borne out by the strength of arguments. Besides, his character bore testimony to his truthfulness. The people of his community knew that Noah was a righteous and honest man. They knew that there was no vested self-interest attached to his call for the Truth. Indeed, his personal qualities were enough to prove his seriousness. And a person who is serious about God’s creatures cannot be other than serious about their Creator. Noah’s community rejected his call for the Truth, though they could offer nothing but irrelevant matters to justify this rejection. To say that the companions of a preacher are ordinary people in order to justify rejection of his call, is not a contradiction of the call but amounts rather to self-contradiction. It means that nothing can be found by way of arguments to warrant saying anything against the call of Truth. Such a stance did no credit to Noah’s community.
Nobility of a person depends on deeds and moral qualities and not on family or status
قَالُوا أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَاتَّبَعَكَ الْأَرْذَلُونَ ﴿111﴾ قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِي بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ ﴿112﴾
They said, "Shall we believe in you while you are followed by the lowest people?" [ 111] He said, "I do not know about what they do. (26:111-112)
It is related in this verse that the disbelievers rejected the invitation of Sayyidna Nuh (علیہ السلام) to accept the faith on the plea that his followers were worthless poor people. So, how could they, the elite and noble, mix up with them? On this Nuh (علیہ السلام) replied that he did not know about their acts, thereby hinting that their understanding of nobility on the basis of family background, wealth, or status was wrong, and that the nobility or meanness and honour or disgrace is dependent on one's deeds and morals. Hence, it was their ignorance to put the label of sordidness on his followers, because they did not know about their deeds and disposition. Unless one knows fully well about the morals and deeds of others, it is not right to pass any judgment about them. (Qurtubi).
(I am only a plain warner) I am only a Messenger warning you of a curse that you know well.