And [remember, O Muḥammad], when We told you, "Indeed, your Lord has encompassed the people."1 And We did not make the sight which We showed you2 except as a trial for the people, as was the accursed tree [mentioned] in the Qur’ān. And We threaten [i.e., warn] them, but it increases them not except in great transgression.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 In His knowledge and power, meaning that Allāh would protect him (ﷺ) from their harm.
وَنُخَوِّفُهُمۡAnd We threaten themwanukhawwifuhum
فَمَاbut notfamā
يَزِيدُهُمۡit increases themyazīduhum
إِلَّاexceptillā
طُغۡيَٰنٗا(in) transgressionṭugh'yānan
كَبِيرٗاgreatkabīran
Tafsir
And remember, O Messenger, when I said to you: Your Lord has encompassed the people in His power and they are in His control. Allah will protect you from them, so convey what you have been ordered to convey. And I did not make what I clearly showed you on the Night Journey except as a test for the people; do they believe it or reject it? And I did not make the tree of Zaqqum, which is mentioned in the Qur’ān as growing from the bottom of the Hellfire, except as a test for them. Thus, if they do not believe in these signs, they will never believe in anything else. And I frighten them by sending signs, but they do not increase through them except in disbelief and remaining further in misguidance.