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Al-Ahqaf 9

Ayah 9 of 35 · Meccan

قُلۡ مَا كُنتُ بِدۡعٗا مِّنَ ٱلرُّسُلِ وَمَآ أَدۡرِي مَا يُفۡعَلُ بِي وَلَا بِكُمۡۖ إِنۡ أَتَّبِعُ إِلَّا مَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَيَّ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٞ ٩

Say, "I am not something new among the messengers,1 nor do I know what will be done with me or with you. I only follow that which is revealed to me, and I am not but a clear warner."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., I am neither the first messenger to be sent, nor do I bring something different from the other messengers.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قُلۡSayqul
  2. مَاNotmā
  3. كُنتُI amkuntu
  4. بِدۡعٗاa new (one)bid'ʿan
  5. مِّنَamongmina
  6. ٱلرُّسُلِthe Messengersl-rusuli
  7. وَمَآand notwamā
  8. أَدۡرِيI knowadrī
  9. مَاwhatmā
  10. يُفۡعَلُwill be doneyuf'ʿalu
  11. بِيwith mebī
  12. وَلَاand notwalā
  13. بِكُمۡۖwith youbikum
  14. إِنۡNotin
  15. أَتَّبِعُI followattabiʿu
  16. إِلَّاbutillā
  17. مَاwhatmā
  18. يُوحَىٰٓis revealedyūḥā
  19. إِلَيَّto meilayya
  20. وَمَآand notwamā
  21. أَنَا۠I amanā
  22. إِلَّاbutillā
  23. نَذِيرٞa warnernadhīrun
  24. مُّبِينٞclearmubīnun

Tafsir

O Messenger! Say to these idolaters who reject your prophethood: “I am not the first Messenger Allah has sent, as many messengers came before me. I do not know what Allah will do with me nor what He will do with you in this life. I only follow what Allah reveals to me, so I do not say or do except according to what He reveals. And I am only a warner who clearly warns of His punishment”.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran