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Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 56

سورة الفرقان، الآية ٥٦

25:56 Juz 19 Hizb 37 Page 365 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 25:56

وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرًا وَنَذِيرًا ۝٥٦

Transliteration

wamā arsalnāka illā mubashiran wanadhīran

Translation

And We have not sent you, [O Muḥammad], except as a bringer of good tidings and a warner.

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Verse 56 of Surah Al-Furqan (25:56), a Meccan surah, is in juz 19, on page 365 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 56

Al-Mukhtasar

I sent you - O Messenger - only to give good news to those who follow Allah, by having faith and doing righteous actions, and to warn those who go against Him, by committing disbelief and sin.

Tafsir of the whole Surah Al-Furqan

Other translations of verse 56

We have not sent you [O Prophet] except as a bearer of glad tidings and a warner.

And We have sent you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) only as a bearer of glad tidings and a warner.

And We have sent thee (O Muhammad) only as a bearer of good tidings and a warner.

But thee We only sent to give glad tidings and admonition.

And We have not sent you but as a giver of good news and as a warner.

And in no way have We sent you except (as) a bearer of good tidings and a constant warner.

Verse 56 word by word

  1. وَمَآ wamā And not
  2. أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ arsalnāka We sent you ر س ل
  3. إِلَّا illā except
  4. مُبَشِّرًا mubashiran (as) a bearer of glad tidings ب ش ر
  5. وَنَذِيرًا wanadhīran and a warner ن ذ ر

Verses related to verse 56

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Ya-Sin 36:74–75

    وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ءَالِهَةً لَّعَلَّهُمْ يُنصَرُونَ …

    But they have taken besides Allāh [false] deities that perhaps they would be helped. …

  • At-Takwir 81:28

    لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

    For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

  • Al-Hadid 57:3

    هُوَ ٱلْأَوَّلُ وَٱلْـَٔاخِرُ وَٱلظَّٰهِرُ وَٱلْبَاطِنُ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌ

    He is the First and the Last, the Ascendant and the Intimate, and He is, of all things, Knowing.

  • Al-Ma’idah 5:67

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلرَّسُولُ بَلِّغْ مَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ وَإِن لَّمْ تَفْعَلْ فَمَا بَلَّغْتَ رِسَالَتَهُۥ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْصِمُكَ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

    O Messenger, announce that which has been revealed to you from your Lord, and if you do not, then you have not conveyed His message. And Allāh will protect you from the people. Indeed, Allāh does not guide the disbelieving people.

  • Hud 11:123

    وَلِلَّهِ غَيْبُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَإِلَيْهِ يُرْجَعُ ٱلْأَمْرُ كُلُّهُۥ فَٱعْبُدْهُ وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَيْهِ وَمَا رَبُّكَ بِغَٰفِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

    And to Allāh belong the unseen [aspects] of the heavens and the earth and to Him will be returned the matter, all of it, so worship Him and rely upon Him. And your Lord is not unaware of that which you do.

  • Al-Mulk 67:29

    قُلْ هُوَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ ءَامَنَّا بِهِۦ وَعَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْنَا فَسَتَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ هُوَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

    Say, "He is the Most Merciful; we have believed in Him, and upon Him we have relied. And you will [come to] know who it is that is in clear error."

Verses with similar wording

They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.

  • Al-Isra 17:105

    وَبِٱلْحَقِّ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ وَبِٱلْحَقِّ نَزَلَ وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرًا وَنَذِيرًا

    And with the truth We have sent it [i.e., the Qur’ān] down, and with the truth it has descended. And We have not sent you, [O Muḥammad], except as a bringer of good tidings and a warner.

  • Al-Anbya 21:107

    وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ إِلَّا رَحْمَةً لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    And We have not sent you, [O Muḥammad], except as a mercy to the worlds.

  • Saba 34:28

    وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ إِلَّا كَآفَّةً لِّلنَّاسِ بَشِيرًا وَنَذِيرًا وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

    And We have not sent you except comprehensively to mankind as a bringer of good tidings and a warner. But most of the people do not know.

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