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Surah Yaseen (36) — Ayah 11

Yaseen · Meccan · Juz 22 · Page 440

إِنَّمَا تُنذِرُ مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَخَشِىَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنَ بِٱلْغَيْبِ ۖ فَبَشِّرْهُ بِمَغْفِرَةٍ وَأَجْرٍ كَرِيمٍ ﴿11﴾
You can only warn him who follows the Reminder (the Qur’ân), and fears the Most Gracious (Allâh) unseen. Bear you to such one the glad tidings of forgiveness, and a generous reward (i.e. Paradise).
إِنَّمَا innamā Only
تُنذِرُ tundhiru you (can) warn
مَنِ mani (him) who
ٱتَّبَعَ ittabaʿa follows
ٱلذِّكْرَ l-dhik'ra the Reminder
وَخَشِىَ wakhashiya and fears
ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنَ l-raḥmāna the Most Gracious
بِٱلْغَيْبِ ۖ bil-ghaybi in the unseen
فَبَشِّرْهُ fabashir'hu So give him glad tidings
بِمَغْفِرَةٍۢ bimaghfiratin of forgiveness
وَأَجْرٍۢ wa-ajrin and a reward
كَرِيمٍ karīmin noble

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(Ayah 11) {اِنَّمَا تُنْذِرُ مَنِ اتَّبَعَ الذِّكْرَ … :} That is, the benefit of your warning will only be for those people who listen to the advice and, accepting it, act upon it. For the explanation of {’’ وَ خَشِيَ الرَّحْمٰنَ بِالْغَيْبِ ‘‘}, see Surah Fatir (18). The tanween in {’’ بِمَغْفِرَةٍ ‘‘} is for glorification.

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11. 1. That is, only he benefits from the warning.

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11. You can only warn those who follow the Reminder (Quran) and fear the Most Merciful [11] unseen. So give such people the good news of forgiveness and a noble reward.

[11] Only those people fear the Most Merciful without seeing Him who truly believe in the Day of the Hereafter and in the accountability of their deeds before Allah, and they do not corrupt their belief in the Hereafter with the notion of easy salvation. Such people are few. These people live extremely cautious lives in the world out of fear of Allah. And it is such people who become deserving of forgiveness for their sins and mistakes from Allah Almighty. Their sins are forgiven, and the reward for their good deeds is multiplied many times over.