The Holy Quran 46:9 — Surah Al-Ahqaf

Arabic text

قُلْ مَا كُنتُ بِدْعًا مِّنَ ٱلرُّسُلِ وَمَآ أَدْرِى مَا يُفْعَلُ بِى وَلَا بِكُمْ ۖ إِنْ أَتَّبِعُ إِلَّا مَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ

Translation

(O Rasulullaah!) Say (to the people,) "I am not something new (not the first) among the Rusul and I have no idea about what will happen to me and you people (in the future because I do not have knowledge of the unseen). I follow only what has been revealed to me (without adding or omitting any details) and I am a clear warner (regardless of the future results)."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

I am not a new messenger: that is, why do you shy away from my words so much? I have not brought anything strange. Before me too the chain of prophethood and messengership has continued in the world. I say the same: after all those messengers, Allah has sent me as a messenger, of whom the earlier messengers had kept giving news.

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