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34. Surah • 28. Verse
Word Analysis
وَمَآ
wamā
And not
إِلَّا
illā
except
وَلَـٰكِنَّ
walākinna
But
لَا
lā
(do) not
Rashad Khalifa
The Final Testament
We have sent you (O Rashad) to all the people, a bearer of good news, as well as a warner, but most people do not know.,
The Monotheist Group
The Quran: A Monotheist Translation
And We have sent you to all people to be a bearer of good news, and as a warner; but most of the people do not know.
Edip-Layth
Quran: A Reformist Translation
We have sent you to all people to be a bearer of good news, as well as a warner; but most people do not know.
Taqi Usmani
Holy Quran Translation
We did not send you (O prophet,) but to the entire mankind, as a bearer of good news and as a warner, but most people do not know.
Abul A'la Maududi
Tafhim commentary
(O Prophet), We have not sent you forth but as a herald of good news and a warner for all mankind. But most people do not know.[1]
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That is, you have not been sent as a Prophet for the people of this city, or this country, or this age alone, but for the people of the entire world and for all times, but your compatriots do not recognize your worth and they do not realize how great a person has been raised among them as a Prophet (peace be upon him) and how uniquely they have been blessed by Allah.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Holy Quran Translation
We have not sent thee but as a universal (Messenger) to men, giving them glad tidings, and warning them (against sin), but most men understand not.
Al-Hilali & Khan
Holy Quran Translation
And We have not sent you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) except as a giver of glad tidings and a warner to all mankind, but most of men know not.[1]
Marmaduke Pickthall
Holy Quran Translation
And We have not sent thee (O Muhammad) save as a bringer of good tidings and a warner unto all mankind; but most of mankind know not.
Abdul Haleem
Holy Quran Translation
We have sent you [Prophet] only to bring good news and warning to all people, but most of them do not understand.
Mustafa Khattab
The Clear Quran
We have sent you ˹O Prophet˺ only as a deliverer of good news and a warner to all of humanity, but most people do not know.
Aisha Bewley
Holy Quran Translation
We only sent you for the whole of mankind, bringing good news and giving warning. But most of mankind do not know it.
Hamid S. Aziz
Holy Quran Translation
Say, "Show me those whom you have joined with Him as partners; by no means (can you do it). Nay! He is Allah, the Mighty, the Wise."
Amatul Rahman Omar
Holy Quran Translation
(Prophet!) We have sent you not but towards entire mankind (till the end of time) as a Bearer of glad-tidings and as a Warner but most people do not know (that the Message of Islam is universal and the Qur'ân the last revealed Book).
Bijan Moeinian
Holy Quran Translation
O’ Mohammad, I have sent you for the entire humanity [not for a given nation] to be a Warner and the bearer of the good news [that your good deeds will be rewarded by permanent residency in Paradise]; unfortunately, most people do not realize it.
E. Henry Palmer
Holy Quran Translation
We have only sent thee to men generally as a herald of glad tidings and a warner; but most men do not know.
Mahmoud Ghali
Holy Quran Translation
And in no way have We sent you except as a constant bearer of good tidings and a constant warner to the whole of mankind; but most of mankind do not know.
Arthur John Arberry
Holy Quran Translation
We have sent thee not, except to mankind entire, good tidings to bear, and warning; but most men do not know it.
George Sale
Holy Quran Translation
We have not sent thee otherwise than unto mankind in general, a bearer of good tidings, and a denouncer of threats: But the greater part of men do not understand.
Ali Quli Qarai
Holy Quran Translation
We did not send you except as a bearer of good news and warner to all mankind, but most people do not know.
Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
Holy Quran Translation
We have sent you only as a bearer of good tidings and admonisher for all mankind; yet most people do not understand.
Muhammad Asad
Holy Quran Translation
NOW [as for thee, O Muhammad,] We have not sent thee otherwise than to mankind at large, to be a herald of glad tidings and a warner; but most people do not understand [this],
Shabbir Ahmed
Holy Quran Translation
Now (O Messenger) We have sent you as a bringer of glad news and a Warner to mankind at large, but most people are (at this time) unaware of this fact.
Abdel Khalek Himmat
Al- Muntakhab
We have not sent you, -O Muhammad- to the people at large but to serve as a spectacle and a warning but most people do fail to realize this fact.
Progressive Muslims
Holy Quran Translation
And We have sent you to all people to be a bearer of good news, as well as a warner; but most people do not know.
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Holy Quran Translation
And We have not sent you except as one to give them good news, and to warn them (of the punishment; As a messenger and a guide to mankind), but most men do not understand.
Sahih International
(Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)
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.
Sam Gerrans
The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation
And We sent thee only as a bearer of glad tidings and a warner to all mankind, but most men know not.