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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “And We have not sent you except as a comprehensive messenger to all people, a bringer of good news and a warner, but most of the people do not know.”

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Allah the Exalted said:
And We have not sent you except comprehensively وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ إِلَّا كَافَّةً
[Saba 34:28]
This is a state (hal) describing the people, placed before them for emphasis. Regarding His saying:
And We have not sent you except comprehensively وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ إِلَّا كَافَّةً
[Saba 34:28]
This exception is called by them an exception that is emptied of the most general conditions, meaning that We did not send you for any condition except this condition, meaning except for all people.
all together كافة
means collectively. And His saying:
We sent you أرسلناك
Sending means commanding the conveyance of something. So if you send a person from among the people to another person, it means you commanded him to convey something to the one to whom it is sent. For this reason, the scholars said in the definition of the Messenger: “He is the one to whom the Shari'ah was revealed and he was commanded to convey it.” And His saying:
to all people إلى كافة للناس
The people means human beings. They were called "nas" (people) from their saying "anas" when one moves and acts. Thus, "nas" is a derived name, not a fixed name. They said: “And its origin is 'anas." Yes, its origin is "anas," but the hamza was deleted for ease of pronunciation due to frequent usage. They said: “And like that is their saying 'shar' (evil) and 'khar' (good).” Meaning you say: This is better than that, meaning "akhayr" (better) than that, so the hamza was deleted for ease due to frequent usage. They said: “And from that is 'Allah.'” Its origin is "al-Ilah," and the hamza was deleted for ease due to frequent usage. However, this last issue contains some consideration, because "al-Ilah" comes alongside "Allah," so you say: He is Allah, the Great Ilah, and so on. Yes, he says:
except for all people إلا كافة الناس
“Meaning the disbelievers of Makkah.” This is a deficiency on the part of the author (may Allah have mercy on him), because if we say you were sent to the disbelievers of Makkah, then others will not be sent to them, and this is a great deficiency. How can the word "people" come in the context of the message, and we say it means the disbelievers of Makkah? The correct view is that it means all human beings: the disbelievers of Makkah, the disbelievers of Washington, the disbelievers of Moscow, the disbelievers of China, and all disbelievers, right? Until the Day of Resurrection, or only during his lifetime? Until the Day of Resurrection, for people in general.
a bringer of good news and a warner بَشِيرًا وَنَذِيرًا
A bringer of good news بشيراً
A bringer of good news to the believers of Paradise, and
A warner نذيراً
a warner to the disbelievers of punishment. Yes.
A bringer of good news بشيراً
"Bashiran" (bringer of good news) is also a state (hal) from the "kaf" in His saying:
And We have not sent you وما أرسلناك
A bringer of good news بشيراً
"Fa'il" means "muf'il" (one who does the action), or "bashir" means "for the good news." "Fa'il" can mean "muf'il," as we have established many times. And His saying: “A bringer of good news to the believers of Paradise and a warner to the disbelievers of the Fire.” It should be said: A bringer of good news to the believers of Paradise, as the author said, and a warner to the sinners of punishment, so that the warning includes warning against disbelief and warning against sins. Meaning, even sins have punishments attached to them in order to deter a person from committing them. And Allah knows best.
Source alathar.net

The Arabic text is copied verbatim from the original source, without any edits.

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