That you may warn a people whose ancestors had never been warned, who are therefore heedless.
So that you may warn these people whose ancestors were not warned, they are therefore unaware.
that thou mayest warn a people whose fathers were never warned, so they are heedless.
[bestowed upon thee] so that thou mayest warn people whose forefathers had not been warned, and who therefore are unaware [of the meaning of right and wrong].
That thou mayest warn a people whose fathers were not warned; so they are negligent.
In order that you may warn a people whose forefathers were not warned, so they are heedless.
To warn a people whose ancestors were not warned, and so they are unaware.
so that you may warn a people whose ancestors were not warned before wherefore they are heedless.
In order that you may warn a people whose forefathers were not warned, so they are heedless.
That thou mayst warn a folk whose fathers were not warned, so they are heedless.
that you may warn a people whose fathers were not warned, so they are oblivious.
so that you may warn a people whose fathers were not warned, and so were heedless.
That you may warn a people whose forefathers were not warned, so they are unaware.
so that you may warn a people who are unaware because their fathers were not warned.
That you may warn a people whose fathers were not warned, so they are heedless.
Litun<u>th</u>ira qawman m<u>a</u> on<u>th</u>ira <u>a</u>b<u>a</u>ohum fahum gh<u>a</u>filoon<b>a</b>
so that you may warn a people whose fathers were not warned and so they are unaware.
In order that thou mayest admonish a people, whose fathers had received no admonition, and who therefore remain heedless (of the Signs of Allah).
لِتُنذِرَ قَوْمًا مَّآ أُنذِرَ ءَابَآؤُهُمْ فَهُمْ غَٰفِلُونَ
I revealed it to you to warn and exhort a nation, the Arabs to whom no Messenger has come to warn them and as a result they are heedless of faith and monotheism. Likewise is the case of every nation which has been away from the exhortation, they need messengers, scholars and preachers to remind them.
I revealed it to you to warn and exhort a nation, the Arabs to whom no Messenger has come to warn them and as a result they are heedless of faith and monotheism. Likewise is the case of every nation which has been away from the exhortation, they need messengers, scholars and preachers to remind them.
<p>The word: آباء (fathers) in verse 6: لِتُنذِرَ‌ قَوْمًا مَّا أُنذِرَ‌ آبَاؤُهُمْ (so that you may warn a people whose fathers were not warned) means the Arabs. The sense is that no warner, that is, a prophet, has come to their ancestors since a long time, the reference being to the ones nearer among them.</p><p>Since the coming of their patriarch, Sayyidna Ibrahim 	علیہ السلام and with him, Sayyidna Isma'il (علیہ السلام) no prophet had appeared among the Arabs for several centuries, even though, the work of calling people to the true faith with warnings and glad tidings kept going on as mentioned in the verse of the Qur'an:' وَإِن مِّنْ أُمَّةٍ إِلَّا خَلَا فِيهَا نَذِيرٌ‌ (and there was no community without a warner having passed among them - 35:24) also confirms the same truth - that Divine mercy has never kept any nation or community deprived of the essential call and warning at any time and in any region. But, it is obvious that teachings of prophets when communicated by their deputies do not bring about the same effect as it is witnessed when the prophets do it in person. Therefore, in the present verse, it was said about the Arabs that no warner came to them. As fall out of this situation, there was no regular system of education in Arabia where people could learn and teach which was why they came to be called:	أُمِّيِّينَ (ummiyyun: the unlettered ones).</p>
The word: آباء (fathers) in verse 6: لِتُنذِرَ‌ قَوْمًا مَّا أُنذِرَ‌ آبَاؤُهُمْ (so that you may warn a people whose fathers were not warned) means the Arabs. The sense is that no warner, that is, a prophet, has come to their ancestors since a long time, the reference being to the ones nearer among them.Since the coming of their patriarch, Sayyidna Ibrahim 	علیہ السلام and with him, Sayyidna Isma'il (علیہ السلام) no prophet had appeared among the Arabs for several centuries, even though, the work of calling people to the true faith with warnings and glad tidings kept going on as mentioned in the verse of the Qur'an:' وَإِن مِّنْ أُمَّةٍ إِلَّا خَلَا فِيهَا نَذِيرٌ‌ (and there was no community without a warner having passed among them - 35:24) also confirms the same truth - that Divine mercy has never kept any nation or community deprived of the essential call and warning at any time and in any region. But, it is obvious that teachings of prophets when communicated by their deputies do not bring about the same effect as it is witnessed when the prophets do it in person. Therefore, in the present verse, it was said about the Arabs that no warner came to them. As fall out of this situation, there was no regular system of education in Arabia where people could learn and teach which was why they came to be called:	أُمِّيِّينَ (ummiyyun: the unlettered ones).