This (Book) has been called by your people a falsehood though it is the truth. Say: "I am not a warden over you."
And your people (O dear Prophet Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him) denied it whereas this is undoubtedly the truth; say, “I am not responsible for you.”
Thy people have cried it lies; yet it is the truth. Say: 'I am not a guardian over you.
and yet, to all this thy peoples have given the lie, although it is the truth. Say [then]: "I am not responsible for your conduct.
And thy people belie it, while it is certain to befall. Say thou: I am not over you a trustee.
But your people (O Muhammad SAW) have denied it (the Quran) though it is the truth. Say: "I am not responsible for your affairs."
But your people rejected it, though it is the truth. Say, “I am not responsible for you.”
Your people have denied it even though it is the Truth. Say: "I am not a guardian over You.
But your people have denied it (the Qur'an) though it is the truth. Say: "I am not responsible for your affairs."
Thy people (O Muhammad) have denied it, though it is the Truth. Say: I am not put in charge of you.
Your people have denied it, though it is the truth. Say, ‘It is not my business to watch over you.’
Your nation has belied it (the Koran), although it is the truth. Say: 'I am not a guardian over you.
But your people have denied it while it is the truth. Say, "I am not over you a manager."
(Some of) your people have rejected the Quran, although it is the Truth. Tell them that you are not their guardian
And your people call it a lie and it is the very truth. Say: I am not placed in charge of you.
Waka<u>thth</u>aba bihi qawmuka wahuwa al<u>h</u>aqqu qul lastu AAalaykum biwakeel<b>in</b>
Your people have rejected the message We have sent through you, though it is the truth. Say "I am not your keeper.
But thy people reject this, though it is the truth. Say: "Not mine is the responsibility for arranging your affairs;
وَكَذَّبَ بِهِۦ قَوْمُكَ وَهُوَ ٱلْحَقُّ قُل لَّسْتُ عَلَيْكُم بِوَكِيلٍ
Your people have denied this Qur’ān, yet it is the truth about which there is no doubt that it is from Allah. Say to them, O Messenger: I am not responsible for your actions. I am only to warn you before a severe punishment.
Your people have denied this Qur’ān, yet it is the truth about which there is no doubt that it is from Allah. Say to them, O Messenger: I am not responsible for your actions. I am only to warn you before a severe punishment.
<p>In the second verse (66), after mentioning the anti-truth stand taken by the Quraysh of Makkah, the Holy Prophet ﷺ also from the same tribe, has been instructed that he should tell those people asking about the precise time when the promised punishment will come that he has not been appointed to do that for them. The truth is that for everything there is a point of time as determined in Divine knowledge. It will come at its own time, and they will see for themselves what happens when it does.</p>
In the second verse (66), after mentioning the anti-truth stand taken by the Quraysh of Makkah, the Holy Prophet ﷺ also from the same tribe, has been instructed that he should tell those people asking about the precise time when the promised punishment will come that he has not been appointed to do that for them. The truth is that for everything there is a point of time as determined in Divine knowledge. It will come at its own time, and they will see for themselves what happens when it does.
<h2 class="title">The Invitation to the Truth is Guidance Without Coercion</h2><p>Allah said, </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَكَذَّبَ بِهِ</div><p>(But have denied it) denied the Qur'an, guidance and clear explanation that you (O Muhammad ) have brought them, </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">قَوْمُكَ </div><p>(your people) meaning, Quraysh, </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَهُوَ الْحَقُّ</div><p>(though it is the truth.) beyond which there is no other truth. </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">قُل لَّسْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ بِوَكِيلٍ</div><p>(Say: "I am not responsible for your affairs.") meaning, I have not been appointed a guardian or watcher over you. Allah also said; </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَقُلِ الْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ فَمَن شَآءَ فَلْيُؤْمِن وَمَن شَآءَ فَلْيَكْفُرْ</div><p>(And say: "The truth is from your Lord." Then whosoever wills, let him believe, and whosoever wills, let him disbelieve.) 18:29, This means, my duty is to convey the Message and your duty is to hear and obey. Those who follow me, will acquire happiness in this life and the Hereafter. Those who defy me will become miserable in this life and the Hereafter. So Allah said; </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">لِّكُلِّ نَبَإٍ مُّسْتَقَرٌّ</div><p>(For every news there is a reality...) meaning, for every news, there is a reality, in that, this news will occur, perhaps after a while, according to Ibn `Abbas and others. Allah said in other Ayat, </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّ نَبَأَهُ بَعْدَ حِينِ </div><p>(And you shall certainly know the truth of it after a while.) 38:88 and, </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">لِكُلِّ أَجَلٍ كِتَابٌ</div><p>((For) each and every matter there is a decree (from Allah).) 13:38. This, indeed, is a warning and a promise that will surely occur, </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ</div><p>(and you will come to know.) Allah's statement, </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَ الَّذِينَ يَخُوضُونَ فِى ءَايَـتِنَا</div><p>(And when you see those who engage in false conversation about Our verses (of the Qur'an)), by denying and mocking them. </p><h2 class="title">The Prohibition of Sitting with Those Who Deny and Mock Allah's Ayat</h2><div class="text_uthmani arabic">فَأَعْرِضْ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّى يَخُوضُواْ فِى حَدِيثٍ غَيْرِهِ</div><p>(stay away from them till they turn to another topic.) until they talk about a subject other than the denial they were engaged in. </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَإِمَّا يُنسِيَنَّكَ الشَّيْطَـنُ</div><p>(And if Shaytan causes you to forget...) This command includes every member of this Ummah. No one is to sit with those who deny and distort Allah's Ayat and explain them incorrectly. If one forgets and sits with such people, </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">فَلاَ تَقْعُدْ بَعْدَ الذِّكْرَى</div><p>(then after the remembrance sit not you) after you remember, </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">مَعَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّـلِمِينَ</div><p>(in the company of those people who are the wrongdoers.). A Hadith states, </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">«رُفِعَ عَنْ أُمَّتِي الْخَطَأُ وَالنِّسْيَانُ وَمَا اسْتُكْرِهُوا عَلَيْه»</div><p>(My Ummah was forgiven unintentional errors, forgetfulness and what they are coerced to do.) The Ayah above 6:68 is the Ayah mentioned in Allah's statement, </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَقَدْ نَزَّلَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِى الْكِتَـبِ أَنْ إِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ ءَايَـتِ اللَّهِ يُكَفَرُ بِهَا وَيُسْتَهْزَأُ بِهَا فَلاَ تَقْعُدُواْ مَعَهُمْ حَتَّى يَخُوضُواْ فِى حَدِيثٍ غَيْرِهِ إِنَّكُمْ إِذاً مِّثْلُهُمْ</div><p>(And it has already been revealed to you in the Book that when you hear the Verses of Allah being denied and mocked at, then sit not with them, until they engage in a talk other than that; (but if you stayed with them) certainly in that case you would be like them.) 4:140, for, if you still sit with them, agreeing to what they say, you will be just like them. Allah's statement, </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَمَا عَلَى الَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَ مِنْ حِسَابِهِم مِّن شَىْءٍ</div><p>(There is no responsibility for them upon those who have Taqwa,) means, when the believers avoid sitting with wrongdoers in this case, they will be innocent of them and they will have saved themselves from their sin. Allah's statement, </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَلَـكِن ذِكْرَى لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ</div><p>(but (their duty) is to remind them, that they may avoid that.), means, We commanded you to ignore and avoid them, so that they become aware of the error they are indulging in, that they may avoid this behavior and never repeat it again. </p>
The Invitation to the Truth is Guidance Without CoercionAllah said, وَكَذَّبَ بِهِ(But have denied it) denied the Qur'an, guidance and clear explanation that you (O Muhammad ) have brought them, قَوْمُكَ (your people) meaning, Quraysh, وَهُوَ الْحَقُّ(though it is the truth.) beyond which there is no other truth. قُل لَّسْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ بِوَكِيلٍ(Say: "I am not responsible for your affairs.") meaning, I have not been appointed a guardian or watcher over you. Allah also said; وَقُلِ الْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ فَمَن شَآءَ فَلْيُؤْمِن وَمَن شَآءَ فَلْيَكْفُرْ(And say: "The truth is from your Lord." Then whosoever wills, let him believe, and whosoever wills, let him disbelieve.) 18:29, This means, my duty is to convey the Message and your duty is to hear and obey. Those who follow me, will acquire happiness in this life and the Hereafter. Those who defy me will become miserable in this life and the Hereafter. So Allah said; لِّكُلِّ نَبَإٍ مُّسْتَقَرٌّ(For every news there is a reality...) meaning, for every news, there is a reality, in that, this news will occur, perhaps after a while, according to Ibn `Abbas and others. Allah said in other Ayat, وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّ نَبَأَهُ بَعْدَ حِينِ (And you shall certainly know the truth of it after a while.) 38:88 and, لِكُلِّ أَجَلٍ كِتَابٌ((For) each and every matter there is a decree (from Allah).) 13:38. This, indeed, is a warning and a promise that will surely occur, وَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ(and you will come to know.) Allah's statement, وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَ الَّذِينَ يَخُوضُونَ فِى ءَايَـتِنَا(And when you see those who engage in false conversation about Our verses (of the Qur'an)), by denying and mocking them. The Prohibition of Sitting with Those Who Deny and Mock Allah's Ayatفَأَعْرِضْ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّى يَخُوضُواْ فِى حَدِيثٍ غَيْرِهِ(stay away from them till they turn to another topic.) until they talk about a subject other than the denial they were engaged in. وَإِمَّا يُنسِيَنَّكَ الشَّيْطَـنُ(And if Shaytan causes you to forget...) This command includes every member of this Ummah. No one is to sit with those who deny and distort Allah's Ayat and explain them incorrectly. If one forgets and sits with such people, فَلاَ تَقْعُدْ بَعْدَ الذِّكْرَى(then after the remembrance sit not you) after you remember, مَعَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّـلِمِينَ(in the company of those people who are the wrongdoers.). A Hadith states, «رُفِعَ عَنْ أُمَّتِي الْخَطَأُ وَالنِّسْيَانُ وَمَا اسْتُكْرِهُوا عَلَيْه»(My Ummah was forgiven unintentional errors, forgetfulness and what they are coerced to do.) The Ayah above 6:68 is the Ayah mentioned in Allah's statement, وَقَدْ نَزَّلَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِى الْكِتَـبِ أَنْ إِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ ءَايَـتِ اللَّهِ يُكَفَرُ بِهَا وَيُسْتَهْزَأُ بِهَا فَلاَ تَقْعُدُواْ مَعَهُمْ حَتَّى يَخُوضُواْ فِى حَدِيثٍ غَيْرِهِ إِنَّكُمْ إِذاً مِّثْلُهُمْ(And it has already been revealed to you in the Book that when you hear the Verses of Allah being denied and mocked at, then sit not with them, until they engage in a talk other than that; (but if you stayed with them) certainly in that case you would be like them.) 4:140, for, if you still sit with them, agreeing to what they say, you will be just like them. Allah's statement, وَمَا عَلَى الَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَ مِنْ حِسَابِهِم مِّن شَىْءٍ(There is no responsibility for them upon those who have Taqwa,) means, when the believers avoid sitting with wrongdoers in this case, they will be innocent of them and they will have saved themselves from their sin. Allah's statement, وَلَـكِن ذِكْرَى لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ(but (their duty) is to remind them, that they may avoid that.), means, We commanded you to ignore and avoid them, so that they become aware of the error they are indulging in, that they may avoid this behavior and never repeat it again. 