Then a man came running from the other side of the city. "O my people," he said, "follow the messengers.
And from the outermost part of the city came a man running; he said, “O my people! Obey those who have been sent.”
Then came a man from the furthest part of the city, running; he said, 'My people, follow the Envoys!
At that, a man came running from the farthest end of the city, [and] exclaimed: “O my people! Follow these message-bearers!
And there came from the farthest part of the town a man running. He said; O my people! follow the sent ones.
And there came running from the farthest part of the town, a man, saying: "O my people! Obey the Messengers;
Then a man came running from the remotest part of the city. He said, “O my people, follow the messengers.
In the meantime a man came running from the far end of the town, saying: “My people, follow the Messengers;
And there came a man running from the farthest part of the town. He said, "O my people! Obey the Messengers."
And there came from the uttermost part of the city a man running. He cried: O my people! Follow those who have been sent!
There came a man hurrying from the city outskirts. He said, ‘O my people! Follow the apostles!
Then, a man came running from the furthest part of the village 'My nation' he said, 'follow the Messengers,
And there came from the farthest end of the city a man, running. He said, "O my people, follow the messengers.
A man came running from the farthest part of the city saying, "My people, follow the Messengers.
And from the remote part of the city there came a man running, he said: O my people! follow the apostles;
Waj<u>a</u>a min aq<u>sa</u> almadeenati rajulun yasAA<u>a</u> q<u>a</u>la y<u>a</u> qawmi ittabiAAoo almursaleen<b>a</b>
Then, from the furthest part of the city, a man came running. He said, "My people, follow the messengers.
Then there came running, from the farthest part of the City, a man, saying, "O my people! Obey the messengers:
وَجَآءَ مِنْ أَقْصَا ٱلْمَدِينَةِ رَجُلٌ يَسْعَىٰ قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
From a far part of the town a man came running fearing his people’s denial of the messengers and their threatening to kill or harm them. He said: O my people! Follow what these messengers have brought.
From a far part of the town a man came running fearing his people’s denial of the messengers and their threatening to kill or harm them. He said: O my people! Follow what these messengers have brought.
<p>In verse 20, it was said: وَجَاءَ مِنْ أَقْصَى الْمَدِينَةِ رَ‌جُلٌ يَسْعَىٰ (And there came a man rushing from the farthest part of the city.) In the first verse (13), the place where this incident transpired was expressed as: اَلقَریَۃ (al-qaryah: town) which, according to the Arabic lexical usage, does not signify a small village, instead, it means a habitation in the absolute sense. It may be a small habitation or a big city. Now, in this verse, this place has been identified as: اَمَدِینۃ (al-madinah), a name used only for a big city. From here, we learn that the habitation where this event took place was some big city. Hence, this too supports the saying where it has been identified as Antakiyah. The expression: أَقْصَى الْمَدِينَةِ (aqsal-madinah: farthest part of the city) means outskirts of the city. The word: يَسْعَىٰ as a rushing) in the phrase: رَ‌جُلٌ يَسْعَىٰ has been derived from: سَعٰی يَسْعَىٰ (run) which means to walk in a running gait. Therefore, the expression would mean that a man came running from the farthest part of the city. Then, there are occasions when this word is also used in the sense of walking with concern, poise and sense of purpose to be accomplished - which may not include running- as in Surah Al-Jumu` ah: فَاسْعَوْا إِلَىٰ ذِكْرِ‌ اللَّـهِ (fas` aw ila dhikril-lah: hasten for the remembrance of Allah (Khutbah and Salah of Jumu'ah) - 62:9). Here, this very sense is intended.</p><p>The event relating to the person coming from the farthest part of the city</p><p>The noble Qur'an has left this too as ambiguous. It does not mention his name, nor does it say who he was. As part of historical narrations, Ibn Ishaq has reported from Sayyidna Ibn ` Abbas, Ka` b al-Ahbar And Wahb Ibn Munabbih that the name of this person was Habib. There are different sayings about his profession. The most famous is the one that says that he was a carpenter. (Ibn Kathir).</p><p>Other historical narrations reported by commentators at this stage tell us that this person too was initially an idolater. He happened to meet the two messengers who came to this town the first time. It was either as a result of their teachings or, as it appears in some narrations, by seeing extraordinary working of wonders at their hands, his heart was lit with faith. He repented from past idolatry, embraced Islam and retired to a cave devoting to worship. When he got the news that the people of the city have rejected the teachings of these messengers, have become hostile to them and were threatening to kill them, he came to his people prompted by the mixed objectives of his concern for their good as well as the safety of the messengers. He advised them to follow these messengers and declared that he himself had become a believer: (I have believed in your Lord; so listen to me.- 25)</p>
In verse 20, it was said: وَجَاءَ مِنْ أَقْصَى الْمَدِينَةِ رَ‌جُلٌ يَسْعَىٰ (And there came a man rushing from the farthest part of the city.) In the first verse (13), the place where this incident transpired was expressed as: اَلقَریَۃ (al-qaryah: town) which, according to the Arabic lexical usage, does not signify a small village, instead, it means a habitation in the absolute sense. It may be a small habitation or a big city. Now, in this verse, this place has been identified as: اَمَدِینۃ (al-madinah), a name used only for a big city. From here, we learn that the habitation where this event took place was some big city. Hence, this too supports the saying where it has been identified as Antakiyah. The expression: أَقْصَى الْمَدِينَةِ (aqsal-madinah: farthest part of the city) means outskirts of the city. The word: يَسْعَىٰ as a rushing) in the phrase: رَ‌جُلٌ يَسْعَىٰ has been derived from: سَعٰی يَسْعَىٰ (run) which means to walk in a running gait. Therefore, the expression would mean that a man came running from the farthest part of the city. Then, there are occasions when this word is also used in the sense of walking with concern, poise and sense of purpose to be accomplished - which may not include running- as in Surah Al-Jumu` ah: فَاسْعَوْا إِلَىٰ ذِكْرِ‌ اللَّـهِ (fas` aw ila dhikril-lah: hasten for the remembrance of Allah (Khutbah and Salah of Jumu'ah) - 62:9). Here, this very sense is intended.The event relating to the person coming from the farthest part of the cityThe noble Qur'an has left this too as ambiguous. It does not mention his name, nor does it say who he was. As part of historical narrations, Ibn Ishaq has reported from Sayyidna Ibn ` Abbas, Ka` b al-Ahbar And Wahb Ibn Munabbih that the name of this person was Habib. There are different sayings about his profession. The most famous is the one that says that he was a carpenter. (Ibn Kathir).Other historical narrations reported by commentators at this stage tell us that this person too was initially an idolater. He happened to meet the two messengers who came to this town the first time. It was either as a result of their teachings or, as it appears in some narrations, by seeing extraordinary working of wonders at their hands, his heart was lit with faith. He repented from past idolatry, embraced Islam and retired to a cave devoting to worship. When he got the news that the people of the city have rejected the teachings of these messengers, have become hostile to them and were threatening to kill them, he came to his people prompted by the mixed objectives of his concern for their good as well as the safety of the messengers. He advised them to follow these messengers and declared that he himself had become a believer: (I have believed in your Lord; so listen to me.- 25)
<div class="text_uthmani arabic">قَالَ يقَوْمِ اتَّبِعُواْ الْمُرْسَلِينَ</div><p>(He said: "O my people! Obey the Messengers.") -- he urged his people to follow the Messengers who had come to them.</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">اتَّبِعُواْ مَن لاَّ يَسْـَلُكُمْ أَجْراً</div><p>(Obey those who ask no wages of you,) means, `for the Message which they convey to you, and they are rightly-guided in what they are calling you to, the worship of Allah Alone with no partner or associate.'</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَمَا لِىَ لاَ أَعْبُدُ الَّذِى فَطَرَنِى</div><p>(And why should I not worship Him Who has created me) means, `and what is there to stop me from sincerely worshipping the One Who has created me, and worshipping Him Alone, with no partner or associate'</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ</div><p>(and to Whom you shall be returned.) means, `on the Day of Resurrection, when He will requite you for your deeds: if they are good then you will be rewarded and if they are evil then you will be punished.'</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">أَءَتَّخِذُ مِن دُونِهِ ءَالِهَةً</div><p>(Shall I take besides Him gods) This is a rhetorical question intended to rebuke and chastise.</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">إِن يُرِدْنِ الرَّحْمَـنُ بِضُرٍّ لاَّ تُغْنِ عَنِّى شَفَـعَتُهُمْ شَيْئاً وَلاَ يُنقِذُونَ</div><p>(If the Most Gracious intends me any harm, their intercession will be of no use for me whatsoever, nor can they save me.) means, `these gods whom you worship instead of Him possess no power whatsoever, if Allah wills me some harm,'</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">فَلاَ كَـشِفَ لَهُ إِلاَّ هُوَ</div><p>(none can remove it but He) (6:17). `These idols can neither cause any harm nor bring any benefit, and they cannot save me from the predicament I am in.'</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">إِنِّى إِذاً لَّفِى ضَلَـلٍ مُّبِينٍ </div><p>(Then verily, I should be in plain error.) means, `if I were to take them as gods instead of Allah.'</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">إِنِّى ءَامَنتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ فَاسْمَعُونِ </div><p>(Verily, I have believed in your Lord, so listen to me!) Ibn Ishaq said, quoting from what had reached him from Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, Ka`b and Wahb, "He said to his people:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">إِنِّى ءَامَنتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ</div><p>(`Verily, I have believed in your Lord) in Whom you have disbelieved,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">فَاسْمَعُونِ</div><p>(so listen to me!)' means, listen to what I say." Or it may be that he was addressing the Messengers when he said:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">إِنِّى ءَامَنتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ</div><p>(Verily, I have believed in your Lord,) meaning, `Who has sent you,'</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">فَاسْمَعُونِ</div><p>(so listen to me!) meaning, `bear witness to that before Him.' This was narrated by Ibn Jarir, who said, "And others said that this was addressed to the Messengers, and he said to them: `Listen to what I say and bear witness to what I say before my Lord, that I have believed in your Lord and have followed you.' This interpretation is more apparent, and Allah knows best. Ibn Ishaq said, quoting from what had reached him from Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, Ka`b and Wahb, `When he said that, they turned on him as one, and killed him at once, and he had no one to protect him from that."' Qatadah said, "They started to stone him while he was saying, `O Allah, guide my people for they do not know, and they kept stoning him until he died a violent death, and he was still praying for them.' May Allah have mercy on him."</p>
قَالَ يقَوْمِ اتَّبِعُواْ الْمُرْسَلِينَ(He said: "O my people! Obey the Messengers.") -- he urged his people to follow the Messengers who had come to them.اتَّبِعُواْ مَن لاَّ يَسْـَلُكُمْ أَجْراً(Obey those who ask no wages of you,) means, `for the Message which they convey to you, and they are rightly-guided in what they are calling you to, the worship of Allah Alone with no partner or associate.'وَمَا لِىَ لاَ أَعْبُدُ الَّذِى فَطَرَنِى(And why should I not worship Him Who has created me) means, `and what is there to stop me from sincerely worshipping the One Who has created me, and worshipping Him Alone, with no partner or associate'وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ(and to Whom you shall be returned.) means, `on the Day of Resurrection, when He will requite you for your deeds: if they are good then you will be rewarded and if they are evil then you will be punished.'أَءَتَّخِذُ مِن دُونِهِ ءَالِهَةً(Shall I take besides Him gods) This is a rhetorical question intended to rebuke and chastise.إِن يُرِدْنِ الرَّحْمَـنُ بِضُرٍّ لاَّ تُغْنِ عَنِّى شَفَـعَتُهُمْ شَيْئاً وَلاَ يُنقِذُونَ(If the Most Gracious intends me any harm, their intercession will be of no use for me whatsoever, nor can they save me.) means, `these gods whom you worship instead of Him possess no power whatsoever, if Allah wills me some harm,'فَلاَ كَـشِفَ لَهُ إِلاَّ هُوَ(none can remove it but He) (6:17). `These idols can neither cause any harm nor bring any benefit, and they cannot save me from the predicament I am in.'إِنِّى إِذاً لَّفِى ضَلَـلٍ مُّبِينٍ (Then verily, I should be in plain error.) means, `if I were to take them as gods instead of Allah.'إِنِّى ءَامَنتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ فَاسْمَعُونِ (Verily, I have believed in your Lord, so listen to me!) Ibn Ishaq said, quoting from what had reached him from Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, Ka`b and Wahb, "He said to his people:إِنِّى ءَامَنتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ(`Verily, I have believed in your Lord) in Whom you have disbelieved,فَاسْمَعُونِ(so listen to me!)' means, listen to what I say." Or it may be that he was addressing the Messengers when he said:إِنِّى ءَامَنتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ(Verily, I have believed in your Lord,) meaning, `Who has sent you,'فَاسْمَعُونِ(so listen to me!) meaning, `bear witness to that before Him.' This was narrated by Ibn Jarir, who said, "And others said that this was addressed to the Messengers, and he said to them: `Listen to what I say and bear witness to what I say before my Lord, that I have believed in your Lord and have followed you.' This interpretation is more apparent, and Allah knows best. Ibn Ishaq said, quoting from what had reached him from Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, Ka`b and Wahb, `When he said that, they turned on him as one, and killed him at once, and he had no one to protect him from that."' Qatadah said, "They started to stone him while he was saying, `O Allah, guide my people for they do not know, and they kept stoning him until he died a violent death, and he was still praying for them.' May Allah have mercy on him."