بَشِيرًۭا وَنَذِيرًۭا فَأَعْرَضَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ فَهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُونَ
Basheeranw wa nazeeran fa-a'rada aksaruhum fahum laa yasma'oon
As a giver of good tidings and a warner; but most of them turn away, so they do not hear.
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41:4Ayah 154
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containing good tidings bashīran is an adjective describing qur’ānan ‘a Qur’ān’ and a warning. But most of them turn away so that they do not hear in a way so as to accept its message.
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Give tidings (to the people) ; do not create (in their minds) aversion (towards religion) ; show them leniency and do not be hard upon them.
He is one who carries tales to the governor. He (the narrator) said: Then he came and sat with us. Thereupon Hudhaifa remarked: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: The beater of false tales would never enter heaven.
"No one tells the stories to the people (for the purpose of exhortation) except a ruler, one appointed by a ruler, or a show-off."
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