Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Fussilat, Ayah 4
بَشِيرًۭا وَنَذِيرًۭا فَأَعْرَضَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ فَهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُونَ
As a giver of good tidings and a warner; but most of them turn away, so they do not hear.
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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.
Related Hadiths
Sahih Muslim#4393Sahih
Give tidings (to the people) ; do not create (in their minds) aversion (towards religion) ; show them leniency and do not be hard upon them.
Narrated by It has been narrated on the authority of Abu Masa that when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) deputed any of his Companions on a mission, he would say:
Sahih Muslim#197Sahih
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 wou...
Narrated by It is reported on the authority of Hammam b, al-Harith that a man used to carry tales to the governor. We were sitting in the mosque. the people said:
Sunan Ibn Majah#3489Sahih
"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."
Narrated by It was narrated from Amr bin Shuaib, from his father, from his grandfather, that the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) said:
Ibn Abbas Commentary
(Good tidings) of Paradise (and a warning) from hell; it gives good tidings of the Garden to those who believe in the Qur'an and warns from the Fire those who disbelieve in the Qur'an. (But most of them) the disbelievers of Mecca (turn away) from believing in Muhammad (pbuh) and in the Qur'an (so that they hear not) they do not believe in Muhammad (pbuh) or in the Qur'an nor do they obey Allah.