Quran 35:23

Surah Fatir, Verse 23

Verse 23 of 45 in Surah Fatir (فاطر), chapter 35 of the Quran — in Arabic with Tamil, Sinhala and English translation, tafsir and MP3 recitation.

إِنْ أَنتَ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ

EnglishSaheeh International: You, [O Muḥammad], are not but a warner.
TamilJan Trust Foundation: நீர் அச்சமூட்டி எச்சரிப்பவரேயன்றி வேறு அல்லர்.
SinhalaRuwwad Center: (නබිවරය!) නුඹ අවවාද කරන්නෙකු මිස වෙනත් කිසිවෙකු නො වේ.
UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi: آپ تو صرف ڈرانے والے ہیں.
JapaneseRyoichi Mita: あなたは一人の警告者に過ぎない。
ChineseMa Jian: 你只是一个警告者。

Tafsir of 35:23

The Believer and the Disbeliever are not equal Allah says that these antonyms are clearly not equal, the blind and the seeing are not equal, there is a difference and a huge gap between them. Darkness and light are not equal, neither are shade and the sun's heat. By the same token, the living and the dead are not equal. This is the parable Allah makes of the believers who are the living, and the disbelievers who are the dead. This is like the Ayat: أَوَمَن كَانَ مَيْتًا فَأَحْيَيْنَهُ وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُ نُورًا يَمْشِي بِهِ فِى النَّاسِ كَمَن مَّثَلُهُ فِي الظُّلُمَتِ لَيْسَ بِخَارِجٍ مِّنْهَا كَذَلِكَ (Is he who was dead and We gave him life and set for him a light (of belief) whereby he can walk amongst men -- like him who is in the (depths of) darkness from which he can never come out) (6:122), مَثَلُ الْفَرِيقَيْنِ كَالاٌّعْمَى وَالاٌّصَمِّ وَالْبَصِيرِ وَالسَّمِيعِ هَلْ يَسْتَوِيَانِ مَثَلاً (The parable of the two parties is as that of the blind and the deaf and the seer and the hearer.…

Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)