Surah Ya-Sin 36:10
سُورَةُ يسٓ · Meccan · Verse 10 of 83
وَسَوَآءٌ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَأَنذَرْتَهُمْ أَمْ لَمْ تُنذِرْهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
Translation
It is all the same to them whether you warn them or not: they will not believe.
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.
Meaning and reflection
'It is the same to them whether you warn them or not, they will not believe.' al-Razi catches a precise mercy in the wording: the verse says it is the same to them, not the same for you. For a heart fully sealed, the warning and its absence land identically, but the one who warns is never released from the duty, and never loses the reward, regardless of the response. Ask yourself: I get discouraged when my efforts to do or say the right thing seem to change nothing in others. This verse gently separates two things, their response, which is not in my hands, and my responsibility, which is. Am I measuring my worth by outcomes I was never assigned to control?
Grounded in classical tafsir: al-Razi, Ibn Ashur, al-Saadi.
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