Surah Ya-Sin 36:17
سُورَةُ يسٓ · Meccan · Verse 17 of 83
وَمَا عَلَيْنَآ إِلَّا ٱلْبَلَٰغُ ٱلْمُبِينُ
Translation
Our duty is only to deliver the message to you,’
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.
Meaning and reflection
'And our duty is only to convey clearly.' Ibn Ashur highlights how this defines, and limits, their task: al-balagh al-mubin, clear delivery. Their responsibility ends at conveying the message plainly; the response belongs to Allah and to the hearer. al-Saadi notes this frees the messenger from carrying what was never his to carry. Ask yourself: I often take on the whole weight of an outcome, did they change, did it work, did they finally understand? This verse draws a clean line: convey clearly and kindly, then release the result. Where am I crushing myself under a responsibility for other people's hearts that Allah never placed on me?
Grounded in classical tafsir: Ibn Ashur, al-Saadi, al-Biqa'i.
Topics that discuss this verse
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