Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

Say thou: “I am no new thing among the messengers, and I know not what will be done with me or with you. I follow only what is revealed to me; and I am only a clear warner.”

قُلْ مَا كُنْتُ بِدْعاً مِنَ الرُّسُلِ وَمَٓا اَدْر۪ي مَا يُفْعَلُ ب۪ي وَلَا بِكُمْۜ اِنْ اَتَّبِعُ اِلَّا مَا يُوحٰٓى اِلَيَّ وَمَٓا اَنَا۬ اِلَّا نَذ۪يرٌ مُب۪ينٌ
Qul ma kuntu bidAAan mina arrusuliwama adree ma yufAAalu bee wala bikum inattabiAAu illa ma yooha ilayya wamaana illa natheerun mubeen
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1qulSayقول
2Not
3kuntuI amكون
4bid'ʿana new (one)بدع
5minaamong
6l-rusulithe Messengersرسل
7wamāand not
8adrīI knowدري
9what
10yuf'ʿaluwill be doneفعل
11with me
12walāand not
13bikumwith you
14inNot
15attabiʿuI followتبع
16illābut
17what
18yūḥāis revealedوحي
19ilayyato me
20wamāand not
21anāI am
22illābut
23nadhīruna warnerنذر
24mubīnunclearبين
  • Aisha Bewley

    Say: ‘I am nothing new among the Messengers. I have no idea what will be done with me or you. I only follow what has been revealed to me. I am only a clear warner.’

  • Progressive Muslims

    Say: "I am no different from the other messengers, nor do I know what will happen to me or to you. I only follow what is inspired to me. I am no more than a clear warner"

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Say, "I am not the first of the Messengers, and I cannot predict what will encounter me and encounter you. I do but follow what is revealed unto me, and I am but a plain Warner."

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    Say thou: “I am no new thing among the messengers, and I know not what will be done with me or with you. I follow only what is revealed to me; and I am only a clear warner.”

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    Say: "I am no different from the other messengers, nor do I know what will happen to me or to you. I only follow what is inspired to me. I am no more than a clear warner"

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    Say, "I am no different from the other messengers, nor do I know what will happen to me or to you. I only follow what is inspired to me. I am no more than a clear warner"

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    Say, "I am not different from other messengers. I have no idea what will happen to me or to you. I only follow what is revealed to me. I am no more than a profound warner."

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Say: "I am not a new Messenger to come, nor do I know what is to be done to me or you. I only follow what is revealed to me. My duty is only to warn you clearly."

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    Say, "I am not something original among the messengers, nor do I know what will be done with me or with you. I only follow that which is revealed to me, and I am not but a clear warner."

  • Muhammad Asad

    Say: "I am not the first of apostles; and I do not know what will be done with me or with you: for I am nothing but a plain warner. "

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Say: I am no new thing among the messengers (of Allah), nor know I what will be done with me or with you. I do but follow that which is inspired in me, and I am but a plain warner.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    Tell them: "I am not the first of the Messengers; and I do not know what shall be done with me or with you. I follow only what is revealed to me, and I am nothing but a plain warner."

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    Say to them: "I am not a novelty of Apostleship hither to unknown to you nor do I know what is to be or will be, nor what is in store for me or for you. I only submit to what is inspired to me by Allah and do what I am commanded to do, and I am only a spectacle and a warning."

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Tell people: "I am not different from other Prophets. I do not know what will happen to you or me. I only follow what God has revealed to me. My only mission is to relay the message."

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "I am not a new thing among the Messengers (of Allâh i.e. I am not the first Messenger) nor do I know what will be done with me or with you. I only follow that which is revealed to me, and I am but a plain warner."

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    Say: "I am no bringer of new-fangled doctrine among the messengers, nor do I know what will be done with me or with you. I follow but that which is revealed to me by inspiration; I am but a Warner open and clear."

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    Say, "I am not the first messenger ever sent, nor do I know what will happen to me or you. I only follow what is revealed to me. And I am only sent with a clear warning."

  • Taqi Usmani

    Say, "I am not something unprecedented among the messengers, and I do not know what will be done to me or to you. I do not follow anything but what is revealed to me, and I am only a clear warner."

  • Abdul Haleem

    Say, ‘I am nothing new among God’s messengers. I do not know what will be done with me or you; I only follow what is revealed to me; I only warn plainly.’

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Say: 'I am not an innovation among the Messengers, and I know not what shall be done with me or with you. I only follow what is revealed to me; I am only a clear warner.'

  • E. Henry Palmer

    Say, 'I am not an innovator among the apostles; nor do I know what will be done with me or with you if I follow aught but what I am inspired with; nor am I aught but a plain warner. '

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Say, "I am not the first of (or new thing among) the Messengers, and I do not know what will be done with me or with you: I do not follow anything but that which is revealed to me, and I am nothing but a plain Warner. "

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Say, "In no way am I an innovation among the Messengers, and in no way can I realize what will be performed upon me or upon you. Decidedly I closely follow (nothing) except what is revealed to me; and in no way am I (anything) except an evident, constant warner."

  • George Sale

    Say, I am not singular among the apostles; neither do I know what will be done with me or with you hereafter: I follow no other than what is revealed unto me; neither am I any more than a public warner.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    Say: "I am not the one who brings newly made up faith among the messengers, nor do I know what will be done with me or with you. I only follow that which is made known to me by Revelation; I am only a Warner, open and clear."

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    Say, `I am no novel (Apostle) among the Messengers nor do I know what will be done to me (on your behalf) or to you. I simply follow what is revealed to me and I am nought but a plain Warner.'

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Say, ‘I am not a novelty among the apostles, nor do I know what will be done with me, or with you. I just follow whatever is revealed to me, and I am just a manifest warner.’