Surah Maidah ayat 67 Tafsir Quran 5:67

﴿۞ يَا أَيُّهَا الرَّسُولُ بَلِّغْ مَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ ۖ وَإِن لَّمْ تَفْعَلْ فَمَا بَلَّغْتَ رِسَالَتَهُ ۚ وَاللَّهُ يَعْصِمُكَ مِنَ النَّاسِ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْكَافِرِينَ﴾
[ المائدة: 67]

5:67 O Messenger, announce that which has been revealed to you from your Lord, and if you do not, then you have not conveyed His message. And Allah will protect you from the people. Indeed, Allah does not guide the disbelieving people.

O Messenger make known all of that which has been revealed to you from your Lord and do not conceal any of it out of fear that you may suffer some harm; for if you do not that is if you do not make known all of what has been revealed to you you will not have conveyed His Message risālatahu or read plural risālātihi ‘His Messages’ since to conceal some of it is to conceal it all. God will protect you from people who may try to kill you. The Prophet s used to have guards up until the time that this verse was revealed then he said ‘Depart for God protects me now’ as reported by al-Hākim. God does not guide the unbelieving folk.

O you the Messenger: Proclaim and intimate all that has been revealed to you from Allah, your Creator, and if you do not, then you Will have not proclaimed His message. Under His tutelage, Allah protects you from the people who are characterized by acts of prepensed malice and hostile intentions. Indeed Allah does not guide to His path of righteousness those who are. Given to infidelity

Commanding the Prophet to Convey the Message; Promising Him Immunity and Protection Allah addresses His servant and Messenger Muhammad ﷺ by the title `Messenger' and commands him to convey all that He has sent him, a command that the Prophet has fulfilled in the best manner.
Al-Bukhari recorded that `A'ishah said, "Whoever says to you that Muhammad hid any part of what Allah revealed to him, then he is uttering a lie.
Allah said, يَـأَيُّهَا الرَّسُولُ بَلِّغْ مَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ ( O Messenger! Convey what has been sent down to you from your Lord. )" Al-Bukhari collected the short form of this story here, but mentioned the full narration in another part of his book.
Muslim in the Book of Iman, At-Tirmidhi, and An-Nasa'i in the Book of Tafsir of their Sunans also collected this Hadith.
In is recorded in the Two Sahihs that `A'ishah said, "If Muhammad hid anything from the Qur'an, he would have hidden this Ayah, وَتُخْفِى فِى نِفْسِكَ مَا اللَّهُ مُبْدِيهِ وَتَخْشَى النَّاسَ وَاللَّهُ أَحَقُّ أَن تَخْشَـهُ ( But you did hide in yourself that which Allah will make manifest, you did fear the people while Allah had a better right that you should fear Him. )" Al-Bukhari recorded that Az-Zuhri said, "From Allah comes the Message, for the Messenger is its deliverance and for us is submission to it." The Ummah of Muhammad has testified that he has delivered the Message and fulfilled the trust, when he asked them during the biggest gathering in his speech during the Farewell Hajj.
At that time, there were over forty thousand of his Companions.
Muslim recorded that Jabir bin `Abdullah said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said in his speech on that day,
«أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّكُمْ مَسْؤُولُونَ عَنِّي، فَمَا أَنْتُمْ قَائِلُونَ؟»
( O people! You shall be asked about me, so what are you going to reply ) They said, "We bear witness that you have conveyed ( the Message ), fulfilled ( the trust ) and offered sincere advice." The Prophet kept raising his finger towards the sky and then pointing at them, saying,
«اللَّهُمَّ هَلْ بَلَّغْتُ؟ اللَّهُمَّ هَلْ بَلَّغْتُ؟»
( O Allah! Did I convey O Allah! Did I convey ) Allah's statement, وَإِن لَّمْ تَفْعَلْ فَمَا بَلَّغْتَ رِسَالَتَهُ ( And if you do not, then you have not conveyed His Message. ) meaning: If you do not convey to the people what I sent to you, then you have not conveyed My Message.
Meaning, the Prophet knows the consequences of this failure.
`Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn `Abbas commented on the Ayah, وَإِن لَّمْ تَفْعَلْ فَمَا بَلَّغْتَ رِسَالَتَهُ ( And if you do not, then you have not conveyed His Message. ) "It means, if you hide only one Ayah that was revealed to you from your Lord, then you have not conveyed His Message." Allah's statement, وَاللَّهُ يَعْصِمُكَ مِنَ النَّاسِ ( Allah will protect you from mankind. ) means, you convey My Message and I will protect, aid and support you over your enemies and will grant you victory over them.
Therefore, do not have any fear or sadness, for none of them will be able to touch you with harm.
Before this Ayah was revealed, the Prophet was being guarded, as Imam Ahmad recorded that `A'ishah said that the Prophet was vigilant one night when she was next to him; she asked him, "What is the matter, O Allah's Messenger" He said,
«لَيْتَ رَجُلًا صَالِحًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِي يَحْرُسُنِي اللَّيْلَة»
( Would that a pious man from my companions guard me tonight! ) She said, "Suddenly we heard the clatter of arms.
The Prophet said,
«مَنْ هَذَا؟»
( Who is that". ) He ( the new comer ) replied, "I am Sa`d bin Malik ( Sa`d bin Abi Waqqas )." The Prophet asked,
«مَا جَاءَ بِكَ؟»
( What brought you here ) He said, "I have come to guard you, Allah's O Messenger." `A'ishah said, "So, the Prophet slept ( that night ) and I heard the noise of sleep coming from him.)" This Hadith is recorded in Two Sahihs.
Another narration for this Hadith reads, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was vigilant one night, after he came to Al-Madinah...", meaning, after the Hijrah and after the Prophet consummated his marriage to `A'ishah in the second year of Hijrah.
Ibn Abi Hatim recorded that `A'ishah said, "The Prophet was being guarded until this Ayah, وَاللَّهُ يَعْصِمُكَ مِنَ النَّاسِ ( Allah will protect you from mankind ) was revealed." She added; "The Prophet raised his head from the room and said;
«يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ انْصَرِفُوا فَقَدْ عَصَمَنِي اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَل»
( O people! Go away, for Allah will protect me. )"' At-Tirmidhi recorded it and said,"This Hadith is Gharib." It was also recorded by Ibn Jarir, and Al-Hakim in his Mustadrak, where he said, "Its chain is Sahih, but they did not record it." Allah's statement, إِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يَهْدِى الْقَوْمَ الْكَـفِرِينَ ( Verily, Allah guides not those who disbelieve. ) means, O Muhammad, you convey, and Allah guides whom He wills, and misguides whom He wills.
In other Ayat, Allah said, لَّيْسَ عَلَيْكَ هُدَاهُمْ وَلَـكِنَّ اللَّهَ يَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ ( Not upon you is their guidance, but Allah guides whom He wills, ) and, فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْكَ الْبَلَـغُ وَعَلَيْنَا الْحِسَابُ ( Your duty is only to convey and on Us is the reckoning. )

Commanding the Prophet to Convey the Message; Promising Him Immunity and Protection Allah addresses His servant and Messenger Muhammad ﷺ by the title `Messenger' and commands him to convey all that He has sent him, a command that the Prophet has fulfilled in the best manner.
Al-Bukhari recorded that `A'ishah said, "Whoever says to you that Muhammad hid any part of what Allah revealed to him, then he is uttering a lie.
Allah said, يَـأَيُّهَا الرَّسُولُ بَلِّغْ مَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ ( O Messenger! Convey what has been sent down to you from your Lord. )" Al-Bukhari collected the short form of this story here, but mentioned the full narration in another part of his book.
Muslim in the Book of Iman, At-Tirmidhi, and An-Nasa'i in the Book of Tafsir of their Sunans also collected this Hadith.
In is recorded in the Two Sahihs that `A'ishah said, "If Muhammad hid anything from the Qur'an, he would have hidden this Ayah, وَتُخْفِى فِى نِفْسِكَ مَا اللَّهُ مُبْدِيهِ وَتَخْشَى النَّاسَ وَاللَّهُ أَحَقُّ أَن تَخْشَـهُ ( But you did hide in yourself that which Allah will make manifest, you did fear the people while Allah had a better right that you should fear Him. )" Al-Bukhari recorded that Az-Zuhri said, "From Allah comes the Message, for the Messenger is its deliverance and for us is submission to it." The Ummah of Muhammad has testified that he has delivered the Message and fulfilled the trust, when he asked them during the biggest gathering in his speech during the Farewell Hajj.
At that time, there were over forty thousand of his Companions.
Muslim recorded that Jabir bin `Abdullah said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said in his speech on that day, «أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّكُمْ مَسْؤُولُونَ عَنِّي، فَمَا أَنْتُمْ قَائِلُونَ؟» ( O people! You shall be asked about me, so what are you going to reply ) They said, "We bear witness that you have conveyed ( the Message ), fulfilled ( the trust ) and offered sincere advice." The Prophet kept raising his finger towards the sky and then pointing at them, saying, «اللَّهُمَّ هَلْ بَلَّغْتُ؟ اللَّهُمَّ هَلْ بَلَّغْتُ؟» ( O Allah! Did I convey O Allah! Did I convey ) Allah's statement, وَإِن لَّمْ تَفْعَلْ فَمَا بَلَّغْتَ رِسَالَتَهُ ( And if you do not, then you have not conveyed His Message. ) meaning: If you do not convey to the people what I sent to you, then you have not conveyed My Message.
Meaning, the Prophet knows the consequences of this failure.
`Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn `Abbas commented on the Ayah, وَإِن لَّمْ تَفْعَلْ فَمَا بَلَّغْتَ رِسَالَتَهُ ( And if you do not, then you have not conveyed His Message. ) "It means, if you hide only one Ayah that was revealed to you from your Lord, then you have not conveyed His Message." Allah's statement, وَاللَّهُ يَعْصِمُكَ مِنَ النَّاسِ ( Allah will protect you from mankind. ) means, you convey My Message and I will protect, aid and support you over your enemies and will grant you victory over them.
Therefore, do not have any fear or sadness, for none of them will be able to touch you with harm.
Before this Ayah was revealed, the Prophet was being guarded, as Imam Ahmad recorded that `A'ishah said that the Prophet was vigilant one night when she was next to him; she asked him, "What is the matter, O Allah's Messenger" He said, «لَيْتَ رَجُلًا صَالِحًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِي يَحْرُسُنِي اللَّيْلَة» ( Would that a pious man from my companions guard me tonight! ) She said, "Suddenly we heard the clatter of arms.
The Prophet said, «مَنْ هَذَا؟» ( Who is that". ) He ( the new comer ) replied, "I am Sa`d bin Malik ( Sa`d bin Abi Waqqas )." The Prophet asked, «مَا جَاءَ بِكَ؟» ( What brought you here ) He said, "I have come to guard you, Allah's O Messenger." `A'ishah said, "So, the Prophet slept ( that night ) and I heard the noise of sleep coming from him.)" This Hadith is recorded in Two Sahihs.
Another narration for this Hadith reads, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was vigilant one night, after he came to Al-Madinah...", meaning, after the Hijrah and after the Prophet consummated his marriage to `A'ishah in the second year of Hijrah.
Ibn Abi Hatim recorded that `A'ishah said, "The Prophet was being guarded until this Ayah, وَاللَّهُ يَعْصِمُكَ مِنَ النَّاسِ ( Allah will protect you from mankind ) was revealed." She added; "The Prophet raised his head from the room and said; «يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ انْصَرِفُوا فَقَدْ عَصَمَنِي اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَل» ( O people! Go away, for Allah will protect me. )"' At-Tirmidhi recorded it and said,"This Hadith is Gharib." It was also recorded by Ibn Jarir, and Al-Hakim in his Mustadrak, where he said, "Its chain is Sahih, but they did not record it." Allah's statement, إِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يَهْدِى الْقَوْمَ الْكَـفِرِينَ ( Verily, Allah guides not those who disbelieve. ) means, O Muhammad, you convey, and Allah guides whom He wills, and misguides whom He wills.
In other Ayat, Allah said, لَّيْسَ عَلَيْكَ هُدَاهُمْ وَلَـكِنَّ اللَّهَ يَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ ( Not upon you is their guidance, but Allah guides whom He wills, ) and, فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْكَ الْبَلَـغُ وَعَلَيْنَا الْحِسَابُ ( Your duty is only to convey and on Us is the reckoning. )

( O Messenger! ) i.e. Muhammad ( pbuh ). ( Make known that which hath been revealed unto you from your Lord ) of reviling their goddesses, denouncing their religion, fighting against them, and inviting people to Islam ( for if ye do it not ) that which you have been commanded with, ( you will not have conveyed His message ) as it ought to be conveyed. ( Allah will protect you from mankind ) from the Jews and others. ( Lo! Allah guideth not the disbelieving folk ) He does not guide to His religion anyone who is not fit for it.

O Messenger (Muhammad SAW)! Proclaim (the Message) which has been sent down to you from your Lord. And if you do not, then you have not conveyed His Message. Allah will protect you from mankind. Verily, Allah guides not the people who disbelieve.

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