ٱلْأَحْقَاف : ٩

  • قُلۡ Say
  • مَا Not
  • كُنتُ I am
  • بِدۡعٗا a new (one)
  • مِّنَ among
  • ٱلرُّسُلِ the Messengers
  • وَمَآ and not
  • أَدۡرِي I know
  • مَا what
  • يُفۡعَلُ will be done
  • بِي with me
  • وَلَا and not
  • بِكُمۡۖ with you
  • إِنۡ Not
  • أَتَّبِعُ I follow
  • إِلَّا but
  • مَا what
  • يُوحَىٰٓ is revealed
  • إِلَيَّ to me
  • وَمَآ and not
  • أَنَا۠ I am
  • إِلَّا but
  • نَذِيرٞ a warner
  • مُّبِينٞ clear
Say, "I am not something new among the messengers,1 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."
Footnotes
1 i.e., I am neither the first messenger to be sent, nor do I bring something different from the other messengers.
Say: 'I am not a novelty, unprecedented, among the messengers, that is to say, [I am not] the first to be sent [by God as His Messenger]. Already many of them have come before me, so how can you deny me? Nor do I know what will be done with me or with you, in this world: will I be made to leave my [native] land, or will I be slain as was done with [some] prophets before me, or will you stone me to death, or will the earth be made to swallow you as [it did] deniers before you? I only follow what is revealed to me, that is, Al-Qur'an, and I do not invent anything myself. And I am only a plain warner', one whose warning is plain.