Al-Muddaththir (The Cloaked One): Verse 36

نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ (A warning to humankind)

Translation & Exegesis Notes:

• نَذِيرًا (Nadhīran - A Warner):
  • It is interpreted as a Tamyīz (specification/elucidation) related to the preceding statement (referring to the Quran or the Message), meaning it is one of the great calamities/warnings (idhdhihi al-dawāhī), similar to saying, "She is one of the women in chastity" (hiya iḥdā an-nisā’ ‘afāfan).
  • Alternatively, it is considered a Ḥāl (a circumstantial accusative).
  • In the recitation of Ubayy [ibn Ka'b], it is read as نَذِيرٌ (Nadhīrun) in the nominative case, serving as the Khabar (predicate) or by omitting the subject (Mubtada’).

Then the Almighty said:

! 7 < { لِّمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ } . > 7 !

{ For whoever among you wills to proceed [forward] or remain behind. }