Surah Ar-Ra'd, Ayah 7 (13:7)
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Quran 13:7 is ayah 7 of Surah Ar-Ra'd (“The Thunder”), a Medinan surah of 43 ayahs. It is in Juz 13, on page 250 of the Madani Mushaf.
And those who disbelieved say, "Why has a sign not been sent down to him from his Lord?" You are only a warner, and for every people is a guide.(7)
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Allah states that out of their disbelief and stubbornness, the idolators asked why is not a miracle sent down to the Messenger from his Lord, just like the earlier Messengers For instance, the disbelievers were being stubborn when they asked the Prophet to turn As-Safa into gold, to remove the mountains from around them, and to replace them with green fields and rivers. Allah said,
(And nothing stops Us from sending the Ayat but that the people of old denied them.)17:59 Allah said here,
(You are only a warner), and your duty is only to convey Allah's Message which He has ordered you,
(Not upon you is their guidance, but Allah guides whom He wills.)2:272 Allah said;
(And to every people there is a guide.) meaning that for every people there has been a caller, according to Ibn `Abbas and as narrated from him by Ali bin Abi Talhah. Allah said in a similar Ayah, a
(And there never was a nation but a warner had passed among them.)35:24 Similar has reported from Qatadah and `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd.