Surah 34:29
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وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَٰكَ إِلَّا كَآفَّةٗ لِّلنَّاسِ بَشِيرٗا وَنَذِيرٗا وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ
We have sent you only as a bringer of good news and a warner to the people all together. But most of the people do not know (it).
وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلۡوَعۡدُ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ
They say, ‘When (will) this promise (come to pass), if you are truthful?’
قُل لَّكُم مِّيعَادُ يَوۡمٖ لَّا تَسۡتَـٔۡخِرُونَ عَنۡهُ سَاعَةٗ وَلَا تَسۡتَقۡدِمُونَ
Say: ‘For you (there is) the appointment of a Day. You will not delay it by an hour, nor will you advance (it by an hour).’
Allah says to His servant and Messenger Muhammad:
{And We have not sent you except as a giver of glad tidings and a wamer to all mankind, }
i.e., to all of creation among those who are accountable for their deeds. This is like the Ayah:
{Say: "O mankind! Verily, I am sent to you all as the Messenger of Allah."} (7:158)
{Blessed be He Who sent down the Criterion to His servant that he may be a wamer to the all creatures.} (25:1)
{And most of mankind will not believe even if you desire it eagerly.} (12:103)
{And if you obey most of those on the earth, they will mislead you far away from Allah's path} (6:116).
Muhammad bin Ka*b said concerning the Ayah:
{And We have not sent you except to all mankind}
meaning, to all the people. Qatadah said concerning this Ayah, “Allah, may He be exalted, sent Muhammad to both the Arabs and the non-Arabs, so the most honored of them with Allah is the one who is most obedient to Allah.”
Then Allah says:
{Say : " The appointment to you is for a Day, whiclt you cannot for an hour move back nor forward."}
meaning, ‘you have an appointed time which is fixed and cannot be changed or altered. When it comes, you will not be able to put it back or bring it forward,’ as
{Verily, the term of Allah when it comes, cannot be delayed} (71:4).