Fussilat Verse 4

delivering good news and warning. Yet most of them turn away, so they do not hear.

as a bearer of glad tidings and a warner; yet most of them turn away and they do not listen.

good tidings to bear, and warning, but most of them have turned away, and do not give ear.

giving good news and warning. Yet most of them turn away and so do not hear.

A bearer of glad tidings and a warner. Yet most of them turn aside, so that they hearken not.

Giving good news and admonition; yet most of them turn away, and so they hear not.

one bearing good news and warning. Yet most of them turned away and are not wont to give heed.

Announcing happy news and warnings. And yet most of them are averse and do not listen,

Giving glad tidings and heralding warning; so most of them turned away, therefore they cannot listen (to the truth).

a bearer of good news and a warner. But most of them turn away [from it], [and] so they do not listen.

(Being sent) as a bearer of glad tidings (of the recompense for faith and righteousness), and a warner (against the consequences of misguidance). Yet most of them (the Makkan people) turn away, and they do not give ear to it (being inwardly averse, and deaf to its excellence).

It is a bearer of good tidings and a warner, yet most of these (people) turn away (from it) because they do not (even) give (it) ear.

An announcer of good news and a warner/giver of notice , so most of them objected/opposed , so they do not hear/listen.

Giving glad tidings and heralding warning; so most of them turned away, therefore they cannot listen (to the truth).

Giving good news and a warning, but most of them turn aside so they hear not.

Giving glad tidings [of Paradise to the one who believes in the Oneness of Allah (i.e. Islamic Monotheism) and fears Allah much (abstains from all kinds of sins and evil deeds) and loves Allah much (performing all kinds of good deeds which He has ordained)], and warning (of punishment in the Hell Fire to the one who disbelieves in the Oneness of Allah), but most of them turn away, so they listen not.

A Book of which the verses are made plain, an Arabic Qur’an for a people who know --

A herald of good news and a warner, but most of them turn aside so they hear not.

Good tidings and a warning. But most of them turn away so that they hear not.

It contains glad news and warnings (for the people), but most of them have ignored it and do not listen.

It bears glad tidings and a warning, yet most of them turn away and do not listen.

Giving glad tidings and warning, but most of them turn away, so they hear not.

proclaiming good news and a warning. Yet most of them turn away and so do not listen.

Bringing good news, and giving warnings. But most of them turn away, so they do not listen.

[containing] good tidings (bashran is an adjective describing qur'nan, `a Qur'n') and a warning. But most of them turn away so that they do not hear, in a way so as to accept [its message].

بَشِيرًا وَنَذِيرًا

Giving glad tidings and warning,

means, sometimes it brings glad tidings to the believers, and sometimes it brings a warning to the disbelievers.

فَأَعْرَضَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ فَهُمْ لَاأ يَسْمَعُونَ



but most of them turn away, so they hear not.

means, most of the Quraysh did not understand anything of it at all, despite the fact that it was so clear