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Instances of nadheer
There are 58 instances of nadheer (نَذِير) in the noun form in the Quran meaning “warner/warning” found in 54 verses in the Quran. Out of 58 instances, 36 instances in 33 verses of 19 surahs are reviewed, and here are details of 22 instances in 21 verses of 7 surahs to better understand its meaning in different contexts:
[48:8] Indeed, we have sent you (prophet) a witness, and a bearer of good news, and a warner (wa-nadheeran).
[51:50] So, You shall escape to God; indeed, I (prophet) am a clarifying warner (nadheerun mubeenun) to you from Him.
[51:51] And do not make another god with God. Indeed, I (prophet) am a clarifying warner (nadheerun mubeenun) to you from Him.
[53:56] This (Approaching Day) is a warning (nadheerun) (like many) of the former warnings (nudhuru).
[54:5] Perfect wisdom; but to no avail of the warnings (al-nudhuru).
[54:16] So how had been My punishment (for a people of Noah), but (to no avail) of My warnings! (wa-nudhuri)
[54:18] Aad had denied, so how had been my punishment, but (to no avail) of My warnings! (wa-nudhuri).
[54:21] So how had been My punishment, but (to no avail) of My warnings! (wa-nudhuri)
[54:23] Thamud had denied in the warnings (bil-nudhuri).
[54:30] So how had been My punishment, but (to no avail) of My warnings (wa-nudhuri).
[54:33] A people of Lot had denied in the warnings (bil-nudhuri).
[54:36] And that certainly, he (Lot) had warned them of our strike, but they disputed in the warnings (bil-nudhuri).
[54:37] And that certainly, they had demanded him from his guests; so, we blinded their eyes, “So you must taste My punishment, but (to no avail) of My warnings (wa-nudhuri).
[54:39] So you must taste My punishment, but (to no avail) of My warnings (wa-nudhuri).
[54:41] And that certainly, there had come the warnings (al-nudhuru) to a people of Pharaoh.
[67:8] It is about to burst from the rage. Every time a group has been thrown in it (Hell), its guards had asked them, “Did not come to you a warner (nadheerun)?”
[67:9] They said, “Yes; certainly, a warner (nadheerun) had come to us, but we denied and we said, ”God has not sent down anything. You are not but in a faraway straying.””
[67:17] Or have you been secure from Who is in the heaven whether He will send upon you a violent storm? Then you will know how was My warning (nadheeri)?
[67:26] Say, “The knowledge (of the Hour) is only with God, and I (prophet) am only a clarifying warner (nadheerun mubeenun).”
[71:2] He (Noah) said, “O my people, indeed, I am to you a clarifying warner (nadheerun mubeenun).
[74:36] It (The reminder of Quran’s mathematical coding) is a warning (nadheeran) to the human race.
Instances of mundhir
There are 15 instances of mundhir (مُنذِر) in the active participle form in the Quran meaning “a bearer of warning” found in 15 verses of 13 surahs are detailed below to better understand its meaning in different contexts:
[2:213] Mankind had been a single community as God has raised up (from them) the prophets as bearers of good news and bearers of warning (wa-mundhireena), while He has sent down with them the scripture with the truth to judge between of the people in what they had differed in it. And it had not been differed in it except those who had been given it what had come to them the clear proofs other than out of jealousy between themselves. Then God has guided those who have believed to what they had differed in it of the truth with His permission, and God guides whoever He wills to a straight path.
[4:165] Messengers are bearers of good news and bearers of warning (wa-mundhireena) that there would not be any argument for the people with God after the messengers. And God has been Almighty, Wise.
[6:48] And we do not send the sent ones except bearers of good news and bearers of warning (wa-mundhireena). So, those who have believed and have reformed, then there is no fear for them, nor will they grieve.
[13:7] And says of those who had disbelieved, “Why has not been sent down a sign (miracle) to him (prophet) from his Lord?” You are only a bearer of warning (mundhirun), and for every community there is a guide.
[18:56] And we do not send the sent ones except bearers of good news and bearers of warning (wa-mundhireena). And disputes of those who had disbelieved with the falsehood to deny the truth with it, and they had taken My revelations and what they had been warned as mockery.
[26:194] Into your heart that you (prophet) would be one of the bearers of warning (al-mundhireena).
[26:208] And we had not destroyed any community except having it bearers of warning (mundhiruuna).
[27:92] “And to recite the Quran.” So, whoever has been guided, then he is only guided for his soul, and whoever has gone astray, then say, “I (prophet) am only one of the bearers of warning (al-mundhireena).”
[37:72] And certainly, we have sent to them bearers of warning (mundhireena).
[38:4] And they had wondered that a bearer of warning (mundhirun) came to them from among them, and said the disbelievers, “This is a magician, a liar.”
[38:65] Say, “I (prophet) am only a bearer of warning (mundhirun), and there is no god except God: the One, the Supreme”.
[44:3] Indeed, we have sent down it (Quran) in a night of blessing; indeed, we had been senders of warning (mundhireena).
[46:29] And when we had directed a group of jinns to you (prophet) to listen to the Quran, then when they attended it, they said, “Listen.” Then when there had been completed, they returned to their people as bearers of warning (mundhireena).
[50:2] Nay, they have wondered that a bearer of warning (mundhirun) has come to them from among them! So, the disbelievers said, “This is an amazing thing.”
[79:45] You (prophet) are only a bearer of warning (mundhirun) for whoever fears it (the Hour).
Instances of mundhareen
There are 5 instances of mundhareen (مُنذَرِين) in the passive participle form in the Quran meaning “the warned” found in 5 verses of 4 surahs are detailed below to better understand its meaning in different contexts:
[10:73] Then they had denied him (Noah); so, we saved him and whoever was with him in the ship; we had made them successors. and we drowned those who had denied our revelations. Then see how had been an end of the warned ones (al-mundhareena).
[26:173] And we had rained upon them (people of Lot) an evil rain, so evil had been a rain upon the warned ones (al-mundhareena).
[27:58] And we had rained upon them (people of Lot) an evil rain, so evil had been a rain upon the warned ones (al-mundhareena).
[37:73] So see how had been an end of the warned ones (al-mundhareena).
[37:177] Then when it descends in their territory, so evil had been in the morning for the warned ones (al-mundhareena).
Review may help us firm our belief focusing on the message sent down to prophets and messengers as a witness, a good news, a warner and a warning, while prophets and messengers are bearers of good news, bears of warning and warners as well. Here is a confirmation that God has not punished any community except after a warner or a warning to it, but to no avail of the warning, while He has saved those who had feared Him. He has reminded us that He has destroyed many communities in the past with a hint that He would do it for the people of the future generation. Thus, the present generation has been punished (44:10-12) after the warning (74:36) that many of us have witnessed it, but to no avail of the warning as well like the previous communities, while we may also reflect that there is no change in God’s system to expose the disbelievers to justify the punishment upon them.
Quran is a message given to prophet Muhammad, while it has been repeatedly mentioned in it that he was a bearer of good news as well as a clarifying warner and a bearer of warning, and those who had denied in the warning will be thrown in Hell, and its guards will ask them, “Did not come to you a warner?” Those who can reflect that there will not be any dispute after a warner or a warning, will make their efforts so that they can save them from a punishment of the Approaching Day and Hell. Thus, their focus on a warner/warning given to the prophet can save them going through it to have their decision for their own lives, instead of focusing on him being it a tragedy for the people who claim them Muslims all over the world listening to the so called Islamic scholars who are doing business with the religion.
Peaceful Friday, salaam and God bless.
Tafazzal (04/18/2025).