( لتنذر قوما ما أنذر آباؤهم ) قيل : " ما " للنفي أي : لم ينذر آباؤهم ؛ لأن قريشا لم يأتهم نبي قبل محمد - صلى الله عليه وسلم - وقيل : " ما " بمعنى الذي أي : لتنذر قوما بالذي أنذر آباؤهم ، ( فهم غافلون ) عن الإيمان والرشد .
I revealed it to you to warn and exhort a nation, the Arabs to whom no Messenger has come to warn them and as a result they are heedless of faith and monotheism. Likewise is the case of every nation which has been away from the exhortation, they need messengers, scholars and preachers to remind them.