Al-Ahqaf • EN-ASBAB-AL-NUZUL-BY-AL-WAHIDI
﴿ قُلْ مَا كُنتُ بِدْعًۭا مِّنَ ٱلرُّسُلِ وَمَآ أَدْرِى مَا يُفْعَلُ بِى وَلَا بِكُمْ ۖ إِنْ أَتَّبِعُ إِلَّا مَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ ﴾
“Say: “I am not the first of [God’s] apostles; and [like all of them,] I do not know what will be done with me or with you: for I am nothing but a plain warner.””
(�nor know I what will be done with me or with you�) [46:9]. Al-Kalbi reported from Abu Salih that Ibn �Abbas said: �When tribulations faced by the Companions of the Prophet, Allah bless him and give him peace, intensified, The Prophet saw in his dream that he migrated to a land that had palms, trees and plenty of water. He related this dream to his Companions and the latter took it for a good omen and a harbinger of relief from the harm of the idolaters which they faced. After a while, when they saw that nothing had happened, they said: �O Messenger of Allah! When are you going to migrate to the land which you saw in your dream?� The Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and give him peace, did not answer them, but Allah, exalted is He, revealed (�nor know I what will be done with me or with you�), i.e. I do not know whether or not I am going to move to the place which I saw in my dream. I follow only that which is revealed to me�.