Then Allah tells His Messenger:
[وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَـكَ
إِلاَّ مُبَشِّراً وَنَذِيراً ]
(And We have sent you only as a bearer of good news and a warner.) meaning, a
bringer of good news to the believers, a warner to the disbelievers; bringing
good news of Paradise to those who obey Allah, and bringing warnings of a
dreadful punishment for those who go against the commandments of Allah.
[قُلْ مَآ
أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ]
(Say: "No reward do I ask of you for this...'') `for conveying this message
and this warning, I do not ask for any reward from your wealth; I am only doing
this for the sake of Allah, may He be exalted.'
[لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ
أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ ]
(To whomsoever among you who wills to walk straight) (81:28).
[إِلاَّ مَن شَآءَ
أَن يَتَّخِذَ إِلَى رَبِّهِ سَبِيلاً]
(save that whosoever wills, may take a path to his Lord.) means, a way and a
methodology to be followed.