By the truth, it is a state of one of the two pronouns, meaning: truly or truthfully, or it is an adjective for the source, meaning: sending accompanied by the truth. Or it is a connection to a bearer of good news and a warner: a bearer of good news of the true promise, and a warner of the true warning. The ummah is the large group. Allah, the Exalted, said: 'He found upon it a community of people.' And it is said to the people of every era: ummah. In the context of the speakers, the ummah refers to those who believe in the Messenger, blessings and peace be upon him, without those sent to them, and they are the ones whose consensus is considered. The intended meaning here is: the people of the era. If you say: how many ummahs were there in the period between Jesus and Muhammad, blessings and peace be upon them, and there was never a warner? I say: if the traces of warning remain, it has not been devoid of a warner until they are erased. And when the traces of the warning of Jesus were erased, Allah sent Muhammad, blessings and peace be upon him. If you say: how did the mention of the warner suffice without mentioning the bearer of good news at the end of the verse after mentioning them? I say: because the warning is necessarily accompanied by the good news, the mention of it implies the mention of the good news, especially since the verse includes mention of both.