وَمَآ
أَرۡسَلۡنَا
مِن
رَّسُولٍ
إِلَّا
لِيُطَاعَ
بِإِذۡنِ
ٱللَّهِۚ
وَلَوۡ
أَنَّهُمۡ
إِذ
ظَّلَمُوٓاْ
أَنفُسَهُمۡ
جَآءُوكَ
فَٱسۡتَغۡفَرُواْ
ٱللَّهَ
وَٱسۡتَغۡفَرَ
لَهُمُ
ٱلرَّسُولُ
لَوَجَدُواْ
ٱللَّهَ
تَوَّابٗا
رَّحِيمٗا
٦٤
We sent no messenger save that he should be obeyed by Allah's leave. And if, when they had wronged themselves, they had but come unto thee and asked forgiveness of Allah, and asked forgiveness of the messenger, they would have found Allah Forgiving, Merciful.
— M. Pickthall
And We did not send any messenger except to be obeyed by permission of Allāh. And if, when they wronged themselves, they had come to you, [O Muḥammad], and asked forgiveness of Allāh and the Messenger had asked forgiveness for them, they would have found Allāh Accepting of Repentance and Merciful.
— Saheeh International
We sent not a messenger, but to be obeyed, in accordance with the will of Allah. If they had only, when they were unjust to themselves, come unto thee and asked Allah's forgiveness, and the Messenger had asked forgiveness for them, they would have found Allah indeed Oft-returning, Most Merciful.
— A. Yusuf Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Necessity of Obeying the Messenger ﷺ
Allah said,
وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن رَّسُولٍ إلاَّ لِيُطَاعَ
(We sent no Messenger, but to be obeyed) meaning, obeying the Prophet was ordained for those to whom Allah sends the Prophet. Allah's statement,
بِإِذُنِ اللَّهِ
(by Allah's leave) means, "None shall obey,
…The Necessity of Obeying the Messenger ﷺ
Allah said,
وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن رَّسُولٍ إلاَّ لِيُطَاعَ
(We sent no Messenger, but to be obeyed) meaning, obe
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