وَمَآ
أَرۡسَلۡنَا
مِن
رَّسُولٍ
إِلَّا
لِيُطَاعَ
بِإِذۡنِ
ٱللَّهِۚ
وَلَوۡ
أَنَّهُمۡ
إِذ
ظَّلَمُوٓاْ
أَنفُسَهُمۡ
جَآءُوكَ
فَٱسۡتَغۡفَرُواْ
ٱللَّهَ
وَٱسۡتَغۡفَرَ
لَهُمُ
ٱلرَّسُولُ
لَوَجَدُواْ
ٱللَّهَ
تَوَّابٗا
رَّحِيمٗا
٦٤
All the messengers We sent were meant to be obeyed, by God’s leave. If only [the hypocrites] had come to you [Prophet] when they wronged themselves, and begged God’s forgiveness, and the Messenger had asked forgiveness for them, they would have found that God accepts repentance and is most merciful.
— M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
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
Lee Tafsir
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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