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 only sent messengers to be obeyed by Allah’s Will. If only those ˹hypocrites˺ came to you ˹O Prophet˺—after wronging themselves—seeking Allah’s forgiveness and the Messenger prayed for their forgiveness, they would have certainly found Allah ever Accepting of Repentance, Most Merciful.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
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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