ﲓ ﲔ ﲕ ﲖ ﲗ ﲘ ﲙ ﲚ ﲛ ﲜ ﲝ ﲞ ﲟ ﲠ ﲡ ﲢ ﲣ ﲤ ﲥ ﲦ ﲧ ﲨ ﲩ ﲪ
And We did not send any messenger except to be obeyed by permission of Allah. And if, when they wronged themselves, they had come to you, [O Muhammad], and asked forgiveness of Allah and the Messenger had asked forgiveness for them, they would have found Allah Accepting of repentance and Merciful.
Tafsir
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The Necessity of Obeying the Messenger Allah said,
وما أرسلنا من رسول إﻻ ليطاع
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,
بٳذن الله
by Allah's leave, According to Mujahid, means, "None shall obey, except by My leave,'' This Ayah indicates that the Prophets are only obeyed by whomever Allah directs to obedience. In another Ayah, Allah said,
ولقد صدقكم الله وعده إذ تحسونهم بٳذنه
And Allah did indeed fulfill His promise to you when you were killing them (your enemy) with His permission. (3:152) meaning, by His command, decree, will and because He granted you superiority over them. Allah's statement,
ولو أنهم إذ ظلموا أنفسهم جاووك فاستغفروا الله واستغفر لهم الرسول
If they (hypocrites), when they had been unjust to themselves, had come to you and begged Allah's forgiveness, and the Messenger had begged forgiveness for them, directs the sinners and evildoers, when they commit errors and mistakes, to come to the Messenger, so that they ask Allah for forgiveness in his presence and ask him to supplicate to Allah to forgive them. If they do this, Allah will forgive them and award them His mercy and pardon. This is why Allah said,
لوجدوا الله توابا رحيما
indeed, they would have found Allah All-Forgiving (One Who forgives and accepts repentance), Most Merciful. One Does not Become a Believer Unless He Refers to the Messenger for Judgment and Submits to his Decisions Allah said,
