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An-Nisa (The Women)

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فَلَا وَرَبِّكَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ حَتَّىٰ يُحَكِّمُوكَ فِيمَا شَجَرَ بَيْنَهُمْ ثُمَّ لَا يَجِدُوا۟ فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ حَرَجًۭا مِّمَّا قَضَيْتَ وَيُسَلِّمُوا۟ تَسْلِيمًۭا﴿٦٥

Translation (Sahih International)

But no, by your Lord, they will not [truly] believe until they make you, [O Muhammad], judge concerning that over which they dispute among themselves and then find within themselves no discomfort from what you have judged and submit in [full, willing] submission.

Word-by-word meaning

فَلَاfalāBut no
وَرَبِّكَwarabbikaby your Lord
لَاnot
يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnawill they believe
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
يُحَكِّمُوكَyuḥakkimūkathey make you judge
فِيمَاfīmāabout what
شَجَرَshajaraarises
بَيْنَهُمْbaynahumbetween them
ثُمَّthummathen
لَاnot
يَجِدُوا۟yajidūthey find
فِىٓin
أَنفُسِهِمْanfusihimthemselves
حَرَجًۭاḥarajanany discomfort
مِّمَّاmimmāabout what
قَضَيْتَqaḍaytayou (have) decided
وَيُسَلِّمُوا۟wayusallimūand submit
تَسْلِيمًۭاtaslīman(in full) submission

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Necessity of Obeying the Messenger ﷺAllah 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, except by My leave," according to Mujahid. This Ayah indicates that the Prophets are only obeyed by whomever Allah directs to obedience.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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