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An-Nisa (The Women)

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مَّن يُطِعِ ٱلرَّسُولَ فَقَدْ أَطَاعَ ٱللَّهَ ۖ وَمَن تَوَلَّىٰ فَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَفِيظًۭا﴿٨٠

Translation (Sahih International)

He who obeys the Messenger has obeyed Allah; but those who turn away - We have not sent you over them as a guardian.

Word-by-word meaning

مَّنman(He) who
يُطِعِyuṭiʿiobeys
ٱلرَّسُولَl-rasūlathe Messenger
فَقَدْfaqadthen surely
أَطَاعَaṭāʿahe obeyed
ٱللَّهَ ۖl-lahaAllah
وَمَنwamanand whoever
تَوَلَّىٰtawallāturns away
فَمَآfamāthen not
أَرْسَلْنَـٰكَarsalnākaWe (have) sent you
عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimover them
حَفِيظًۭاḥafīẓan(as) a guardian

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Obeying the Messenger ﷺ is Obeying AllahAllah states that whoever obeys His servant and Messenger, Muhammad ﷺ , obeys Allah; and whoever disobeys him, disobeys Allah. Verily, whatever the Messenger ﷺ utters is not of his own desire, but a revelation inspired to him.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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