Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2005)

they come compliantly to him.
50 Is there a sickness in their hearts?
Or do they have doubts
or fear
that Allah and His Apostle will be unjust to them?
Rather it is they who are the wrongdoers.
51 All the response of the faithful,
when they are summoned to Allah and His Apostle
that He may judge between them,
is to say, ‘We hear and obey.’
It is they who are the felicitous.
52 Whoever obeys Allah and His Apostle,
and fears Allah and is wary of Him
— it is they who will be the triumphant.
53 They swear by Allah with solemn oaths
that if you order them
they will surely go forth.
Say, ‘Do not swear!
Honourable obedience [is all that is expected of you].
Allah is indeed well aware of what you do.’
54 Say, ‘Obey Allah, and obey the Apostle.’
But if you turn your backs, [you should know that]
he is only responsible for his burden
and you are responsible for your burden,
and if you obey him, you shall be guided,
and the Apostle’s duty is only
to communicate in clear terms.
55 Allah has promised those of you who have faith
and do righteous deeds
that He will surely make them successors in the earth,

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Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation, Islamic College for Advance Studies Press (ICAS), London (Distributed by The Centre for Translation of the Holy Qur’ān, Qom, Iran), Consulted online at “Quran Archive - Texts and Studies on the Quran” on 18 May. 2024: http://quran-archive.org/explorer/ali-quli-qarai/2005?page=529