Obedience to Muhammad

Obey Allah and His Messenger, and be cautious.

Whoever obeys the Messenger has truly obeyed Allah.

Indeed, those who pledge allegiance to you are actually pledging allegiance to Allah. Allah’s hand is above their hands.

Whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger has truly triumphed with a great victory.

But if you obey Allah and His Messenger, He will not diminish your deeds in the least.

It is not for a believer, man or woman, to have a choice in a matter once Allah and His Messenger have decided it. Whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger has clearly gone astray.

Your true ally is Allah, His Messenger, and those who establish prayer, give charity, and bow in devotion.

Those who oppose Allah and His Messenger will be among the most humiliated.

Allah has decreed: “I will surely prevail, along with My messengers.”

Whoever takes Allah, His Messenger, and the faithful as allies, indeed, it is the party of Allah that will triumph.

Obey the Messenger, so that you may receive mercy.

O believers! Obey Allah and His Messenger, and do not turn away when you hear his call.

O you who believe! Obey Allah and obey the Messenger, and do not let your deeds be nullified.

The only response of true believers, when called to Allah and His Messenger to judge between them, is to say, “We hear and we obey.” These are the ones who will succeed.

Whoever obeys Him and His Messenger will be admitted into gardens beneath which rivers flow, where they will remain forever. That is the ultimate success.

Obey Allah and His Messenger, and do not dispute among yourselves, lest you falter and lose courage. Be patient.

O believers, obey Allah, obey the Messenger, and those in authority among you. If you dispute, refer it to Allah and His Messenger, if you truly believe in Allah and the Last Day. This is the best and fairest resolution.

We did not send any messenger except to be obeyed by Allah’s command. If they had come to you after wronging themselves, seeking Allah’s forgiveness, and if the Messenger had prayed for them, they would have found Allah Most Forgiving, Most Merciful.

Whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger will be among those whom Allah has blessed, the prophets, the truthful, the martyrs, and the righteous. What an excellent company!

That is the bounty from Allah.

The believers, men and women, are allies to one another. They enjoin good, forbid evil, establish prayer, give charity, and obey Allah and His Messenger. Allah will have mercy on them.

Whatever good reaches you is from Allah, but whatever harm befalls you is from yourself. We have sent you as a messenger to humanity.

The true believers are those who stay with the Messenger in collective matters and do not leave without asking permission. Those who ask your permission—they are the ones who truly believe in Allah and His Messenger. So, when they ask your leave for some personal matter, grant it to whomever you will, and ask Allah to forgive them.

Say: “Obey Allah and obey the Messenger. But if you turn away, he is responsible for what he has been charged with, and you for what you have been charged with. If you obey him, you will be rightly guided. The Messenger’s duty is only to deliver the message clearly.”

But whoever remains devoted to Allah and His Messenger and does good, We will grant her a double reward and a noble provision.

Are you reluctant to offer charity before your private counsel? If you do not, and Allah forgives you, then establish prayer, give charity, and obey Allah and His Messenger.

And know that the Messenger of Allah is among you. If he were to follow your wishes in many matters, you would surely falter. But Allah has made faith beloved to you, and adorned it in your hearts, and made disbelief, defiance, and disobedience detestable to you. These are the rightly guided.

A grace and favour from Allah.

Whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger has clearly gone astray.

But whoever opposes the Messenger after guidance has been made clear and follows a path other than that of the believers, We will leave them to their chosen path and cast them into Hell, what a miserable destination!

Do not treat the Messenger’s summons as you would call one another. Allah knows those who slip away quietly. Let those who go against his command beware, a trial may strike them, or a painful punishment.

O humanity! The Messenger has come to you with the truth from your Lord, believe, and it will be for your own good. But if you reject faith, know that all that is in the heavens and the earth belongs to Allah.

What holds you back from believing in Allah when the Messenger calls you to faith, and He has already taken your pledge?

It is He who sends down clear signs, to bring you from darkness into light, and truly.

O believers, be mindful of Allah and believe in His Messenger. He will grant you a double portion of His mercy, a light to guide you, and forgiveness.

As one who calls to Allah by His permission, and as a guiding light.

And say: “My Lord, forgive and have mercy.

Then We set you upon a clear path of faith, so follow it, and do not follow the whims of those who know not.

"Say, 'This is my path, I call to Allah with insight, I and those who follow me.

So, call them to this, and remain steadfast as you have been commanded. Do not follow their desires, but say: I believe in whatever Book Allah has sent down, and I am commanded to judge fairly between you. Allah is our Lord and your Lord. We have our deeds, and you have yours. Let there be no dispute between us, Allah will gather us together, and to Him is the final return.

O believers! Hold fast to faith in Allah, His Messenger, and the Book He sent down before.

Say, “O humanity, I am Allah’s messenger to you all. So, believe in Allah and His messenger, the unlettered Prophet, who believes in Allah and His words, and follow him so that you may be guided.”

Follow what has been revealed to you from your Lord.

True believers are only those who believe in Allah and His Messenger, then never doubt, and strive with their wealth and lives in Allah’s cause. They are the sincere.

Perhaps you will grieve yourself to ruin because they do not believe.

Say, “If your parents, children, siblings, spouses, relatives, wealth you have earned, trade you fear losing, and homes you cherish are dearer to you than Allah, His Messenger, and striving in His cause, then wait until Allah brings His command.

O believers! Do not betray Allah and His Messenger, nor betray your trusts knowingly.

If they reject you, say, “My deeds are mine, and your deeds are yours. You are free of what I do, and I am free of what you do.”

If they deny you, know that messengers before you were also denied, even though they came with clear signs, scriptures, and enlightening guidance.

If they deny you, so did the people of Noah, ‘Aad, and Thamud before them

And the people of Abraham and Lot

For every community, We appointed rites they are to observe. So let them not dispute with you about this. Call them to your Lord, for you are truly on a straight path.

“Set your face toward the true religion

When they see you, they only mock: “Is this the one Allah sent as a messenger?

When the disbelievers see you, they mock, saying, “Is this the one who speaks against our gods?” Yet they reject the mention of the Most Merciful.

When you call to prayer, they ridicule it as mere amusement. This is because they lack understanding.

Messengers before you were ridiculed, but I granted respite to the disbelievers, then seized them. How severe was My punishment!

But no messenger came to them without being mocked.

Their recompense is Hell, for they denied and mocked My signs and messengers.

Thus, We have made enemies for every prophet among the wicked.

Whenever they bring an argument, We bring the truth and the best explanation.