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At-Taghabun 12

Ayah 12 of 18 · Medinan

وَأَطِيعُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُواْ ٱلرَّسُولَۚ فَإِن تَوَلَّيۡتُمۡ فَإِنَّمَا عَلَىٰ رَسُولِنَا ٱلۡبَلَٰغُ ٱلۡمُبِينُ ١٢

And obey Allāh and obey the Messenger; but if you turn away - then upon Our Messenger is only [the duty of] clear notification.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَأَطِيعُواْSo obeywa-aṭīʿū
  2. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  3. وَأَطِيعُواْand obeywa-aṭīʿū
  4. ٱلرَّسُولَۚthe Messengerl-rasūla
  5. فَإِنbut iffa-in
  6. تَوَلَّيۡتُمۡyou turn awaytawallaytum
  7. فَإِنَّمَاthen onlyfa-innamā
  8. عَلَىٰuponʿalā
  9. رَسُولِنَاOur Messengerrasūlinā
  10. ٱلۡبَلَٰغُ(is) the conveyancel-balāghu
  11. ٱلۡمُبِينُclearl-mubīnu

Tafsir

Follow Allah and follow the Messenger. If you turn away from what the Messenger brought to you, then the sin of such turning away is to your detriment. The Messenger’s duty is only to convey what I have instructed him to convey, and He has conveyed what he was instructed to convey.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran