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We never sent any Messenger (rasūl), but that he should be obeyed, in what he commands and judges, by the leave, by the command, of Allahu ta’ālā, and not that he should be disobeyed or opposed. If, when they had wronged themselves, by seeking the judgement of the false idol, they had come to you, repentant, and asked forgiveness from Allahu ta’ālā, and the Messenger (rasūl) had asked forgiveness for them (there is a shift from the second [to the third] person in this address, in deference to his [the Prophet's "sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam" ] status); they would have found Allahu ta’ālā Relenting, to them, Merciful, to them.