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And know that the Messenger (rasūl) of Allahu ta’ālā is among you, so do not speak falsehood, for Allahu ta’ālā will inform him of the [real] state of affairs. If he were to obey you in many matters, which you communicate contrary to reality, so that the necessary [evil] consequences ensue, you would surely be in trouble, you would earn in addition to that sin, the sin for the consequences that ensue [from your error]. But Allahu ta’ālā has endeared faith to you, adorning your hearts with it, and He has made odious to you disbelief and immorality and disobedience ([an instance of] suppletion with respect to import, as opposed to [lexical] form; for the one to whom 'faith has been endeared …' and so forth, will naturally be dissimilar in character to the mentioned [reprobate]). Those (there is here a shift from the second [to the third] person address) - they are the right-minded, the ones firmly established upon [the way of] their religion