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So submit patiently to your Rabb's decree, to you to deliver His Message, and do not obey of them, that is, [of] the disbelievers, any sinner or disbeliever, namely, 'Utba b. Rabī'a and al-Walīd b. al-Mughīra - both of whom said to the Prophet "sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam", 'Abandon this affair of yours!'; it is also possible that what is meant is every sinner or disbeliever, in other words, 'Do not obey any of these, whichever of the two he may be, in what he may summon you to of sin or disbelief'.