Unquestioning Submission to God Alone (4:64 – 4:65)
Quran Talk Blog · Article · June 22, 2015
Unquestioning Submission: Quality of the True Believers
4:64 We did not send any messenger except to be obeyed in accordance with GOD’s will. Had they, when they wronged their souls, come to you and prayed to GOD for forgiveness, and the messenger prayed for their forgiveness, they would have found GOD Redeemer, Most Merciful.
4:65 Never indeed, by your Lord; they are not believers unless they come to you to judge in their disputes, then find no hesitation in their hearts whatsoever in accepting your judgment. They must submit a total submission.
What is the difference between obeying and following the messenger?
When you follow one messenger you are following all of God’s messengers. The verses in the Quran where it says to obey the messenger seem to consistently be when the messenger is alive. The Quran is also a messenger.