The Confederates
33. Al-'Aḥzāb
الأحزاب
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33:36
وَمَا
كَانَ
لِمُؤْمِنٍ
وَلَا
مُؤْمِنَةٍ
إِذَا
قَضَى
اللَّهُ
وَرَسُولُهُ
أَمْرًا
أَن
يَكُونَ
لَهُمُ
الْخِيَرَةُ
مِنْ
أَمْرِهِمْ
وَمَن
يَعْصِ
اللَّهَ
وَرَسُولَهُ
فَقَدْ
ضَلَّ
ضَلَالًا
مُّبِينًا
wa-mā kāna li-muʾminin wa-lā muʾminatin ʾidhā qaḍā llāhu wa-rasūluhū ʾamran ʾan yakūna lahumu l-khiyaratu min ʾamrihim wa-man yaʿṣi llāha wa-rasūlahū fa-qad ḍalla ḍalālan mubīnan
It is not fitting for a Believer, man or woman, when a matter has been decided by Allah and His Messenger to have any option about their decision: if any one disobeys Allah and His Messenger, he is indeed on a clearly wrong Path.
— Abdullah Yusufali
A faithful man or woman may not have any option in their matter, when Allah and His Apostle have decided on a matter, and whoever disobeys Allah and His Apostle has certainly strayed into manifest error.
