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If they turn away, you are only responsible for But if they turn their backs, you are only respon-
transmission. Allah sees His servants. (3:20) sible for clear transmission. (16:82)
O Messenger! Transmit what has been sent down And if you deny it, nations before you also de-
to you from your Lord. If you do not do it you will nied the truth. The Messenger is only responsible
not have transmitted His Message. Allah will pro- for clear transmission. (29:18)
tect you from people. Allah does not guide the They (messengers) said, ‘Our Lord knows we
people of the disbelievers. (5:67) have been sent as Messengers to you. We are
Obey Allah and obey the Messenger and be- only responsible for clear transmission.’ (36:16-
ware! If you turn your backs, know that Our 17)
Messenger is only responsible for clear transmis- But if they turn away, We have not sent you to be
sion. (5:92) their guardian. You are only responsible for trans-
The Messenger is only responsible for transmis- mission. When We let a man taste mercy from Us
sion. Allah knows what you divulge and what he exults in it. But if something bad strikes him
you hide. (5:99) for what he has done he is ungrateful. (42:48)
He (Nuh) said, ‘My people, I am not in error at all He said, ‘All knowledge is with Allah. I only
but rather am a Messenger from the Lord of all transmit to you what I have been sent with. But I
the worlds, transmitting my Lord’s Message to see that you are a people who are ignorant.’
you and giving you good counsel, and I know (46:23)
from Allah what you do not know.’ (7:61-62) So be steadfast as the Messengers with firm re-
He (Hud) said, ‘My people, I am by no means a solve were also steadfast. And do not seek to has-
fool, but rather am a Messenger from the Lord of ten it for them. On the Day they see what they
all the worlds, transmitting my Lord’s Message to were promised, it will be as if they had only tar-
you, and I am a faithful counsellor to you.’ (7:67- ried for just one hour of a single day. It has been
68) transmitted! Will any be destroyed except for de-
He (Salih) turned away from them and said, ‘My viant people? (46:35)
people, I transmitted my Lord’s message to you Obey Allah and obey the Messenger. But if you
and gave you good counsel. However, you do turn your backs, the Messenger is only responsi-
not like good counsellors!’ (7:79) ble for clear transmission. (64:12)
So he (Shu‘ayb) turned away from them and said, Say: ‘No one can protect me from Allah and I
‘My people, I transmitted My Lord’s message to will never find any refuge apart from Him–only
you and gave you good counsel. Why should I in transmitting from Allah and His Messages. As
grieve for a disbelieving people?’ (7:93) for him who disobeys Allah and His Messenger,
(Hud said,) ‘If you turn your backs, I have trans- he will have the Fire of Hell, remaining in it time-
mitted to you what I was sent to you with, and lessly, for ever and ever.’ (72:22-23)
my Lord will replace you with another people, (It is) so that He may know that they have indeed
and you will not harm Him at all. My Lord is the transmitted the Messages of their Lord. He en-
Preserver of everything.’ (11:57) compasses what is in their hands and has
Whether We show you something of what We counted the exact number of everything. (72:28)
have promised them or We take you back to Us,
your responsibility is transmission and the TRAVEL
Reckoning is Ours. (13:40) It (the charity) is for the poor who are held back
The idolaters say, ‘If Allah had willed we would in the Way of Allah, unable to travel in the land.
not have worshipped anything apart from Him, The ignorant consider them rich because of their
neither we nor our fathers, nor would we have for- reticence. You will know them by their mark.
bidden anything without His say.’ Those before They do not ask from people insistently.
them said the same. Are the Messengers responsi- Whatever good you give away, Allah knows it.
ble for anything but clear transmission? (16:35) (2:273)
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