51 Preface إِنَّما كانَ قَولَ المُؤمِنينَ إِذا دُعوا إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسولِهِ لِيَحكُمَ بَينَهُم أَن يَقولوا سَمِعنا وَأَطَعنا ۚ وَأُولٰئِكَ هُمُ المُفلِحونَYusuf AliThe answer of the Believers, when summoned to God and His Messenger, in order that He may judge between them, is no other than this: they say, “We hear and we obey”:1 it is such as these that will attain felicity.2Cf. 2:285. Contrast with it the attitude of the Unbelievers or Hypocrites, who say aloud, “we hear”, but intend in their hearts to disobey (2:93).True happiness, whether here or in the Hereafter, is not to be attained by fraud or duplicity: it is the privilege of those who listen attentively to good counsel and carry it out in their lives.