80 Preface مَن يُطِعِ الرَّسولَ فَقَد أَطاعَ اللَّهَ ۖ وَمَن تَوَلّىٰ فَما أَرسَلناكَ عَلَيهِم حَفيظًاYusuf AliHe who obeys the Messenger, obeys God. But if any turn away, We have not sent thee to watch over their (evil deeds).1The Messenger was sent to preach, guide, instruct, and show the Way-not to dive people to good. That is not God’s Plan, which trains the human will. The Messenger’s duty is therefore to convey the Message of God, in all the ways of persuasion that are open to him. If men perversely disobey that Message, they are not disobeying him but they are disobeying God. In the same way those who obey the Message are obeying God. They are not obliging the Messenger; they are merely doing their duty.